Polymer Derived From Ethylenic Reactants Only Derived From Reactant Containing A -cooh Group Patents (Class 525/119)
  • Patent number: 6709741
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an adhesive composition for flexible printed circuit board comprising the following component: (a) an epoxy resin; (b) an accelerator having a structure of one of the following general formulas: wherein, E represents sulfur, nitrogen or phosphorus; Ar represents an aromatic ring; R1 is the same or different and represents a substituted or unsubatituted monovalent hydrocarbon group, a hydroxyl group, an alkoxy group, a nitro group, a cyano group or a halogen atom; R2 and R3 each represents a hydrogen atom and a methyl group; R4 is the same or different and represents a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent hydrocarbon group; R5 represents a substituted or unsubstituted pyridinium group; a represents an integer of 0 to 2; and b represents 2 to 3; (c) a nitrile rubber having carboxyl groups, and a carboxyl terminated butadiene acrylonitrile is preferred; and (d) an inorganic filler, an aluminum hydroxide is preferred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Taiflex Scientific Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fu-Le Lin, Ching-Ping Chen, Tzu-Ching Hung, Sung-Chen Huang, Kuo-Hua Yu, Kuo-Hsiung Hsia, Yen-Chi Liu
  • Patent number: 6696522
    Abstract: A substantially non-gelled polymeric composition is disclosed and comprises the reaction product of an A polymer which is an addition polymer having 3.5 or more reactive functional groups per polymer chain and a B polymer having about 2 to about 3 functional groups per polymer chain that are co-reactive with the reactive functional groups of the A polymer. Also disclosed is a process for preparing such polymeric compositions, powder coatings and 100% solids ink resins prepared with such polymeric compositions, and a method for deglossing a powder coating using such polymeric compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Johnson Polymer, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Anderson, Alan J. Pekarik, Edward Tokas
  • Patent number: 6673441
    Abstract: An adhesive which comprises (1) 100 parts by weight of an epoxy resin and a hardener therefor, (2) 75 to 300 parts by weight of an epoxidized acrylic copolymer having a glycidyl (meth)acrylate unit content of 0.5 to 6 wt. %, a glass transition temperature of −10° C. or higher and a weight average molecular weight of 100,000 or more and (3) 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of a latent curing accelerator; an adhesive member having a layer of the adhesive; an interconnecting substrate for semiconductor mounting having the adhesive member; and a semiconductor device containing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuko Tanaka, Yasushi Shimada, Teiichi Inada, Hiroyuki Kuriya, Kazunori Yamamoto, Yasushi Kumashiro, Keiji Sumiya
  • Patent number: 6660805
    Abstract: Epoxy-modified, two-part acrylic structural adhesives are disclosed. These adhesives are not inhibited by oxygen. Representative embodiments include 2-part acrylic structural adhesives comprising, in a first package from about 10 to about 90 percent by weight of at least one methacrylate selected from C3-C10 alkyl monosubstituted-, C1-C6 alkyl disubstituted-, C1-C4 alkyl tri-substituted, and F1-C4 alkyl tetra-substituted cyclohexyl methacrylate. The ring substituents are prefereably in the 3, 4, and/or 5 ring position, and linear or branched C4-C10 branched alkyl methacrylates; from about 10 to about 80 percent by weight of a toughener, and an adhesion promotor; and in a second package, a bonding activator, and optional epoxy resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Lord Corporation
    Inventors: Robin F. Righettini, Jeffrey A. Hatcher
  • Publication number: 20030216514
    Abstract: A photocurable and thermosetting resin composition comprises (A) an actinic energy ray-curable resin having at least one structure represented by the following general formula (1), (B) a photopolymerization initiator, (C) a diluent, and (D) a thermosetting component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2003
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Inventors: Tadatomi Nishikubo, Atsushi Kameyama, Masatoshi Kusama
  • Patent number: 6624260
    Abstract: By using a curable composition comprising, (A) per 100 parts by weight of an epoxy resin, (B) from 1 to 50 parts by weight of a reactive silicon group-containing polyoxyalkylene polymer, and (C) from 1 to 90 parts by weight of a curing agent for epoxy resins, the working properties of an existing rubber-modified epoxy resin are improved to thereby give stable adhesion properties (for example, improved peel strength) without worsening the shear strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Ando, Junji Takase, Fumio Kawakubo
  • Patent number: 6602604
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a coating composition capable of forming a protective film excellent in adhesion properties. Such a coating composition comprises a specific polymer containing carboxyl group, a specific multifunctional epoxide-containing compound having two or more epoxy groups, an organic solvent, and an amino-containing silane coupling agent represented by the following general formula (I): H2N—R1—Si—(OR2)3  (I) wherein, R1 is an unsubstituted alkylene group, and R2's are independently an unsubstituted alkyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Clariant Finance (BVI) Limited
    Inventors: Minoru Kurisaki, Takamasa Harada, Katsuyuki Sakamoto, Junichi Fukuzawa
  • Patent number: 6579958
    Abstract: Superabsorbent polymers having a slow rate of absorption, and a process for their preparation. The superabsorbent polymer has a slow rate of absorption, is crosslinked with a covalent crosslinking agent and the metal of a polyvalent metal coordination compound, has the metal of the coordination compound distributed essentially homogeneously throughout the polymer, and has an Absorption Rate Index of at least about 5 minutes. Prepare water-swellable, water-insoluble polymer particles having a slow rate of water absorption by polymerizing a monomer in the presence of a covalent crosslinking agent and a polyvalent metal coordination compound under conditions such that there is formed a polymer having reversible cationic crosslinks and such that the metal is distributed essentially homogeneously throughout the polymer particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: The Dow Chemical Company
    Inventor: Larry R. Wilson
  • Patent number: 6579588
    Abstract: An article comprises a substrate wherein at least a portion of its surface is provided with a thermosettable adhesive composition prepared from a polyepoxide resin, a curing agent and a plurality of microspheres. The cured composition forms a semi-structural bond with said substrate which is inseparable at the use temperature and is cleanly removable from said substrate when heated to a temperature of greater than the use temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Robert D. Waid
  • Patent number: 6541544
    Abstract: A thermosetting weatherable powder coating composition applyable to a temperature sensitive substrate by means of electrostatic spray or fluidized bed, and curable at low temperature to form a textured surface to hide irregularities on the surface of the underlying substrate. The powder coating composition includes a hardener with a functionality of 2 or greater capable of reacting with an acid or anhydride functional group, a polymeric coreactant with a functionality of 2 or greater capable of reacting with the hardener, a carboxylic acid functional polyester and optionally, a catalyst, but no texturing agent. The polymeric coreactant is made by polymerizing an ethylenically unsaturated monomer and at least one carboxyl acid functional ethylenically unsaturated monomer or anhydride functional ethylenically unsaturated monomer, and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: H. B. Fuller Licensing & Financing, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen C. Hart, Jeffrey G. Schmierer, Brian W. Carlson
  • Patent number: 6539314
    Abstract: A method for simulating a particular adhesive joint having an elasticity modulus which changes over a particular period of time and/or over a range of temperature is disclosed wherein the method provides a more accurate simulation of the particular adhesive joint. The method includes collecting stress and strain values for the adhesive joint over the particular period of time and/or over the range of temperatures such that an elastic modulus may be determined for the adhesive joint as a function of time and/or temperature. Once the elastic modulus is determined, a simulated joint is formed based upon the adhesive joint, and the simulated joint is capable of producing strain values by using the elastic modulus when data related to stress is entered into the simulated joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Daniel Joseph Ondrus, Harihar T. Kulkarni, John M Baldwin
  • Patent number: 6538074
    Abstract: The combination of powder coatings usable in a coating method comprising mixing two or more powder coatings of which each color is different, wherein each of the powder coatings fuses with each other and is heat-cured, to thereby give a coating film having a homogenous hue. A powder coating composition comprising two or more powder coatings of which each color is different, wherein each of the powder coatings fuses with each other and is heat-cured, to thereby give a coating film having a homogenous hue. A coating method comprising the steps of (a) applying to a substrate two or more powder coatings, of which each color is different; (b) heating to fuse with each other each of the two or more powder coatings applied in step (a); and (c) curing the resulting fused product in step (b), to give a coating film having a homogeneous hue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: Nippon Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukiya Sato, Hisakazu Tajima, Katsutoshi Aoki, Takehiko Tohjo, Yasunori Inagaki, Masayuki Maruta, Shingo Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6509413
    Abstract: A mixture of a self-curing epoxy resin having an equivalent weight of from about 100 to about 700, a melt viscosity of from about 200 to about 2000 centipoise at 150° C. and a low temperature curing agent is extruded as one component at a temperature below 220° F. and the extrudate is cooled and pulverized to form a low temperature curable coating powder. The powder cures at a temperature of from about 225 to about 300° F. and produces a coating having a smooth surface with either a low or high gloss. The powder is particulary useful for coating heat-sensitive substrates such as plastics, paper, cardboard and wood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Jeno Muthiah, Jeremiah J. Teti, Jacquelyn M. Schlessman, William G. Ruth, Carryll A. Seelig
  • Patent number: 6492462
    Abstract: The rheological properties of a crosslinkable resin system are modified by the presence of a side chain crystalline (SCC) polymer (or a similar crystalline polymer which melts over a narrow temperature range). The polymer dissolves in the curable system at temperatures above the melting point of the crystalline polymer (Tp), but when the system is then cooled to a temperature below Tp, at least partially forms a separate phase in the curable system. Below Tp, this separate phase substantially increases the viscosity of the curable system (i.e. makes it thicker than the same system without the crystalline polymer). This is particularly valuable for sheet molding composites (SMCs) in which the increase in viscosity makes the composites less tacky, and for dry film resists (DFRs). Above Tp, the curable system containing the dissolved crystalline polymer has a viscosity which is substantially less than its viscosity below Tp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: Landec Corporation
    Inventors: Steven P. Bitler, David D. Taft, Ray F. Stewart
  • Patent number: 6491973
    Abstract: Powder coating composition obtainable by homogeneous mixing of a separately produced particulate component A prepared from one or more epoxy resins having an epoxy equivalent weight of 250 to 2500, one or more curing components together with conventional lacquer auxiliary substances and additives and optionally pigments and/or fillers and a separately produced particulate component prepared from one or more resins differing from A having an acid value of 20 to 70 and/or an OH value of 10 to 100, one or more curing components together with conventional lacquer auxiliary substances and additives and optionally pigments and/or fillers, in a mixing ratio of component A to component B of 1:99 to 50:50, relative to weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: Dupont Performance Coatings GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Evgueni Davydov, Frank Dieter Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 6489396
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel (meth)acrylate ester-based resin composition which, for example, exhibits various good properties such as weather resistance, heat resistance, water resistance, acid resistance, alkali resistance, warm water resistance, impact resistance, processability, flexibility, hardness, elongation, transparency, luster, fleshy property, mirroring property, pigment dispersibility, and driability when being used, for example, as crosslinking type paints, adhesives, pressure sensitive adhesives, and fiber-processing materials, and has so low a resin viscosity as to be utilizable as a resin for coping with environmental pollution of such as low-VOC paints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Nakamura, Yoshiyuki Yokota, Kunio Takahashi, Masaya Yoshida
  • Patent number: 6486256
    Abstract: A two-part composition useful as an adhesive comprises an epoxy resin, a chain extender selected from an amine or a phenolic compound, a base catalyst and a polymeric toughener wherein Part A contains the catalyst and Part B with the epoxy resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Kent S. Tarbutton, Janis Robins
  • Patent number: 6482530
    Abstract: An adhesive resin composition comprising: (A) At least one component selected from the group consisting of (i) polyolefins having a melt flow rate of 0.1 to 30 g/10 min and (ii) olefinic polymers having at least one functional group capable of reacting with an epoxy group; and (B) an epoxy compound having at least two epoxy groups in the molecule and having a number average molecular weight of 3000 or less, wherein the ratio of the component (B) to the total weight of the components (A) and (B) is 0.01 to 5% by weight, and a laminate of (a) a layer composed of the above-mentioned adhesive resin composition and a substrate contacted therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Koichi Ito, Hiroshi Kasahara, Satoshi Maruyama, Masahiro Ueno, Naoki Minorikawa
  • Publication number: 20020169252
    Abstract: Superabsorbent polymers having a slow rate of absorption, and a process for their preparation. The superabsorbent polymer has a slow rate of absorption, is crosslinked with a covalent crosslinking agent and the metal of a polyvalent metal coordination compound, has the metal of the coordination compound distributed essentially homogeneously throughout the polymer, and has an Absorption Rate Index of at least about 5 minutes. Prepare water-swellable, water-insoluble polymer particles having a slow rate of water absorption by polymerizing a monomer in the presence of a covalent crosslinking agent and a polyvalent metal coordination compound under conditions such that there is formed a polymer having reversible cationic crosslinks and such that the metal is distributed essentially homogeneously throughout the polymer particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 1999
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Inventor: LARRY R. WILSON
  • Patent number: 6479585
    Abstract: A powder coating composition for heat-sensitive substrates curable at a temperature of about 300° F. or below for about 30 minutes or less comprises a) from about 10-90% by weight, relative to a) plus b), of carboxylic acid functional acrylic resin(s); b) from about 10-90% by weight, relative to a) plus b), of polyepoxy resin(s); c) a first catalyst functioning as an epoxy homopolymerization catalyst; and d) a second catalyst functioning as an epoxy/carboxylic acid reaction catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: H. B. Fuller Licensing & Financing Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen C. Hart, Jeffrey G. Schmierer, Brian W. Carlson, Stephen C. Larson
  • Patent number: 6451501
    Abstract: A chemical amplification resist composition comprising an acid sensitive copolymer wherein the protecting group of a protected carboxyl group bonded to the side chain of a first monomer unit is represented by the following formula (I): where R1 represents hydrogen or another substituent, L represents a linking group and n is an integer of 1 to 4, and a second monomer unit has an acidic functional group protected with an acid-unstable protecting group, bonded to its side chain. It can be used to form fine resist patterns that have practically usable sensitivity and undergo no swelling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Koji Nozaki, Ei Yano
  • Patent number: 6437056
    Abstract: Coating composition suitable for multilayer lacquering, containing, in addition to organic solvent, anti-sagging agents, optionally pigments, extenders and additives, a binder/crosslinkin agent system containing A) from 20 to 80 wt. % of carboxyl-functional (meth)acrylic copolymers and/or carboxyl-functional polyesters having an acid number of from 20 to 300, B) from 20 to 80 wt. % of epoxy-functional crosslinking agents, the percentages by weight of A) and B) adding up to 100 wt. %. C) from 0 to 30 wt. % of polymer polyol C), based on the sum of the weights of A) and B), E) from 0 to 20 wt. % of further crosslinking agents, based on the sum of the weights of A, B, and C), F) from 0 to 10 wt. % of monoepoxides, based on the sum of the weights of A) and B), and D) as anti-sagging agents, from 0.1 to 3 wt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nmeours and Company
    Inventors: Ralf Dahm, Carmen Flosbach, Hermann Kerber, Walter Schubert, Astrid Tückmantel
  • Patent number: 6437045
    Abstract: Powder coating compositions comprise a binder selected from carboxyl-group-containing polyesters, carboxyl-group-containing poly(meth)acrylates and mixtures of the said substances, and one or more epoxy compounds, wherein the epoxy compounds comprise at least one compound of formula (I) that is solid at 25° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Vantico Inc.
    Inventors: Christoph Rickert, François Turpin, Jacques Francois, Mireille Tena
  • Patent number: 6433084
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a powder coating composition containing as binder one or more than one poly(meth)acrylic resin having free carboxyl groups and, as hardener for these poly(meth)acrylic resins, one or more than one epoxy resin having a molecular weight of up to 1500, wherein the epoxy resins comprise at least 70% by weight of glycidyl esters which are selected from the group consisting of aliphatic and cycloaliphatic polyglycidyl polycarboxylates. More particularly, the present invention relates to a coating composition, which is free of carboxyl-functional polyesters, comprising a binder consisting of one or more than one poly(meth)acrylic resin having free carboxyl groups and, as hardener for the poly(meth)acrylic resin, one or more than one epoxy resin having a molecular weight of up to 1500, wherein the epoxy resin is a cycloaliphatic polyglycidyl polycarboxylate or mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Vantico Inc.
    Inventor: Philippe-Guilhaume Gottis
  • Publication number: 20020082350
    Abstract: A resin composition comprising a copolymer of styrene and maleic anhydride (SMA) as cross-linking agent, an epoxy resin, and a co-cross-linking agent, characterized in that the co-cross-linking agent is an optionally brominated bisphenol A (BPA), or an optionally brominated bishpenol A diglycidyl ether (BPADGE), or a mixture thereof, and that the composition is free from an allyl network forming compound. The resin may be applied to make laminates and printed wiring boards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 1999
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventors: FRANZ TIKART, KARL-HEINZ LEIS
  • Patent number: 6403705
    Abstract: The invention concerns molecular rods, their uses in a method for fixing and/or crystallising macromolecules, the resulting products and uses of said products in the field of materials and structural biology, in particular as biosensors or as biomaterials. Said molecular rods have a structure represented by the general formula (I) and said method essentially consists in incubating, for at least 15 minutes, a biological macromolecule in solution with a molecular rod as defined by the formula, in suitable temperature and pH conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignees: Commissariat a L'Energie Atomique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-CNRS
    Inventors: Fabrice Balavoine, Charles Mioskowski, Patrick Schultz
  • Patent number: 6403700
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a powdery, cross-linked polymer absorbing water and aqueous liquids formed of polymerized, unsaturated, acid groups-containing monomers that are present as salts neutralized to the extent of at least 50 mol-% and which optionally comprise further monomers which are copolymerizable with the acid groups-containing monomers as well as water-soluble polymers, the polymer being formed of acidic, polymerized monomers partially neutralized to the extent of 5-30 mol-%, relative to the acid groups-containing monomer portion. The polymer has a high retention, high liquid absorption under pressure, high swelling pressure, and a low content of soluble components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Stockhausen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Kurt Dahmen, Reinmar Peppmöller
  • Patent number: 6372823
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cationically electrodepositable coating composition comprising: (A) a water-soluble or water-dispersible resin obtained by reacting a hydroxyl group of a bisphenol A type epoxy resin with a cyclic ester compound, (B) a vinyl resin having a solubility parameter value of less than 9.6, (C) polyalkylene glycol having a solubility parameter value of less than 9.6, and (D) a pigment component having an average particle diameter of 0.5 &mgr;m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidenori Furukawa, Takahisa Kasukawa
  • Publication number: 20020037413
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprising an acrylic polymer as a base polymer and a crosslinking agent, characterized in that said acrylicpolymerh as a weight-average molecular weight of 1,500,000 or above and the proportion of materials having a molecular weight of 100,000 or below in said acrylic polymeris 10% or less, and that the storage modulus at 80° C. of said composition after forming a cross-linked structure is from 5×104 Pa to 5×105 Pa inclusive,which composition is capable of forming an adhesive layer having excellent weather resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2001
    Publication date: March 28, 2002
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kishioka, Jun Harima
  • Patent number: 6359039
    Abstract: An epoxy based adhesive composition contains: (i) a barbituric acid-modified bismaleimide; (ii) an epoxy resin selected from the group consisting of tetraglycidylmethylenedianiline, diglycidyl ortho-phthalate, diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A, polyglycidyl ether of novolac, and epoxy cresol novolac; (iii) an elastomer such as a carboxylated acrylontrile rubber containing between 19 and 41 wt % of acrylontrile; (v) a hardening agent and (vi) a catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chih-Chiang Chen, Jing-Pin Pan, Shur-Fen Liu
  • Publication number: 20010056144
    Abstract: An improved via and contact hole fill composition and method for using the composition in the dual damascene production of circuits is provided. Broadly, the fill compositions include a quantity of solid components including a polymer binder and a solvent system for the solid components. The boiling point of the solvent system is less than the cross-linking temperature of the composition. Preferred solvents for use in the solvent system include those selected from the group consisting of alcohols, ethers, glycol ethers, arnides, ketones, and mixtures thereof. Preferred polymer binders are those having an aliphatic backbone and a molecular weight of less than about 80,000, with polyesters being particularly preferred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2001
    Publication date: December 27, 2001
    Inventors: James E. Lamb, Xie Shao
  • Patent number: 6313224
    Abstract: Curable coating compositions comprising either a liquid or particulate curable film-forming resinous material, a flow control agent which is a copolymer and optionally a carrier for the liquid resinous material. The copolymer is from at least one non-amino, non-hydroxyl and non-acid functional alkyl acrylate or methacrylate containing from 1 to 20 carbon atoms in the alkyl group, and functional monomer of either (i) amino functional acrylates and methacrylates in an effective amount to give the copolymer an amine value in the range from 2 to 70, or (ii) acid functional acrylate and methacrylate in an effective amount to give the copolymer an acid value in the range of from 10 to 30. Additionally, with either functional monomer (i) or (ii) another functional comonomer (iii) can be present in the copolymer which is hydroxyalkyl acrylate and/or hydroxyalkyl methacrylate and/or caprolactone polyol monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignee: PPG Industrial Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Debra L. Singer, Kurt G. Olson, Kurt A. Humbert, Karen A. Barkac, Mark E. Wozniak
  • Publication number: 20010031829
    Abstract: A thermosetting composition comprising a co-reactable solid, particulate mixture of (a) polycarboxylic acid functional polymer, and (b) epoxide functional crosslinking agent having at least two epoxide groups, e.g., triglycidyl isocyanurate (TGIC), is described. The polycarboxylic acid functional polymer is prepared by atom transfer radical polymerization and has well defined polymer chain architecture and polydispersity index of less than 2.0. The thermosetting compositions of the present invention have utility as powder coatings compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2001
    Publication date: October 18, 2001
    Inventors: Karen A. Barkac, Simion Coca, James R. Franks, Kurt A. Humbert, Paul H. Lamers, Roxalana L. Martin, James B. O'Dwyer, Kurt G. Olson, Daniela White
  • Patent number: 6303706
    Abstract: A resin composition for powder coating, which comprises the following components (A), (B) and (C): (A) a carboxyl group-containing resin having a number average molecular weight of from 1,000 to 20,000, an acid value of from 5 to 200 and a glass transition temperature of from 30 to 120° C.; (B) tris(&bgr;-methylglycidyl) isocyanurate of the formula (1): (C) as a ring opening polymerization inhibitor, at least one compound selected from the group consisting of amines having in their molecules a bond of the formula (2): and onium salts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Miyake, Hisao Ikeda, Motohiko Hidaka, Takeo Moro
  • Patent number: 6294610
    Abstract: Coating powders having a resin system of comprising an epoxy resin and a carboxylic acid functional polymer contain a cure catalyst of formulae (I), (II) or mixtures of (I) and (II): where Z is selected from P, As, and N, the R1s are the same or different and are independently selected from alkyl groups, alkenyl groups, and aryl groups; R2s are the same or different and are selected from alkyl groups, phenyl groups, substituted phenyl groups, Br, Cl, I, and F; and the R3s are the same or different and are independently selected from the group consisting of H, alkyl groups, alkenyl groups, acyl groups, cycloalkyl groups, cycloalkenyl groups, aldehyde group, carboxyl group, cyano group and nitro group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Andrew T. Daly, Richard P. Haley, Michael M. Cook, Jeffrey A. Ulman
  • Patent number: 6288170
    Abstract: A thermosetting adhesive comprising a polyepoxide resin, a curing agent such as an imidazole and polymeric or elastomeric microspheres is removable when heated to a temperature greater than the use temperature of from about room temperature to about 185° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Robert D. Waid
  • Patent number: 6274673
    Abstract: Reaction products of a microgel that contains carboxylic acid groups with a nitrogen-containing base have a high latency and high stability towards mechanical influences and are suitable as hardeners for one-component epoxy resin systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: Vantico, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Roth, Qian Tang, Sameer Hosam Eldin
  • Patent number: 6265488
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for producing a water-absorbing agent by using a crosslinking agent of high molecular weight, wherein the water-absorbing agent is excellent with good balance in respect to the absorption capacities under no load and under a heavy load and can display excellent absorption properties even if the weight percentage of the water-absorbent resin (resin concentration) is high when the water-absorbent resin is used for materials such as hygienic products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Fujino, Masatoshi Nakamura, Kinya Nagasuna
  • Patent number: 6265489
    Abstract: A thermosetting composition comprising a co-reactable solid, particulate mixture of (a) polycarboxylic acid functional polymer, and (b) epoxide functional crosslinking agent having at least two epoxide groups, e.g., triglycidyl isocyanurate (TGIC), is described. The polycarboxylic acid functional polymer is prepared by atom transfer radical polymerization and has well defined polymer chain architecture and polydispersity index of less than 2.0. The thermosetting compositions of the present invention have utility as powder coatings compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Karen A. Barkac, Simion Coca, James R. Franks, Kurt A. Humbert, Paul H. Lamers, Roxalana L. Martin, James B. O'Dwyer, Kurt G. Olson, Daniela White
  • Patent number: 6265487
    Abstract: A powder coating hardener based on epoxide compounds having a molecular weight of no more than 1500, which is solid at room temperature, the epoxide compounds consisting of 60 to 100% by weight of diglycidyl 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylate in the form of the pure trans-isomer or of a cis/-trans-isomer mixture having a melting point (peak maximum of the DSC scan at a heating rate of 10° per minute) of above 70° C., and of 0 to 40% by weight of other epoxide compounds, and wherein 0 to 15% by weight of the entire amount of epoxide compounds can contain aromatic structural elements in the molecule. The powder coating hardeners give powder coatings based on poly(meth)acrylic resins having free carboxyl groups, which have good flow even at low temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: Vantico, Inc.
    Inventor: Philippe-Guilhaume Gottis
  • Patent number: 6261685
    Abstract: An adhesive sheet not tacky at ordinary temperatures, exhibiting strong adhesion and high heat resistance by heating under low pressure for a short period of time, having no problem of adhesive protrusion and excellent in storage stability, which comprises a base material having provided on one side or both sides thereof at least one layer of a thermosetting adhesive comprising (1) a non-tacky polymer of a monomer mixture comprising from 70% to 99% by weight of a (meth)acrylic ester represented by formula (I), a homopolymer of which has a glass transition temperature of −30° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhito Hosokawa, Masahiro Oura
  • Patent number: 6242083
    Abstract: A shaped article optionally containing a prepreg, or a composite derived from the shaped article with the prepreg, is prepared from a curable composition derived from the reaction in the presence of a catalyst of epoxy resin having at least 0.05% by weight of an epoxy resin oligomer with a solid rubber possessing at least 1% by weight of reactive groups and which is swellable or soluble in the reaction mixture, in a rubber epoxy resin weight ratio between 1:1 to 1:20, wherein said epoxy resin comprises (a) at least one first epoxy resin having an epoxy functionality of greater than three and (b) at least one second epoxy resin having a functionality of greater than one to three.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: Cytec Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick T. McGrail, Stephen D. Jenkins, Jeffrey T. Carter, Peter R. Ciriscioli, Scott D. Lucas, Robin K. Maskell
  • Patent number: 6235842
    Abstract: The present invention provides a phase-separation structure comprising a phenoxy resin modified with a carboxylated elastomer, prepared from a phenoxy resin and a carboxylated elastomer, the resin and the elastomer constituting a phase-separation structure, wherein the light transmittance of the structure in a 75 &mgr;m-thick film form at a wavelength of 500 nm is not less than 10% of the light transmittance of the air, which is useful as adhesives, film materials, and molding materials for encapsulating electronic components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Kuwano, Shinsuke Hagiwara
  • Patent number: 6207768
    Abstract: The combination of powder coatings usable in a coating method comprising mixing two or more powder coatings of which each color is different, wherein each of the powder coatings fuses with each other and is heat-cured, to thereby give a coating film having a homogeneous hue. A powder coating composition comprising two or more powder coatings of which each color is different, wherein each of the powder coatings fuses with each other and is heat-cured, to thereby give a coating film having a homogeneous hue. A coating method comprising the steps of (a) applying to a substrate two or more powder coatings, of which each color is different; (b) heating to fuse with each other each of the two or more powder coatings applied in step (a); and (c) curing the resulting fused product in step (b), to give a coating film having a homogeneous hue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Yukiya Sato, Hisakazu Tajima, Katsutoshi Aoki, Takehiko Tohjo, Yasunori Inagaki, Masayuki Maruta, Shingo Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6201066
    Abstract: An adhesive resin composition for extrusion lamination comprising: (A) At least one component selected from the group consisting of (i) polyolefins having a melt flow rate of 0.1 to 30 g/10 min and (ii) olefinic polymers having at least one functional group capable of reacting with an epoxy group; and (B) an epoxy compound having at least two epoxy groups in the molecule and having a number average molecular weight of 3000 or less, wherein the ratio of the component (B) to the total weight of the components (A) and (B) is 0.01 to 5% by weight, and a laminate of (a) a layer composed of the above-mentioned adhesive resin composition and a substrate contacted therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Koichi Ito, Hiroshi Kasahara, Satoshi Maruyama, Masahiro Ueno, Naoki Minorikawa
  • Patent number: 6171700
    Abstract: A curable composite material composition comprising (A) a polymerizable unsaturated compound, (B) a fiber reinforcing material and/or fiber, and (C) a polymerization initiator comprising an organic boron compound represented by the general formula (1) wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 each independently represent an alkyl, aryl, allyl, aralkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, silyl or heterocyclic group, a halogen atom, or a substituted alkyl, substituted aryl, substituted allyl, substituted aralkyl, substituted alkenyl, substituted alkynyl or substituted silyl group, and Z+ represents a cation, and an acidic compound, as well as a curing process for the curable composite material composition which includes irradiating and/or heating the curable composite material composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignees: Showa Denko Kabushiki Kaisha, Showa Highpolymer., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuichi Sugita, Hirotoshi Kamata, Tomio Yamamoto, Kazuo Ohtani, Hidetake Sendai
  • Patent number: 6114489
    Abstract: Novel powder coating compositions containing reactive hyperbranched polymers are disclosed and claimed. Preferred embodiments include powder coating compositions formed from hyperbranched polyesters having terminal hydroxy, carboxy, epoxy, and isocyanate groups. Preferred hyperbranched polyesters are formed from .alpha.,.alpha.-bis-(hydroxymethyl)-propionic acid, which act either as crosslinkers, adhesion promotors, or flow and leveling agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Herberts GmbH
    Inventors: Richard Vicari, Olan Stanley Fruchey, Kathleen Nelson Juneau, Shelby Freland Thames, James Wayne Rawlins
  • Patent number: 6103825
    Abstract: Epoxy resins which are obtainable by a process in which, first of all(a) by reacting(A1) at least one substance selected from the substances of the formula (I) and of the formula (II): ##STR1## in which Alc is the radical of a diol which has been freed fromI ts hydroxyl groups and comprises 2 to 20 carbon atoms,Ac is the radical of a dicarboxylic acid which has been freed from its carboxyl groups and comprises 2 to 20 carbon atoms,[Ph] is the radical of a difunctional phenolic compound which has been freed from its phenolic hydroxyl groups and has 6 to 20 carbon atoms, andc is a number greater than 1 but not more than 2, with(A2) at least one liquid diglycidyl ether based on a first bisphenol compound in an amount chosen so that there are more than two equivalents of glycidyl groups of component (A2) for a total of one equivalent of carboxyl and phenolic hydroxyl groups of component (A1),a pre-advanced diglycidyl ether resin is formed in dispersion in the liquid diglycidyl ether of which there is at least one
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp.
    Inventors: Isabelle Frischinger, Jurgen Finter, Christine Poget, Philippe-Guilhaume Gottis
  • Patent number: 6099685
    Abstract: An adhesive resin composition comprising:(A) At least one component selected from the group consisting of (i) polyolefins having a melt flow rate of 0.1 to 30 g/10 min and (ii) olefinic polymers having at least one functional group capable of reacting with an epoxy group; and(B) an epoxy compound having at least two epoxy groups in the molecule and having a number average molecular weight of 3000 or less, wherein the ratio of the component (B) to the total weight of the components (A) and (B) is 0.01 to 5% by weight, and a laminate of (a) a layer composed of the above-mentioned adhesive resin composition and a substrate contacted therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Koichi Ito, Hiroshi Kasahara, Satoshi Maruyama, Masahiro Ueno, Naoki Minorikawa
  • Patent number: 6084006
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a color filter comprises a step for charging an ink comprising a thermosetting resin composition onto an opening of a black matrix provided on a transparent substrate and a step for curing the ink by heat treatment. The thermosetting resin composition comprises either a coloring agent, a multifunctional epoxide having at least two glycidyl groups and a compound crosslinked by the multifunctional epoxide; or a coloring agent, a cellulose-reactive compound and a compound crosslinked by the cellulose-reactive compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akio Kashiwazaki, Katsuhiro Shirota, Koichiro Nakazawa, Masashi Hirose