Solid Polymer Derived From Ethylenic Reactants Only Derived From At Least One Reactant Containing An Oxygen Atom Patents (Class 525/170)
  • Patent number: 6894117
    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: November 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: Johnson Polymer, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Anderson, Alan J. Pekarik, Edward Tokas
  • Patent number: 6878776
    Abstract: The invention relates to thermosetting compositions, in particular coating or molding compositions, comprising crosslinked polymer microparticles with a size ranging from 10 to 300 nm and carrying at least one reactive functional group which can react with at least one of the reactive components of the thermosetting composition. Preferably, these microparticles carry at least one second reactive functional group distinct from the first which can react with at least one other functional group of the same type carried by another microparticle and/or by a reactive component of the thermosetting composition. These microparticles are at least partially soluble, miscible and/or dispersible in the starting thermosetting composition. The preferred thermosetting compositions are based on resins of epoxy/amine type or on unsaturated polyester resins and/or on vinyl ester resins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Cray Valley, S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Pascault, Ludovic Valette, Philippe Barbeau, Benoit Magny
  • Patent number: 6849693
    Abstract: Hydroxyl group-containing polymers which comprise moieties of polyesters and of addition polymers formed from olefinically unsaturated monomers, the polyesters containing units from aliphatic cyclic or polycyclic dihydroxy or polyhydroxy compounds or diepoxy or polyepoxy compounds A and aliphatic cyclic dicarboxylic or polycarboxylic acids B and the addition polymers containing units from olefinically unsaturated alkyl esters G of aliphatic, linear, branched or cyclic olefinically unsaturated monocarboxylic and/or dicarboxylic acids, olefinically unsaturated hydroxyalkyl esters H of one of the acids specified under G, at least one further olefinically unsaturated monomer I selected from vinylaromatics, vinyl esters, halogenated monomers, unsaturated nitriles, amides or diamides of unsaturated monocarboxylic acids, vinyl ethers, and allyl ethers, and also, where appropriate, carboxylic acids J, selected from the monocarboxylic acids specified under G or dicarboxylic acids specified under G in unesterified or m
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Solutia Austria GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Epple, Martin Geisberger, Fritz Gartler
  • Patent number: 6815499
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to substantially improve the compatibility between a radical copolymerizable unsaturated resin and an addition polymerized polymer (thermoplastic resin) which is added for the purpose of low profile and improvement of physical properties. The present invention provides a compatibilizing agent for compatibilizing a radical copolymerizable unsaturated resin with an addition polymerized polymer, characterized in that said compatibilizing agent is a graft copolymer (A) which contains a styrene monomer as a principal component, and has a principal chain (A1) consisting of a copolymer with a (meth)acrylate monomer and a side chain (A2) selected from a ring-opening polymerized polyether side chain consisting of a polyoxyalkylene ether, a polyester side chain, and a polycarbonate side chain, the side chain (A2) being bonded to the principal chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Yasumura, Akira Takano
  • Patent number: 6812313
    Abstract: A polymer comprises polymer chains having a glass transition temperature of less than 25° C. and a weight average molecular weight of less than 20,000 wherein the polymer chains contain at least one non-functional aromatic end-group. The polymer is miscible in the uncured state of said thermoset resins and immiscible in the cured state of the thermoset resins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventor: Edward Ewart La Fleur
  • Patent number: 6812302
    Abstract: A process for preparing a liquid rubber composition comprises: (a) Forming a reaction mixture of (i) from 1.0 to 99.999 weight percent of the reaction mixture of at least one C1-C20 alkyl acrylate monomer; and (ii) from 0.001 to 20 weight percent of the reaction mixture of at least one aromatic-containing initiator; (b) charging the reaction mixture into a reactor maintained at a reaction temperature of up to 400° C.; and (c) polymerizing said monomer with said aromatic-containing initiator to form a liquid rubber with polymer chains having at least one non-functional aromatic end-group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventor: Edward Ewart La Fleur
  • Patent number: 6784246
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and processes for preparing polymeric materials having polymerizable units derived from at least one C8 to C30 alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer, and at least one chain branching unit. The presence of the chain branching unit suprisingly results in the polymeric composition having non-gelled polymer chains. The polymeric compositions are useful as additives for improving the melt strength of thermoplastic resins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Carlos Alfonso Cruz, Eugene Patrick Dougherty
  • Patent number: 6780502
    Abstract: This invention relates to an insulating resin composition which exhibits high impact resistance and heat resistance and good adhesiveness to the plating metal, is selectively etchable by a permanganate salt commonly used in a plating operation and suited for an insulating layer in multilayer wiring boards. The insulating resin composition is a photo-polymerizable or thermally polymerizable resin composition comprising 3-10 parts by weight of a crosslinked elastic polymer per 100 parts by weight of a resin component (excluding the crosslinked elastic poly and including monomers) and said crosslinked elastic polymer has carboxyl groups and is dispersed with an average secondary particle diameter in the range of 0.5-2 &mgr;m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Inaba, Koji Nakamura, Koichi Fujishiro, Kazuhiko Mizuuchi
  • Patent number: 6720380
    Abstract: The invention relates to a modular system for the production of coating compositions for coating plastics comprising the following component modules: A) at least one base module containing at least one binder, extenders and/or pigments, optionally together with conventional coating additives, water and/or organic solvents, B) at least one adhesion module containing at least one adhesion-promoting component optionally together with binders, conventional coating additives, extenders, organic solvents and/or water, C) at least one elasticity module containing at least one elasticising component optionally together with conventional coating additives, extenders, organic solvents and/or water and D) at least one binder module containing at least one binder optionally together with additives, organic solvents and/or water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Udo Hellmann, Maria Weigel
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20040010084
    Abstract: Powder coating composition for automotive exterior coatings with improved compatibility with other coatings and improved resistance to yellowing include a polyepoxide material and an acid-functional crosslinker that is a reaction product of 1,3,5-tris(2-hdyroxyethyl)isocyanurate and a cyclic anhydride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2002
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Inventors: Walter H. Ohrbom, David J. Law, Robert D. Weise
  • Patent number: 6617394
    Abstract: The invention relates to low molecular weight LPA surface quality enhancers derived from C36-44 dimer acids capped with a glycol or a polyether polyol. The capped dimer acids are incompatible in the cured matrix of a polyester molding composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Ashland Inc.
    Inventors: Cynthia L. Smith, Dennis H. Fisher
  • Patent number: 6596817
    Abstract: Low molar mass polyester polyols having a weight average molar mass Mw of up to 3500 g/mol, hydroxyl numbers of from 80 to 280 mg/g and acid numbers of from 5 to 40 mg/g, comprising structural units derived from aliphatic monocyclic or polycyclic compounds containing at least two hydroxyl and/or epoxide groups and at least one heteroatom, aliphatic acyclic or cyclic polyhydroxy compounds containing three or more hydroxyl groups per molecule, linear or branched aliphatic dihydroxy compounds and aliphatic cyclic polycarboxylic acids, alone or in a mixture with low molar mass acrylate copolymers, may be processed to give coating materials which dry rapidly, and result in defect-free surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Solutia Austria GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Epple, Ulrike Kuttler, Adolf Labenbacher
  • 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: 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: 6476145
    Abstract: Polyester injection-moulded parts based on a polyester (A) and on a copolymer (B) of ethylene and of an unsaturated epoxy, such that weight % (B)×MFI (A+B)/MFI(A) is greater than 3 and in this expression: MFI (A+B) denotes the melt flow index of the modified polyester, that is to say the blend of (A) and (B) and of any fillers; MFI (A) denotes the melt flow index of the polyester (A) and of any fillers (without (B)); and weight % (B) denotes the percentage by weight of (B) in the blend of (A) and (B) and of any fillers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Atofina
    Inventors: Patrice Perret, Jacques Komornicki, Yoshiyuki Miyaki
  • Patent number: 6472085
    Abstract: A multi-component composite coating composition comprising a base coat deposited from a pigmented film-forming composition and a transparent top coat applied over the base coat in which the base coat is a thermosetting composition comprising a co-reactable solid, particulate mixture of (i) an epoxy functional polymer containing at least one of the polymer chain structures -[(M)p-(G)q]x- or -[(G)q-(M)p]x- wherein M is an oxirane-free residue of at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer, G is a glycidyl-functional ethylenically unsaturated monomer, p and q each independently has a value of 0 to typically less than 100, and x has a value of at least 1 to typically less than 100, the total value of p, q and x selected such that said epoxy functional polymer has a number average molecular weight of at least 250, and (ii) a co-reactant having functional groups reactive with the epoxy groups of (i).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    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
  • Publication number: 20020137845
    Abstract: New ligands, compositions, metal-ligand complexes and arrays with pyridyl-amine ligands are disclosed that catalyze the polymerization of monomers into polymers. Certain of these catalysts with hafnium metal centers have high performance characteristics, including higher comonomer incorporation into ethylene/olefin copolymers, where such olefins are for example, 1-octene, isobutylene or styrene. Certain of the catalysts are particularly effective at polymerizing propylene to high molecular weight isotactic polypropylene in a solution process at a variety of polymerization conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Applicant: Symyx Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas R. Boussie, Gary M. Diamond, Christopher Goh, Keith A. Hall, Anne M. LaPointe, Margarete K. Leclerc, Cheryl Lund, Vince Murphy
  • 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: 6380279
    Abstract: Radiation-curable powder compositions, usable as paint or varnish, which comprise a mixture of at least one semi-crystalline polyester containing end methacryloyl groups and of at least one amorphous polyester containing end methacryloyl groups, comprising the reaction products of a glycidyl methacrylate and of a semi-crystalline or amorphous polyester containing end carboxyl groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: UCB S.A.
    Inventors: Luc Moens, Jean-Marie Loutz, Daniel Maetens, Patrick Loosen, Marc Van Kerckhove
  • 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
  • Patent number: 6294014
    Abstract: A pigment dispersion comprising pigment, an aqueous carrier selected from water and a mixture of water and at least one organic solvent, and a pigment dispersant is described. The pigment dispersant is prepared by controlled radical polymerization, e.g., atom transfer radical polymerization, of a radically polymerizable monomer in the presence of a polymeric initiator having at least one radically transferable group. The polymeric initiator forms the polymeric backbone segment of the pigment dispersant, and the monomer forms polymeric segments that are pendent to the polymeric backbone segment. The pigment dispersant has comb-like architecture in which the polymeric backbone segment is hydrophobic, and at least a portion of each pendent polymeric segment is hydrophilic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian E. Woodworth, Simion Coca, James B. O'Dwyer
  • Patent number: 6277913
    Abstract: There is provided a thermoplastic resin composition and interior or exterior parts for vehicle using thereof, which is excellent in flexibility, surface appearance, heat deformation property at heating and has low tackiness at a high temperature. The thermoplastic resin composition comprises 25 to 90 parts by weight of a (meth)acrylic ester copolymer (X), which is prepared by polymerizing 40 to 95% by weight of a (meth)acrylic ester, 0 to 40% by weight of a vinyl cyanide compound, not more than 60% by weight of an aromatic vinyl compound and 0 to 40% by weight of a monomer copolymerizable therewith, and has a glass transition temperature of not more than 20° C. and a gel content of not more than 50% by weight, 5 to 75 parts by weight of a copolymer (Y), which has a glass transition temperature or a melting point not less than 50° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Ikuhiro Mishima, Kazuhito Wada
  • Patent number: 6268433
    Abstract: A thermosetting composition useful as a powder coating comprises a co-reactable solid, particulate mixture of (a) an epoxy functional polymer containing at least one of the polymer chain structures -[(M)p-(G)q]x- or -[(G)q-(M)p]x- wherein M is an oxirane-free residue of at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer, G is a glycidyl-functional ethylenically unsaturated monomer, p and q each independently has a value of 0 to typically less than 100, and x has a value of at least 1 to typically less than 100, the total value of p, q and x selected such that said epoxy functional polymer has a number average molecular weight of at least 250, and (b) a co-reactant having functional groups reactive with the epoxy groups of (a), e.g., dodecanedioic acid. The epoxy functional polymer is prepared by atom transfer radical polymerization and a polydispersity index of less than 2.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 31, 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: 6228941
    Abstract: A curable powder coating composition comprises (a) a copolymer produced from ai) 5 to 10 wt % of a C1 to C4 alkyl diester of an ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid, aii) 10 to 45 wt % of a glycidylester of an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid, aiii) 10 to 35 wt % of an alkenyl ester of a branched tertiary carboxylic acid wherein the acid moiety contains nine carbon atoms, and aiv) 0 to 45 wt % of a C1 to C12 alkyl ester of an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid having from 3 to 4 carbon atoms in the acid moiety, the percentages of ai) to av) are relative to the total weight of the polymer adding up to 100%; and (b) a blend comprising (bi) C4 to C16 (cyclo)aliphatic dicarboxylic acid and (bii) a polyester resin having an acid value of from 4500 to 4900 mmole/kg produced from a C5 to C12 branched polyhydroxyalkane and a C4 to C16 (cyclo)aliphatic dicarboxylic acid or anhydride in a polyhydroxyalkane:dicarboxylic acid molar ratio of from 0.2:1 to 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Christian Jean Charles De Cock, Carine Helena Paula Gerets
  • 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: 6200686
    Abstract: An unsaturated polyester resin composition includes: (A) 100 parts by weight of an unsaturated polyester having a dicyclopentenyl group; (B) 20 to 100 parts by weight of a polymerizable aromatic vinyl monomer; (C) 0.5 to 20 parts by weight of a polymerizable aliphatic vinyl monomer; and (D) 50 to 10000 ppm of a thermoplastic polymer relative to the total weight of the components (A), (B) and (C), in which the thermoplastic polymer is soluble in the polymerizable aliphatic vinyl monomer, and the weight ratio (D/C) of the component (D) to the component (C) is equal to or less than ⅕. The unsaturated polyester resin composition can provide a laminated or joint monolithic molding having markedly high secondary bond strength without deteriorating inherent drying characteristics of the unsaturated polyester resin composition having a dicyclopentenyl group. Moldings obtained by using the resin composition are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukinori Ozaki, Tsugishige Iwaki
  • Patent number: 6169150
    Abstract: Coating compositions comprised of (a) a carboxyl functional adduct which is the reaction product of (i) a compound, polymer or oligomer containing pendant and/or terminal hydroxyl or epoxy functional groups and (ii) tartaric acid, malic acid, adipic acid, succinic acid, or anhydrides of said acids; and an anhydride curing agent are disclosed. The coating compositions have accelerated tack-free times and enhanced adhesion to zinc-coated steel and cold rolled steel without the use of a chrome containing wash primer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Shanti Swarup, Joseph M. Carney, Bruce A. Connelly
  • Patent number: 6162869
    Abstract: The present invention provides acrylic polymer-optical brightener compositions. The invention also provides acrylic polymer-optical brightener compositions further comprising near infrared absorbing compounds. The invention also provides processes for making such compositions. Still further, the invention provides methods for detecting and/or separating fluorescing and/or near infrared emitting articles from non-fluorescing and/or non-near infrared emitting articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Mahendra K. Sharma, Richard Hsu-Shien Wang, James J. Krutak
  • Patent number: 6107393
    Abstract: A copolymer comprising:(a) from 10 to 70% by moles of ethylene,(b) from 30 to 90% by moles of a fluorinated monomer selected from tetrafluoroethylene, chlorotrifluoroethylene, or their mixtures,(c) from 0.1 to 30% by moles, with respect to the total amount of monomers (a) and (b), of a hydrogenated monomer having the formula:CH.sub.2 =CH--(CH.sub.2).sub.n --R.sub.1 (I)where R.sub.1 =--OR.sub.2, --(O).sub.t CO(O).sub.p R.sub.2 with t and p as integers: t=0 or 1 and p=0 or 1 and R.sub.2 is a hydrogenated radical from 1 to 20 carbon atoms C.sub.1 -C.sub.20, branched and/or linear alkyl and cyclo-alkyl radical or R.sub.2 is H. The R.sub.2 radical may optionally contain: heteroatoms preferably Cl, O, N; one or more functional groups, preferably chosen among OH, COOH, epoxide, ester and ether; and double bonds. The n subscript is an integer number between 0 and 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: Ausimont S.p.A.
    Inventors: Julio Abusleme, Claudia Manzoni
  • Patent number: 6100342
    Abstract: A powder coating is prepared by (a) solvent polymerizing carboxy-functional acrylate copolymers, (b) separating and reacting the copolymers with a molar excess of at least one epihaloalkane, (c) removing excess epihaloalkane, (d) adding toluene and then reacting the copolymers with a sodium hydroxide solution to produce epoxy groups-containing acrylate copolymers having an epoxide number of from 0.018-0.501 eq/100 g copolymer, a weight average molecular weight of from 1000-30,000 and a Tg of from 20-120.degree. C.; and (e) extruding the epoxy groups-containing acrylate copolymers with a hardener such as aliphatic polybasic acids or anhydrides, or carboxy-functional polyesters or acrylic resins along with additives such as pigments or fillers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: EMS-Inventa AG
    Inventors: Albert Reich, Andreas Kaplan, Rene Gisler
  • Patent number: 6051314
    Abstract: The present invention provides aqueous secondary coating compositions adapted to coat a sized fiber strand, the compositions including a urethane-containing polymer and a blend of a halogenated vinyl polymer and an elastomeric polymer. Another aspect of the present invention is a generally tubular assembly having a reinforcement coated with a primary layer of a sizing composition including a fiber lubricant which provides the assembly with an electrical resistance of greater than about 750 megaohms per 152.+-.13 millimeters of length of the assembly and a secondary layer including a halogenated vinyl homopolymer and a urethane-containing polymer. Another aspect of the present invention is a fiber strand formed from a thermoplastic or thermosetting material having a primary layer including a halogenated vinyl homopolymer and a urethane-containing polymer. The present invention also includes strands coated with the above-discussed coatings and polymeric composites and assemblies reinforced with the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventor: Mikhail M. Girgis
  • Patent number: 6048936
    Abstract: Acrylate copolymers AB obtainable by polymerization of a monomer mixture A in an organic solvent or in bulk, the monomer mixture A comprising proportions by mass of from 25 to 80% of C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -alkyl (meth)acrylates whose alkyl radicals can be linear, branched or cyclic, from 1 to 28% of C.sub.2 -C.sub.20 -hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylates whose hydroxyalkyl radicals can be linear, branched or cyclic, from 0.5 to 20% of .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acids and from 0 to 55% of aromatic vinyl compounds or aliphatic vinyl esters and vinyl ethers, vinyl halides, olefinically unsaturated ketones or aldehydes, esters of glycidyl alcohol or methylglycidyl alcohol with olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acids, or nitriles of .alpha.,.beta.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Vianova Resins AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Epple, Gert Dworak, Ulrike Kuttler, Claudia Pietsch
  • Patent number: 6037408
    Abstract: The invention concerns a reagent kit designed to produce elements of synthetic resin for anchoring fixation elements in place by bonding them in multi-cavity plugs. The reagent kit comprises (a) a reagent mixture containing 2,2-bis-[4-(methacryloxyethoxy)phenyl]propane and an optionally unsaturated polyester resin, vinyl resin or acrylic resin or a mixture of these, (b) an accelerator component comprises an organic peroxide and (c) a filler component, the accelerator component (b) being kept separate from the reagent mixture (a) before use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: UPAT GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Christian Weber, Jurgen Grun, Elke Wasmer
  • Patent number: 6013733
    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: March 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Debra L. Singer, Kurt G. Olson, Kurt A. Humbert, Karen A. Barkac, Mark E. Wozniak
  • Patent number: 5977258
    Abstract: A microgel obtained by polymerizing in aqueous phase a monomer blend comprising at least one ethylenic monofunctional compound, selected from the group consisting of vinylic compounds, alkyl esters of acrylic or methacrylic acid, hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylates and vinyl acetate, and at least one ethylenic di- or multifunctional compound, selected from the group consisting of diacrylates, triacrylates and/or (meth)acrylates of polyfunctional alcohols, in the presence of a polycondensation product of a polycarboxylic acid, polyhydroxycarboxylic acid, hydroxypolycarboxylic acid and/or polyhydroxypolycarboxylic acid with a polyol, and its use for aqueous or solvent-containing coating compositions, in particular for aqueous or solvent-containing base coats, effect base coats or clear coat systems in the motorcar industry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Bollig & Kemper KG
    Inventors: Hans-Dieter Hille, Stephan Neis, Horst Muller
  • Patent number: 5972272
    Abstract: An unsaturated polyester resin composition for molding comprising (A) an unsaturated polyester resin, (B) a thickening agent containing powder of a thermoplastic resin as the effective component thereof in an amount of 20 to 120 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the unsaturated polyester resin, (C) a liquid polymerizable monomer in an amount of 30 to 120 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the unsaturated polyester resin, and (D) a curing agent; SMC and BMC prepared by adding (E) a reinforcing material to the composition; and a process for molding the SMC and the BMC at a low temperature under a low pressure. The unsaturated polyester resin composition of the present invention can be converted into SMC in a short time. The obtained SMC has an excellent storage stability, can be molded at a low temperature under a low pressure, and provides a molded product exhibiting low shrinkage, excellent surface smoothness, a large strength, and a large modulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Nippon Zeon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Nagase, Takeo Kobayashi, Atsushi Tsukamoto
  • Patent number: 5972809
    Abstract: The present invention provides a waterborne coating composition which includes a polymeric film-forming resin. The polymeric film-forming resin includes a dispersion of polymeric microparticles prepared by forming, in aqueous medium, a mixture of: (a) an unsaturated, substantially hydrophobic polyester component, and (b) an ethylenically unsaturated monomer component. With various hydrophobic polyesters, the ethylenically unsaturated monomer component of the polymeric film-forming resin includes: (a) an acrylamide or methacrylamide with N-methylol or N-alkoxymethyl functionality, (b) an alpha-beta ethylenically unsaturated compound with carboxyl functionality, and (c) an alpha-beta ethylenically unsaturated compound with no additional reactive functionality. Such a waterborne coating composition has a low V.O.C., provides added stiffness, does not block, and can be applied in such a manner that it does not substantially mask the texture of the nonwoven fabrics and/or textiles over which it is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis L. Faler, James R. Franks, Roxalana L. Martin
  • Patent number: 5969046
    Abstract: A method for reacting a methylene-containing component such as an acrylic polymer prepared from acetoacetoxyalkyl (meth)acrylate and an alkene-containing component such as a polyfumarate, polymaleate, a polyester containing both fumarate and maleate groups or a polyacrylate comprises the reaction of a tertiary amine such as triethylene diamine and an epoxide such as a glycidyl-functional (meth)acrylic polymer in the presence of the methylene-containing component and alkene-containing component. The tertiary amine can be incorporated into the alkene-containing component such as the reaction of an unsaturated polyester with a compound having both tertiary amine and primary or secondary amine groups. The tertiary amine can be incorporated into the methylene-containing component such as an acrylic polymer derived from a tertiary amino-functional monmer and acetoacetoxyalkyl (meth)acrylate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: F. J. Schindler, M. J. Hurwitz, M. H. Wolfersberger, R. L. Fulton, Jr., W. E. Feely
  • Patent number: 5891582
    Abstract: A resin composition comprises an acrylated polyester, the polyester being the reaction product of an equivalent excess of 1,6-hexanediol and an aromatic polycarboxylic acid or anhydride, preferably trimellitic anhydride. In the preferred embodiment, the reaction product includes a highly ethoxylated triacrylate. Upon UV initiated polymerization or copolymerization, improved clear coatings for "no-wax" resilient floors are obtained. These coatings have better resistance to household and other stains than commercial urethane/acrylate floor coverings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1999
    Assignee: Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Wendell A. Ehrhart, Songvit Setthachayanon
  • Patent number: 5886100
    Abstract: The thermosetting coating composition in a powdery form, includes (a) a binder resin prepared by the steps comprising preparing a starting material monomer mixture of two different polymerization reactions, each of the polymerization reaction being carried out in an independent reaction path, and then concurrently carrying out both of the two different polymerization reactions in one reaction vessel; (b) a colorant; and (c) a crosslinking agent. The coating film is prepared by curing the above thermosetting coating composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1999
    Assignee: KAO Corporation
    Inventors: Katsutoshi Aoki, Yukiya Sato, Masayuki Maruta, Yasunori Inagaki, Kuniyasu Kawabe
  • Patent number: 5872192
    Abstract: Thermosetting powder coatings based on epoxide-containing acrylate copolymer resins are disclosed comprising:(A) an acrylate copolymer that contains glycidyl ether residues;(B) an aliphatic and/or cycloaliphatic polybasic acid and/or a polyol-modified anhydride of a polybasic acid and/or an amorphous or semi-crystalline carboxy-functional copolyester resin and/or a carboxy-functional acrylic resin;(C) and, optionally, fillers and/or pigments and/or additives wherein the acrylate copolymer (A) has a molecular weight (Mw) of 1,000 to 30,000 and a glass transition temperature of 20 to 120.degree. C. and is obtainable by, in a first step, preparing a hydroxyl-functional acrylate copolymer (D), which copolymer is then transformed into the acrylate copolymer (A), by reaction with epihaloalkanes. The aforementioned compositions can be processed further to give thermosetting powder coatings which can be applied to substrates such as metal to form protective coatings or films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1999
    Assignee: EMS--Inventa AG
    Inventors: Andreas Kaplan, Rene Gisler, Albert Reich
  • Patent number: 5847042
    Abstract: A polyolefin resin composition of the present invention comprising 0.01 to 2.0 parts by weight of an anti-blocking agent per 100 parts by weight of a polyolefin resin, wherein said anti-blocking agent has substantially two or more maximum values in a weight-based particle size distribution and a difference between a particle diameter giving the largest maximum value and a particle diameter giving the smallest maximum value is not less than 3.0 .mu.m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Satoru Hosoda, Satoru Koyama, Kenzo Chikanari
  • Patent number: 5804658
    Abstract: A process for producing a composite article made of at least one hard component and at least one soft component, wherein the hard component contains a thermoplastic polyester containing non-aromatic C.dbd.C double bonds, and the soft component contains a vulcanizate, wherein the vulcanizate is produced by vulcanization of a rubber composition having the following components:(i) 100 parts by weight of a rubber containing carboxyl or anhydride groups;(ii) from 0 to 300 parts by weight of fillers;(iii) from 1 to 10 parts by weight of peroxidic vulcanizers;(iv) from 0 to 150 parts by weight of plasticizers, and(v) more than 4 parts by weight of a difunctional or polyfunctional vulcanization activator of the formulaR.sup.1 (--Z--CO--CR.sup.2 .dbd.CR.sup.3 R.sup.4).sub.n,whereinR.sup.1 is a divalent or higher-valent radical or a single bond, R.sup.2 to R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Huels Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Friedrich Georg Schmidt, Horst Heuer
  • Patent number: 5747599
    Abstract: Disclosed is a thermosetting coating composition comprising (A) an epoxy compound and (B) an aromatic sulfonium salt represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, an alkoxyl group, or a group represented by the formula ##STR2## wherein Y represents an alkyl group, an alkoxyl group, a phenyl group or a phenoxy group all of which may have a substituent, each of R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or an alkyl group, each of R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 represents an alkyl group, an aralkyl group or an aryl group all of which may have a substituent, and X.sup.- represents SbF.sub.6.sup.-, PF.sub.6.sup.-, AsF.sub.6.sup.-, or BF.sub.4.sup.-.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Assignee: Kansai Paint Company, Limited
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Ohnishi
  • Patent number: 5747558
    Abstract: A heat-curable, water-dispersible resin composition comprising 50 to 90% by weight of a film-forming polymer (A) obtained by copolymerizing an ethylenic monomer having a saturated C.sub.6 to C.sub.18 hydrocarbon group, a hydroxy-containing ethylenic monomer, an acidic group-containing ethylenic monomer and another ethylenic monomer, and 50 to 10% by weight of a hydroxy-terminated polyester resin (B), said resin (B) being grafted on said polymer (A) by transesterification, and at least part of the acidic groups in said polymer (A) being neutralized with a base (C); a method of producing said resin composition; a water-based paint composition comprising said resin composition and a curing agent; and a two-coat one-bake coating method which uses said paint composition as a base coat. This invention provides a water-based paint composition which shows good workability in a broad humidity condition range, and excellent in storage stability, paint film appearance and performance characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Assignee: Nippon Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadahiko Nishi, Takeshi Takagi, Yoshitaka Okude
  • Patent number: 5741851
    Abstract: There is a provided a stable low viscosity graft polymer dispersion comprising from 25 to 60 weight percent based on the total weight of the polymer dispersion of at least three ethylenically unsaturated monomers polymerized in the presence of a reaction moderator and a free radical initiator in a polyol mixture initially containing less than 0.1 moles of induced unsaturation per mole of said polyol mixture. One of the monomers in the mixture of ethylenically unsaturated monomers is a hydroxylfunctional or aminofunctional C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkyl methacrylate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1998
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Duane A. Heyman, James A. Gallagher
  • Patent number: 5741448
    Abstract: A shrink resistant resin composition which is curable at room temperature. The composition is (a) a curable unsaturated polyester resin, (b) an accelerator, (c) a low temperature free radical peroxide initiator, and (d) a low profile additive comprising polyolefin powder. The resin composition may be cured at room temperature to provide a molded article which exhibits improved shrink-resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1998
    Assignee: Reichhold Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventor: Dean H. Wiseman
  • Patent number: 5710220
    Abstract: There is a provided a stable low viscosity graft polymer dispersion comprising from 25 to 60 weight percent based on the total weight of the polymer dispersion of at least three ethylenically unsaturated monomers polymerized in the presence of a reaction moderator and a free radical initiator in a polyol mixture initially containing less than 0.1 moles of induced unsaturation per mole of said polyol mixture. One of the monomers in the mixture of ethylenically unsaturated monomers is a hydroxylfunctional or aminofunctional C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkyl methacrylate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Duane A. Heyman, James A. Gallagher
  • Patent number: 5668216
    Abstract: This invention covers the use of cross-linkable redispersible dispersion powders based on vinyl ester copolymers or (meth)acrylic acid ester copolymers as binders for the dry binding of fibre materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1997
    Assignee: Wacker-Chemie GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Kinkel, Gerhard Brink, Walter Ernet, Joachim Schulze, Konrad Wierer