Interpolymerized With Diverse Carboxylic Acid Ester Patents (Class 524/561)
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Publication number: 20120121921Abstract: Use of an aqueous polymer dispersion comprising at least one polymer (P), obtainable by free radical emulsion polymerization of at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer (M1) and from 20 to 75% by weight of tert-butyl (meth)acrylate, as a binder in construction chemistry products.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2010Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Audrey Cosyns, Sebastian Roller, Alexandre Terrenoire, Roland Baumstark, Ekkehard Jahns, Robert Rupaner
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Publication number: 20120116012Abstract: Polymer-encapsulated pigment which includes a pigment core and a polymer shell, the shell being a polymerized polymer including hydrophobic monomers and acidic monomers, and also including a specific cross-linking agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2009Publication date: May 10, 2012Inventors: Sivapackia Ganapathiappan, Howard S. Tom, Laurie S. Mittelstadt
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Publication number: 20120108679Abstract: The present invention relates to a branched copolymer comprising a hydrophilic component obtainable by an addition polymerisation process and compositions and uses thereof said copolymer comprising: i) a residue of at least one monofunctional monomer comprising one polymerisable double bond per molecule and a molecular weight of less than 1000 Daltons; ii) a residue of at least one multifunctional monomer comprising at least two polymerisable double bonds per molecule and a molecular weight of less than 1000 Daltons; and wherein the end termini of the copolymer chains comprise one or more of a residue of a chain transfer agent; an initiator or a terminal group derived from a termination reaction; wherein; the molar ratio of the monofunctional monomer to multifunctional monomer is between 50:1 to 2.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2010Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicant: UNILEVER PLCInventors: Paul Hugh Findlay, Brodyck James Lachlan Royles, Neil John Simpson, Sharon Todd, Steven Paul Rannard, Jonathan Victor Mark Weaver, Roselyne Marie Andree Baudry
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Patent number: 8163836Abstract: An adhesive composition which is reduced in gas generation upon heating (has low hygroscopicity), has high alkali resistance, has heat resistance of 200° C. or higher, and can be easily removed with a stripping liquid; and an adhesive film made with the adhesive composition. The adhesive composition is prepared using, at least as a major ingredient, an acrylic polymer produced from (a) styrene, (b) a (meth)acrylic ester monomer containing a cyclic skeleton, and (c) an alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer. The adhesive film has an adhesive composition layer formed from this adhesive composition.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2006Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koichi Misumi, Ken Miyagi, Atsushi Miyanari, Yoshihiro Inao
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Publication number: 20120088602Abstract: Disclosed is a composition comprising, or produced from, an organic acid-modified ionomer and silica filler having oil absorption greater than 100 g oil/100 g silica. Also disclosed are articles produced from the composition such as golf balls.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2010Publication date: April 12, 2012Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventor: Peter A. Morken
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Publication number: 20120083570Abstract: A method of making a pressure-sensitive hot melt adhesive. The method includes extruding a melt composition that includes a polymer, wherein the polymer has acidic groups covalently attached thereto, and a metal salt hydrate, wherein the metal salt hydrate has a melting point that is less than the maximum processing temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2010Publication date: April 5, 2012Inventors: Andrew Satrijo, Megan P. Lehmann, Michael D. Crandall, Graig E. Hamer, Robert D. Waid
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Patent number: 8148457Abstract: Disclosed is an adhesive composition whose component is a polymer obtained by copolymerizing a monomer composition containing styrene, a (meth)acrylic acid ester having a cyclic structure, and an alkyl(meth)acrylate having a chain structure. The monomer composition further contains a carboxylic acid having an ethylene double bond, a bifunctional monomer, and a styrene macromonomer. The polymer has a styrene block segment. This can improve heat resistance, adhesive strength in a high temperature environment, alkaline resistance, and easiness in stripping of an adhesive composition that has been subjected to a high temperature process. As a result, there can be obtained an adhesive composition which has high heat resistance, adhesive strength in a high temperature environment, and alkali resistance, and which can be easily stripped off after the adhesive composition is processed at a high temperature.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2007Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: Tokyo Ohta Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takahiro Asai, Koichi Misumi, Atsushi Miyanari, Yoshihiro Inao, Akihiko Nakamura
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Publication number: 20120076951Abstract: A black ink composition includes: carbon black and a water-insoluble resin that covers at least a part of the surface of the carbon black; a cyan pigment and a water-insoluble resin that covers at least a part of the surface of the cyan pigment; a magenta pigment and a water-insoluble resin that covers at least a part of the surface of the magenta pigment; water-insoluble resin particle; and water, wherein a content ratio of the carbon black is from 1.0 to 2.0% by mass with respect to the total mass of the composition, and a total amount of pigments is from 1.8 to 3.5% by mass with respect to the total mass of the composition. The black ink composition can be used in an ink set and an image forming method.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2011Publication date: March 29, 2012Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventors: Kaoru TOJO, Ryo SAITO, Katsuto SUMI
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Patent number: 8137807Abstract: Pressure-sensitive adhesives are prepared from (meth)acrylate esters of 2-alkyl alkanols. The adhesives are characterized by exhibiting an overall balance of adhesive and cohesive characteristics and exceptional adhesion to low surface energy substrates.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2010Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Jason D. Clapper, Kevin M. Lewandowski, Jingjing Ma, Zhong Chen
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Publication number: 20120050391Abstract: An ink jet liquid composition which is used with an ink containing a pigment and which contains an ABC triblock polymer formed from an A block having an aryl group, a B block having a unit represented by the general formula (1), and a C block having a unit represented by the general formula (2), wherein an acid value of the polymer is 20 mgKOH/g or more and less than 150 mgKOH/g, the ratio of the number average molecular weight of the polymer to the acid value is 50 or more and 200 or less, the proportion of the A block in the polymer is 20.0 percent by mass or more and 80.0 percent by mass or less and is 5.0 times or more and 15.0 times or less the proportion of units derived from all acidic monomers contained in the polymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2011Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenji Nishiguchi, Sachie Furukawa, Katsuhiro Hayashi
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Patent number: 8119729Abstract: The invention concerns aqueous secondary polymer dispersions based on special acrylate building blocks, a process for their production and their use as binders for the production of blister-free coatings.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2008Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience AGInventors: Thomas Münzmay, Alice Münzmay, legal representative, Martin Melchiors, Sandra Hackbarth, Heinz-Dietmar Gewiβ
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Publication number: 20120033011Abstract: Provided is an inkjet ink comprising at least water, a pigment, a resin, a water-soluble organic solvent, and a surfactant, wherein the resin comprises a copolymer resin synthesized from a monomer that includes a (meth)acrylic monomer, and the copolymer resin has an acid value of not less than 50 mgKOH/g and not more than 200 mgKOH/g, a glass transition temperature (Tg) not less than 20 and not more than 100° C., and a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) not less than 20,000 and not more than 100,000, and as a result, a high-quality image is formed in that abrasion resistance and adhesiveness on a non-absorptive recording medium are high, glossiness is high, and there is no ink mixing, and ejection performance is good and recovery through maintenance is excellent. Also provided is an inkjet recording method that uses the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2010Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA IJ TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Hidenobu Ohya, Manabu Kaneko
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Publication number: 20110313054Abstract: The present invention relates to a branched copolymer obtainable by an addition polymerisation process and uses and compositions thereof comprising a hydrophilic component, said polymer comprising: i) a residue of at least one monofunctional monomer comprising one polymerisable double bond per molecule and a molecular weight of less than 1000 Daltons; ii) a residue of at least one multifunctional monomer comprising at least two polymerisable double bonds per molecule and a molecular weight of less than 1000 Daltons; and wherein the end termini of the copolymer chains comprise one or more of a residue of a chain transfer agent; an initiator or a terminal group derived from a termination reaction; wherein; the molar ratio of the monofunctional monomer to multifunctional monomer is between 50:1 to 2.5:1 respectively; and wherein the hydrophilic component is comprised solely of at least 1 mole % of one or more monofunctional monomer which is/are comprised of hydrophilic monomer each with a solubility of 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2010Publication date: December 22, 2011Applicant: Unilever PLCInventors: Paul Hugh Findlay, Brodyck James Lachlan Royles, Neil John Simpson, Sharon Todd, Steven Paul Rannard, Jonathan Victor Mark Weaver, Roselyne Marie Andree Baudry
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Patent number: 8071490Abstract: An acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition according to the present invention comprises: acrylic copolymer (A) formed by copolymerizing i) alkyl(meth)acrylic acid ester monomer wherein the carbon atom of alkyl group is 2 to 14, ii) monomer having a functional group capable of crosslinking, iii) methyl(meth)acrylate monomer, iv) vinyl acetate monomer, v) glycidyl(meth)acrylate, and vi) crosslinking agent having 5 to 15 of alkyleneoxide groups and at least two acrylate group or vinyl group; and flame retardant (B). The acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition improves the adhesive property and the dispersion of the flame retardant by controlling the crosslinking structure of the acrylic copolymer, such that a surface finishing material comprising the same can have the excellent adhesion and fireproof.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2009Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventors: Chang-bum Ko, Young-min Kim, Kong-ju Song, Kum-hyoung Lee
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Publication number: 20110293933Abstract: Disclosed are an adhesive composition and a polarizing plate including the same and, more particularly, an adhesive composition including a vinyl-acrylate copolymer including a hydroxyalkylvinylether monomer as a repeating unit, a cross-linking agent, ionic solid, and a silane coupling agent and, in addition, a polarizing plate including the same. Such adhesive composition may have desired re-workability without decrease in durability caused by surface transfer of an ionic compound, and allow effective gelling of adhesive fraction, to thereby considerably reduce a curing period.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD.Inventors: Kyung Moon Jung, Han Young Choi, Ji Yeon Choi
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Publication number: 20110281999Abstract: The invention relates to a controlled polymerization process for preparing (meth)acrylate-based AB diblock copolymers with a B block which has a narrow monomodal molecular weight distribution, and an A block which has a broad monomodal molecular weight distribution, and to the use thereof, for example, as a binder in adhesives or sealants.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2009Publication date: November 17, 2011Applicants: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Evonik Roehm GmbHInventors: Holger Kautz, Sven Balk, Stephan Fengler, Dorothea Staschik, Christine Miess, Lars Zander, Jens Lueckert, Johann Klein, Thomas Moeller, Volker Erb
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Patent number: 8039996Abstract: An electrically responsive ink composition comprising at least one electrically responsive optical-state change material, at least one electrolyte material, at least one solvent, and at least one binder material, wherein the ink composition has a viscosity between about 0.1 centipoise and about 10,000 centipoise, and a maximum optical absorbance in a range from about 200 nanometers to about 800 nanometers; and wherein the ink composition is capable of transforming from a first optical state to a second optical state upon exposure to an electrical stimulus. The electrically responsive ink composition may be used to deposit an electrically responsive coating composition, which may be used as part of an anti-theft system for optical articles. Articles comprising electrically responsive coating compositions are also disclosed, as are methods for activation.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2007Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: NBCUniversal Media, LLCInventors: Andrea Jeannine Peters, Marc Brian Wisnudel, Ben Purushotam Patel, Matthew Jeremiah Misner, James Mitchell White, Kasiraman Krishnan, Kaustubh Ravindra Nagarkar
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Publication number: 20110251299Abstract: The invention provides a process for manufacturing a polymeric material having a compositional gradient, comprising: forming a mixture comprising a first photopolymerizable polymer precursor and a second photopolymerizable precursor, and subjecting said mixture to an intensity gradient of electromagnetic radiation, wherein said first precursor has a greater reactivity ratio than said second precursor, and/or said first precursor is mono-functional and said second precursor is di-functional, and/or said first precursor is less inhibited by oxygen than said second precursor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2011Publication date: October 13, 2011Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATIONInventors: Clinton J. Cook, C. Allan Guymon
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Publication number: 20110230387Abstract: An aqueous dispersion of a copolymer with copolymerized units a) of at least one ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid, b) of at least one nonionic ethylenically unsaturated surfactant monomer, c) of at least one C1-C2-alkyl methacrylate, d) of at least one C2-C4-alkyl acrylate, where the alkyl chain length averaged over the number of alkyl groups of the alkyl acrylate is 2.1 to 4.0, is described. Following neutralization with alkali, the dispersion serves as associative thickener, in particular for liquid detergent and cleaner formulations. The thickeners are characterized by high transparency and high thickening effect coupled with high shear dilution.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2008Publication date: September 22, 2011Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Reinhold J Leyrer, Kati Schmidt
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Publication number: 20110223529Abstract: Disclosed are an aqueous pigment dispersion containing at least a pigment, water, a high-molecular dispersant, and an alkali. The high-molecular dispersant is a diblock polymer having a formula (1) of A-B or a triblock polymer having a formula (2) of A-B-C. The diblock or triblock polymer is a diblock or triblock polymer obtained by polymerizing addition-polymerizable monomers with a radical generator while using an organic iodide as a polymerization initiating compound and an organic phosphorus compound, organic nitrogen compound or organic oxygen compound as a catalyst. Also disclosed are a production method and use of the aqueous pigment dispersion. With the high-molecular dispersant obtained by a simple living radical polymerization process free of the problems of conventional living radical polymerization and having a precisely-controlled molecular structure, the aqueous pigment dispersion can be obtained with the pigment dispersed in it.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2009Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicants: Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals Mfg. Co., Ltd., Kyoto UniversityInventors: Hiroyuki Shimanaka, Taiyo Aoyagi, Yoshikazu Murakami, Sachio Yoshikawa, Naoyuki Sakai, Atsushi Goto, Yoshinobu Tsujii, Takeshi Fukuda
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Patent number: 8013053Abstract: The present invention relates to a water-based ink for ink-jet printing which exhibits a high optical density even upon one-pass printing on plain papers and is suitable for high-speed printing, and a dispersion used in the water-base ink. There are provided a water dispersion for ink-jet printing, including water-insoluble polymer particles containing a colorant, and a nonionic organic compound satisfying the following conditions I and II: I: Water containing 0.001% by weight of the nonionic organic compound has a surface tension of 70 mN/m or less as measured at 25° C.; and II: A solubility of the nonionic organic compound in 100 g of water is 0.30 g or less as measured at 25° C., a water-based ink containing the water dispersion, and a method of conducting a one-pass printing using the water-based ink.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2006Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Yoshida, Isao Tsuru, Ryuma Mizushima
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Patent number: 7999032Abstract: An acrylic resin composition suitable for use as films excellent in transparency, weatherability, hardness, impact resistance, flex cracking resistance, and formability. The resin composition comprises an acrylic graft copolymer (A) including a rubbery acrylic ester polymer (A-a) and a methacrylic polymer (B) comprising 80 wt. % or more methyl methacrylate units, the acrylic resin composition having a specific value of reduced viscosity (0.2-0.8 dl/g), specific values of content (5-45 wt. %) and average particle diameter (50-200 nm) of the rubbery polymer (A-a), a specific relationship between the particle diameter and the crosslinking agent amount (0.02d?w?0.05d; d, average particle diameter (nm); w, amount of crosslinking agent (wt. %)), and a specific value of the degree of grafting (50-250%). The resin composition contains an ultraviolet absorber incorporated therein through copolymerization.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2006Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Kaneka CorporationInventors: Kazuhito Wada, Kimihide Nishimura, Norito Doi
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Publication number: 20110169900Abstract: A process for preparing an encapsulated pigment dispersion suitable for use in an ink jet printing ink comprising the following steps in the order I) followed by II): I) providing a dispersion comprising a pigment, a liquid medium and a dispersant comprising the repeat units from copolymerising the ethylenically unsaturated monomers in components a) to c): a) from 75 to 97 parts of one or more hydrophobic ethylenically unsaturated monomers comprising at least 50 parts benzyl (meth) acrylate; b) from 3 to 25 parts one or more hydrophilic ethylenically unsaturated monomers having one or more ionic group(s); c) from 0 to 2 parts of one or more hydrophilic ethylenically unsaturated monomers having a hydrophilic non-ionic group; and wherein the parts are by weight and the sum of the parts a) to c) add up to 100; II) cross-linking the dispersant in the presence of the pigment and the liquid medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2009Publication date: July 14, 2011Inventors: Tom Annable, Mark Holbrook, Neil Anthony Tallant, John Patrick O'Donnell
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Publication number: 20110151225Abstract: The present invention provides aqueous self-inspecting wet coatings or films that dry to form translucent to clear weather-resistive barriers on a substrate, preferably a building substrate such as sheathing. The coatings comprise, as a wet film, one or more aqueous emulsion or dispersion polymer that can form a film in use conditions and less than 6% pigment volume concentration (% PVC), of one or more opacifier, one or more extender in amounts up to critical % pigment volume concentration (CPVC), optionally, one or more pigment, and substantially no void, hollow core, or hollow sphere containing pigment. The coatings or films enable one to apply the correct amount of coating to make a weather barrier that dries to a see-through coating or film.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2010Publication date: June 23, 2011Inventors: Michael Damian BOWE, Janah Cecelia Szewczyk
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Publication number: 20110107803Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous pigment preparation containing (A) at least one organic and/or inorganic pigment, (B) a dispersant of formula (I), (II), (III) or (IV) or mixtures of the dispersants of formula (I), (II), (III) or (IV), (C) optionally wetting agents, (C) optionally other surfactants and/other dispersants, (E) optionally at least one organic solvent or at least one hydrotropic substance, (F) optionally other additives commonly used to produce aqueous pigment dispersions.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2008Publication date: May 12, 2011Applicant: CLARIANT FINANCE (BVI) LIMITEDInventors: Bjoern Fechner, Carsten Schaefer, Alexander Woerndle
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Publication number: 20110070435Abstract: There is provided a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition for optical films. The composition can form a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer that can prevent light leakage caused by stress associated with dimensional change of a component such as an optical film, that has reworkability such that it can be easily peeled from a component, and that has satisfactory processability such that it can be processed without pressure-sensitive adhesive stain or dropout, after it is formed on an optical film. A pressure-sensitive adhesive optical film produced using the composition is also provided. The pressure-sensitive adhesive composition is prepared to include a (meth)acrylic polymer including (a) 34 to 94% by weight of an alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer unit, (b) 5 to 50% by weight of an aromatic ring-containing (meth)acrylate monomer unit, and (c) 0.01 to 0.5% by weight of an amino group-containing (meth)acrylate monomer unit; 0.01 to 2 parts by weight of a peroxide as a crosslinking agent; and 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2010Publication date: March 24, 2011Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Yuusuke Toyama, Shinichi Inoue, Mizue Nagata, Toshitsugu Hosokawa
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Publication number: 20110057985Abstract: An ink composition including colored particles is disclosed. The colored particles includes a resin dispersant including at least one radically polymerizable group and at least one aromatic partial structure derived from a compound selected from the group consisting of an aromatic hydrocarbon compound, a condensed ring aromatic hydrocarbon compound, an aromatic heterocyclic compound, a condensed ring aromatic heterocyclic compound, and a compound having two or more aromatic hydrocarbon compounds linked to each other; and a colorant.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2010Publication date: March 10, 2011Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventors: Ryuki KAKINO, Yasufumi OOISHI
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Publication number: 20110046275Abstract: An aqueous colorant dispersion includes a colorant (A), a polymer (B) having an acid value of 85 mgKOH/g or higher, and an aqueous liquid medium (I), wherein the polymer (B) is a copolymer including at least one hydrophobic structural unit (a) which contains an aromatic ring linked to an atom in the main chain of the polymer (B) via a linking group, and comprising at least one hydrophilic structural unit (b) at a content of from 12% by mass to 20% by mass relative to the entire mass of the polymer (B), wherein the content of the aromatic ring is from 10% by mass to less than 21% by mass relative to the entire mass of the polymer (B).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2010Publication date: February 24, 2011Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoko KUWABARA, Naoko NISHIMURA, Naoya SHIBATA
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Publication number: 20110045289Abstract: There is provided a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition for optical films. The composition can form a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer that can prevent light leakage caused by stress associated with dimensional change of a component such as an optical film, which include the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer that has reworkability such that it can be easily peeled from a component, and that has satisfactory processability such that it can be processed without pressure-sensitive adhesive stain or dropout, after it is formed on an optical film. A pressure-sensitive adhesive optical film produced using the composition is also provided. The pressure-sensitive adhesive composition includes a (meth)acrylic polymer including (a) 34 to 94% by weight of an alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer unit, (b) 5 to 35% by weight of an aromatic ring-containing (meth)acrylate monomer unit, and (c) 0.01 to 0.5% by weight of an amino group-containing (meth)acrylate monomer unit and further including (d) 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2010Publication date: February 24, 2011Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Yuusuke Toyama, Shinichi Inoue, Mizue Nagata, Toshitsugu Hosokawa
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Publication number: 20110039995Abstract: The invention provides a process for improving the storage stability of aqueous composite-particle dispersions and of aqueous formulations comprising them.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2009Publication date: February 17, 2011Applicant: Base SEInventors: Bas Lohmeijer, Ekkehard Jahns
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Patent number: 7888422Abstract: A medical grade adhesive comprises a mixture of at least one cross-linkable pressure sensitive adhesive component and at least one non-cross-linkable pressure-sensitive adhesive component, wherein the amount of each of said components is such that the resultant adhesive can adhere to human skin for a period of up to about 7-10 days but can be removed without causing trauma to the skin.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2006Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: Mylan Technologies Inc.Inventors: Kristin Jackson, Kenneth James Miller, II
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Publication number: 20110033701Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous polymer dispersions having a polymer content of at least 55% by weight that are suitable for pressure sensitive adhesives. The invention also relates to a process for preparing these aqueous polymer dispersions and also to the use of the aqueous polymer dispersions in pressure sensitive adhesives and, respectively, pressure sensitive adhesive compositions, especially in pressure sensitive adhesives for transparent substrates, e.g., plastics labels. The aqueous polymer dispersions have a polymer content of at least 55% by weight, based on the total weight of the dispersion, the polymer being composed of ethylenically unsaturated monomers M and having a glass transition temperature below ?10° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2009Publication date: February 10, 2011Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Matthias Gerst, Gerhard Auchter, Gledison Fonseca, Cornelis Petrus Beyers
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Publication number: 20110034621Abstract: The present invention provides filled aqueous caulk and sealant compositions made from high solids aqueous binders chosen from copolymers having a mixture of backbone acid and hydroxyl groups that are copolymerized from 0.5 to 7.5 wt. %, based on total monomer weight, of an hydroxyl group containing monomer, and mixed backbone acid copolymers that are copolymerized from methacrylic acid (MAA) with a second acid monomer having a lower pKa than the pKa of MAA. Preferred, compositions comprise one or more organosilane exhibit the adhesion and joint movement capability required by ASTM C-920-08, as well as good weatherability and aged wet adhesion to glass, even at a filler to binder ratio of 0.2:1 to 4:1.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2010Publication date: February 10, 2011Applicant: Rohm and Hass CompanyInventors: Victoria Anne DEMAREST, Ann Elizabeth Evans, Adam Wade Freeman, Audrey Brenda Liss
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Publication number: 20110034625Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of polymers by free radical polymerization of monomers in the presence of water, electrochemically produced free radicals being used for initiating the free radical polymerization.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2009Publication date: February 10, 2011Inventors: Harald Grassl, Jochen Mezger, Alexander Kraus, Gerhard Albrecht
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Publication number: 20100330372Abstract: The present invention provides coating systems for surfaces and methods for coating and repairing surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2008Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: JOHNSONDIVERSEY, INC.Inventors: Nathan E. Ludtke, Ryan E. Kron, Jia Liu, Christopher C. Cypcar
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Patent number: 7858695Abstract: The invention provides a process for preparing an aqueous dispersion of water insoluble heteropolymeric particles comprising polymerising in an aqueous reaction medium ethylenically unsaturated monomers, said ethylenically unsaturated monomers comprising ionisable ethylenically unsaturated monomers and non-ionisable hydrophilic ethylenically unsaturated monomers, to form said heteropolymeric particles dispersed in said aqueous reaction medium, wherein the monomers in said reaction medium at any point in time comprise less than 5 weight % of ionisable ethylenically unsaturated monomer, wherein for at least a part of the polymerisation the monomers in said reaction medium have a composition which is maintained with an ionisable ethylenically unsaturated monomer content of from 0.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2004Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: DuluxGroup (Australia) Pty LtdInventors: Amanda Jane Chalmers, Jason Michael Farrugia, Elizabeth Ann Salter, Christopher Henry Such, Olga Maree MacKinnon
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Publication number: 20100323141Abstract: To provide an acrylic rubber composition having an excellent heat resistance, especially an excellent balance between the residual ratio of the tensile strength and the residual ratio of the elongation after heat aging, when formed into a vulcanized product, and a hose article, a sealing article and a rubber vibration insulator using the acrylic rubber composition. An acrylic rubber composition containing an acrylic rubber obtainable by copolymerizing 100 parts by mass of an alkyl acrylate with from 10 to 100 parts by mass of an alkyl methacrylate and from 0.5 to 4 parts by mass of a crosslinkable monomer. Here, the alkyl methacrylate is preferably at least one compound selected from the group consisting of methyl methacrylate, ethyl methacrylate and n-butyl methacrylate, and the alkyl acrylate is preferably at least one compound selected from the group consisting of methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate and n-butyl acrylate.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2009Publication date: December 23, 2010Applicant: DENKI KAGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takashi Kawasaki, Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Tsutomu Kobari, Daisuke Shimiya, Shogo Hagiwara
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Patent number: 7851546Abstract: One subject of the invention is a liquid plasticizing resin intended to be coated. The liquid plasticizing resin is a methyl methacrylate/butyl methacrylate copolymer diluted in a suitable solvent. The solvent includes xylene; 2-methoxy-1-methylethyl acetate; ethylbenzene; 4-methyl-2-pentanone; n-butyl acetate; and alkylbenzyl ester. Another subject of the invention is the use of such a resin for protecting surfaces exposed to adverse weather conditions, light or chemical agents.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2008Date of Patent: December 14, 2010Inventors: Rocco Palazzolo, Moktar Mejladi
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Patent number: 7820735Abstract: An ink composition for a color filter includes about 100 parts by weight of a pigment dispersion, about 7 parts by weight to about 65 parts by weight of a thermosetting resin having hydroxyl group at a side chain of the thermosetting resin, about 0.015 part by weight to about 1.5 parts by weight of a thermal initiator, about 0.8 part by weight to about 15 parts by weight of an epoxy-based resin containing fluorine, and about 15 parts by weight to about 165 parts by weight of a solvent. A color filter substrate is manufactured using the ink composition for color filter. The ink composition for the color filter improves straightness of ink jetting through an ink-jetting nozzle and prevents the ink composition from spreading to neighboring pixels.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2005Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoon-Ho Kang, Byoung-Joo Kim, Jang-Sub Kim, Seong-Gyu Kwon
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Publication number: 20100229946Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] The object of the present invention is to provide a solar cell sealing film having enhanced transparency. [Means for Solving Problem] A composition for a solar cell sealing film comprising ethylene-polar monomer copolymer, a crosslinker and a compound having an alkyleneoxy group. Thereby a solar cell sealing film having excellent all light beam transmittance and enhanced transparency can be formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2007Publication date: September 16, 2010Inventor: Hisataka Kataoka
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Publication number: 20100222499Abstract: Disclosed herein are inks including an aqueous vehicle; at least one encapsulant-dispersed pigment; and at least one block copolymer binder dispersed throughout the aqueous vehicle and having Structure I and comprising a hydrophobic block (A) and a hydrophilic block (B);Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2010Publication date: September 2, 2010Inventors: Howard A. Doumaux, Zeying Ma, Sivapackia Ganapathiappan
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Patent number: 7767282Abstract: The present invention is a film that is soluble in cold water, and useful in such applications as detergent sachets. Films of the present invention are PVOH copolymers that comprise itaconic acid.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2005Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventor: Peter A. Morken
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Patent number: 7759436Abstract: Film-forming materials include nonionic metal coordinating structures. Nonionic metal coordinating structures can coordinate metals, such as metal catalysts and metal substrates. Example film-forming materials can be the product of a poly-functional epoxide and a nucleophilic ligand having a nonionic metal coordinating structure, or the product of a poly-functional alcohol and an electrophilic ligand having a nonionic metal coordinating structure.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2006Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignee: BASF Coatings GmbHInventors: Timothy S. December, Sergio Gonzalez, Günther Ott, Karl-Heinz Grosse-Brinkhaus
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Publication number: 20100179272Abstract: Compositions containing an aqueous dispersion of selected polymers and selected polyaldehydes as crosslinking agents are described. Adhesives having very high resistance to boiling water can be produced from these formulations.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2008Publication date: July 15, 2010Inventors: Christoph Balzarek, Martin Jakob
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Publication number: 20100168322Abstract: The invention provides an inkjet recording liquid containing at least: water; a colorant; a water-soluble solid compound having the molecular weight of 80 or more but less than 1,600 and having a solubility parameter value of 20 or more; and a water-soluble solvent having a solubility parameter value of less than 27.5, the ratio of the content of the water-soluble solvent to the content of the water-soluble solid compound being in the range of from 1.0 to 10.0.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2009Publication date: July 1, 2010Inventors: Masao IKOSHI, Kaoru Tojo
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Publication number: 20100130641Abstract: The present invention relates to an amphiphilic branched copolymer obtainable by an addition polymerisation process, preferably a free-radical polymerisation process, which is the reaction product of: (a) an initiator, optionally but preferably a free-radical initiator, (b) optionally but preferably a compatible chain transfer agent (E and E?), (c) at least one ethylenically monounsaturated monomer (G and/or J), (d) at least one ethylenically polyunsaturated monomer (L), wherein at least one of E, E?, G, J and L is a hydrophilic residue; and at least one of E, E?, G, J and L is a hydrophobic residue, and the mole ratio of (d) to (c) is greater than 0.0005 to 1. The invention further relates to a branched copolymer particle comprising such an amphiphilic branched copolymer, methods for their preparation, compositions containing such copolymers and particles and their use as, for instance, encapsulating agents, nanoreactors, Pickering emulsifiers, controlled release agents and/or triggered release agents.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2007Publication date: May 27, 2010Applicants: UNILEVER PLC, UNILEVER N.V.Inventors: Paul Hugh Findlay, Steven Paul Rannard, Brodyck James Lachlan Royles, Jonathan Victor Mark Weaver
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Patent number: 7713674Abstract: An emulsion polymerization process comprising polymerizing monomer in an emulsion in a reaction vessel at a first temperature to form a resin; cooling the reaction vessel to a second temperature that is above the softening point of the resin yet below the temperature required for significant depolymerization reaction to occur; and adding water to the cooled reaction vessel in an amount sufficient to effect phase inversion with mixing for a sufficient time to form an aqueous latex emulsion in the absence of a surfactant.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2005Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Allan Kwok-Wai Chen, Milan Maric, Tie Hwee Ng, George Liebermann, Enno Eric Agur, Hadi Khan Mahabadi
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Publication number: 20100098901Abstract: A carpet backing composition comprising: (1) a binding amount of a copolymer binder that is polymerized from a monomer mixture comprising: from 10 to 50 weight parts of a first low Tg monomer (A) comprising an alkyl acrylate monomer and, optionally, an additional low Tg comonomer; from 50 to 90 weight parts of a second high Tg monomer (B) comprising vinyl acetate and, optionally, an additional high Tg comonomer; and, optionally, up to 5 parts of a carboxylic acid monomer (C); wherein the total of A, B and C is 100 weight parts monomers; and (2) a filler; with the proviso that the monomer mixture is substantially free of ethylene.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2007Publication date: April 22, 2010Inventors: John E. Cowart, Roger W. Bergman, Chia-Chen Lo, Jason K. Harwood
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Patent number: 7666924Abstract: A polymeric dispersant containing a vinyl polymer having a constitutional unit represented by the following formula 1: wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R2 and R4 may be the same or different and are each independently an alkylene group having from 2 to 18 carbon atoms or an arylene group having from 6 to 18 carbon atoms, R3 is an alkylene group having from 4 to 18 carbon atoms or an arylene group having from 6 to 18 carbon atoms, M1 and M2 may be the same or different and are each independently a hydrogen atom or a cation, k and m may be the same or different and are each independently a number from 0 to 20, and L is a number from 1 to 20, with the proviso that L is 2 or more when k is zero. The polymeric dispersant is used for the production of a water dispersion for ink-jet printing. The water dispersion for ink-jet printing is used for the production of a water-based ink for ink-jet printing.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2005Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignee: KAO CorporationInventors: Nobuyuki Takizawa, Shigeki Nagashima, Takehiro Tsutsumi
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Patent number: RE42563Abstract: This invention relates to a fine particle of polymer for a plastisol free from halogen atoms and having a specific surface area of 0.6 to 20.0 m2/g as determined by nitrogen-gas adsorption and a non-halogenated plastisol composition therefrom. This invention can provide a non-halogenated plastisol composition which does not generate toxic substances during incineration, is suitable as a coating material or sealant, and has a low viscosity, resulting in good workability and processability.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2000Date of Patent: July 19, 2011Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshihiro Kasai, Toru Tsuchihashi