Heterocyclic Reactant Contains Anhydride Group Patents (Class 525/207)
  • Patent number: 6538067
    Abstract: Interpolymer of a polymer of unsaturated olefinically monomers without carboxylic groups and a polymeric surface active agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Katrin Zeitz, Reinhold Dieing, Axel Sanner
  • 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: 6534586
    Abstract: The invention provides a flame-retardant rubber composition which may form a vulcanizate of an elastomer whose deterioration of mechanical strength is little to enjoy excellent mechanical properties, even when a nonhalogenated flame retardant is contained in a high proportion in the composition, and a flame-retardant elastomer obtained therefrom. The flame-retardant rubber composition contains (A) an olefin copolymer having a functional group, which comprises (a-1) a structural unit derived from ethylene, (a-2) a structural unit derived from an &agr;-olefin compound having 3 to 10 carbon atoms, (a-3) a structural unit derived from a functional group-containing unsaturated compound, and optionally (a-4) a structural unit derived from a nonconjugated diene compound, and has an intrinsic viscosity [&eegr;] of 0.1 to 10 dL/g as measured in decalin at 135° C., (B) a vulcanizing agent and/or a crosslinking agent and (C) a nonhalogenated flame retardant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Shoei Tsuji, Junji Ayukawa, Toshiyuki Hayakawa, Minoru Tanaka, Fumio Tsutsumi
  • Publication number: 20030050359
    Abstract: This invention discloses a dental adhesive composition comprising (A) a polymerizable monomer comprising an acidic-group containing polymerizable monomer such as 11-methacryloyloxy-1,1-undecane dicarboxylic acid, (B) a mixed filler of a spherical filler substantially consisting of a non-crosslinking polymethyl methacrylate and a spherical filler substantially consisting of a non-crosslinking polyethyl methacrylate; and (C) a polymerization initiator; and a dental adhesive kit comprising the above dental adhesive composition in combination with a dental primer comprising (D) an acidic-group containing polymerizable monomer, (E) an aryl borate, (F) an organosulfinic acid salt and (G) water. The dental adhesive composition exhibits good operability and improved adhesion performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2002
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventors: Mikio Kimura, Koji Matsushige, Hideki Kazawa
  • Patent number: 6512051
    Abstract: An elastomer composition including an elastomer having a functional group, and a compound having a functional group, in which corresponding functional groups form a cross-link by at least one of an ionic bond, a hydrogen bond, and Diels-Alder reaction with temperatures, i.e., by heating, while the cross-link is cleaved at around room temperature, forming and cleaving of the cross-link being reversible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keisuke Chino, Masahiro Ikawa, Makoto Ashiura
  • Patent number: 6509417
    Abstract: A multi-component coating composition having a hard, glossy, and tack-free finish is described. The coating composition comprises a fatty acid modified glycidyl-containing component and a hydroxy-functional polymer. The coating composition can be used to originally finish or to refinish such articles as farm, industrial, and construction equipment, automobiles, and trucks, and to paint structures such as bridges, buildings, appliances, metal furniture, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: Lilly Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Wylie H. Wetzel, William G. O'Dell
  • Publication number: 20020182170
    Abstract: The invention relates to an adduct of polyalk(en)yl succinic anhydride and a compound of formula (I): wherein R1 is hydrogen, hydroxyl, hydrocarbyl, hydroxyhydrocarbyl, carbamyl, 1-acetyl, amino, or nitro; R2 is hydrogen, hydroxyl, hydrocarbyl, hydroxyhydrocarbyl, carbamyl, 1-acetyl, amino, or nitro; R3 is hydrogen or hydrocarbyl; and X is O, S or NH; or a derivative of such an adduct. The invention also relates to an emulsifier comprising such an adduct or derivative, and the invention also relates to compositions including such an emulsifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2002
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventor: Willem George Boer
  • Patent number: 6479592
    Abstract: A functionalized and polymerizable polymer is described which is obtainable by ring-opening metathesis polymerization and is suitable in particular as a dental material and especially as a constituent of dental adhesives owing to an adhesion-boosting effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Volker Rheinberger, Norbert Moszner, Franz Stelzer, Regina Schitter, Frank Zeuner
  • Patent number: 6472475
    Abstract: A pregellable adhesive containing several polymers, of which at least one is olefinically unsaturated and the other capable of curing by esterification, prepared in such a way that it cures by two different chemical reaction mechanisms which can be activated successively and catalyzed at least substantially independently of one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien (Henkel KGAA) Henkelstrasse 67
    Inventors: Thierry Lanoye, Anne-Marie Garnault
  • 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: 6416834
    Abstract: Adhesion promoting compositions comprising mixtures of carboxylated unsaturated polymers and a) amines; b) amine derivatives; or c) mixtures of hydroxy compounds and quaternary phosphonium salt accelerators or quaternary ammonium salt accelerators are useful as components of curable elastomer compositions. The curable compositions exhibit excellent adhesion to fluoropolymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Robert Earl Fuller
  • Patent number: 6417277
    Abstract: The present invention provides a coating composition which is excellent in a curing property (particularly a low temperature curing property) of a coating film and which forms a coating film having excellent chipping resistance and adhesive property, and it comprises a hydroxyl group-containing resin (A), a cross-linking agent (B) and a phosphoric acid group-containing vinyl resin (C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tomizaki, Akira Kasari
  • Patent number: 6395835
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thermocurable resin composition for coating with good storage stability and capable of forming a coating film excellent in low temperature curability, acid resistance, scratch resistance etc., containing a polymer obtained by half-esterifying with a monohydric alcohol the acid anhydride group of an acid anhydride group-containing polymer, obtained by copolymerizing a polymerizable, unsaturated, half-esterified product obtained by half-esterification of a hydroxyl group-containing, polymerizable unsaturated monomer and an acid anhydride group-containing compound in the proportion of 1-1.5 moles of the acid anhydride group per 1 mole of the hydroxyl group, an acid anhydride group-containing, polymerizable unsaturated monomer and another polymerizable unsaturated monomer; and a polymer having both hydroxyl group and epoxy group in the molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Nakao, Shigeru Nakamura
  • Patent number: 6388012
    Abstract: A thermosetting powder paint composition comprising (A) a resin composition component, (B) a hardener component and (C) a solid flow controlling component, wherein the component (A) contains a resin composition component having reactivity with the component (B), the component (B) contains a hardener having reactivity with the component (A), the component (C) contains a vinyl polymer which is solid at 20° C., and the relation between SPA of the component (A) and SPC of the component (C) satisfies the following numerical formula (1) and the following numerical formula (2) simultaneously. By this constitution, excellent blocking-resistance in storing as the powder paint composition and excellent appearance properties of a paint film formed by coating the powder paint composition can be simultaneously manifested. 8≦SPA≦13  (1) 7≦SPC≦SPA  (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Sakayama, Yoshio Kikuta, Mitsuyuki Mizoguchi, Takahisa Miyawaki, Tsuyoshi Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 6376598
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to thermoplastic blends having improved properties. Optionally, these blends may be dynamically vulcanized. More specifically, this invention is directed to a composition comprising a blend of chloromethylated(styrene-isobutylene)copolymer and a thermoplastic resin selected from the group consisting of polyamides, polyesters, polycarbonates, polysulfones, polyacetals, polyacetones, acrylonitrile-butadiene styrene resins, polyphenylene oxide, polyphenylene sulfide, styrene-acrylonitrile resins, styrene-maleic anhydride resins, polyamides, aromatic polyketones, ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer and mixtures thereof. Tires and tire components such as air permeation prevention films comprising these compositions are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Exxon Mobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventor: Hsien-Chang Wang
  • Patent number: 6353060
    Abstract: A water-soluble or water-dispersible binder based on polybutadienes which is modified with at least 5% by weight of maleic anhydride and wherein at least 30% of the anhydride groups are present as imide groups from reaction with an amino carboxylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Assignee: Degussa AG
    Inventors: Wilfried Paulen, Rainer Elm, Werner Freitag, Martina Ortelt, Wolfgang Sasse, Karin Sokolowski
  • Patent number: 6346571
    Abstract: A thermoplastic composition which may be unvulcanized or vulcanized is provided which comprises a polymer blend of an elastomeric thermoplastic engineering resin and a halogen-containing copolymer of a C4 to C7 isomonoolefin and a para-alkylstyrene. A process for preparing a dynamically vulcanized composition is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2002
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Narayanaswami Raja Dharmarajan, Robert Chester Puydak, Hsien Chang Wang, Kenneth William Powers, Thomas Chen-Chi Yu, Donald Ross Hazelton
  • Publication number: 20010053897
    Abstract: A blend of one or more crosslinked polymers or copolymers prepared from an olefinically unsaturated polymerizable carboxylic or anhydride monomer and at least one high molecular weight essentially linear polymer prepared from an olefinically unsaturated polymerizable carboxylic acid monomer. The blend is neutralized to typically a low pH, and generally contains a noncovalent, e.g. ionic, crosslinking agent, and a cure rate modifier. The hydrogel blend is capable of containing a large amount of water, has good tack, good adhesion, and can be utilized as an application vehicle having a backing thereon as well as containing various substances such as personal care compounds, pharmaceuticals, active ingredients, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2001
    Publication date: December 20, 2001
    Applicant: The B.F. Goodrich Company
    Inventors: Dean M. Frate, Joseph A. Chiarelli, Yong Ma
  • 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: 20010034410
    Abstract: The invention relates to additives for improving the cold flow properties of middle distillates, containing from 10 to 95% by weight of copolymers A), from 5 to 90% by weight of copolymers B) and, if required, from 0 to 70% by weight of copolymers C), which correspond to the following formulae:
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2001
    Publication date: October 25, 2001
    Applicant: Clariant GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Krull, Thomas Volkmer, Werner Reimann
  • Patent number: 6277914
    Abstract: Polymeric adhesive comprising a homogeneous mixture of at least three constituents: (a) at least one thermoplastic halogenated hydrocarbon polymer, (b) at least one copolymer of monoethylenic monomers which carry an alkyl carboxylate functional group and (c) at least one alpha-olefin polymer modified by the incorporation of at least one functional group chosen from a carboxyl, an acid anhydride, a hydroxyl and an epoxide. Process for the preparation of this polymeric adhesive and use of this polymeric adhesive in the preparation of structures with multiple polymeric layers. Structures with multiple polymeric layers comprising a layer (A) based on thermoplastic halogenated hydrocarbon polymer bonded to a layer (C) based on thermoplastic nonhalogenated polymer incompatible with (A) via a layer (B) based on this polymeric adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: Solvay (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Oreins, Vincent Thulliez, Guy Laurent, Fredy Declerck
  • Patent number: 6251997
    Abstract: A polypropylene resin composition, which is light weighing, has very high values for the stiffness and heat resistance and is superior in the scratch-proof property with better moldability upon molding and which can be injection-molded into formed articles without occurrence of cracking, comprising 5-25% by weight of a higher molecular weight polypropylene (A) having an intrinsic viscosity [&eegr;], determined in decalin at 135° C., in the range from 6 to 11 dl/g and 95-75% by weight of a lower molecular weight polypropylene (B) having an intrinsic viscosity [&eegr;], determined in decalin at 135° C., in the range from 0.6 to 1.6 dl/g, wherein the said resin composition has the following charactristic features <<1>> and <<2>>, namely, <<1>> an isotactic pentad fraction (mmmm-fraction), determined by 13C-NMR, of at least 96.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Grand Polymer Co Ltd
    Inventors: Tadashi Imai, Mikio Hashimoto, Shigeru Harima
  • Patent number: 6235846
    Abstract: Coating compositions which comprise: (i) a hydroxy-functional compound containing in the molecule an average of at least two hydroxyl groups; (ii) an anhydride-functional compound containing in the molecule an average of at least two cyclic carboxylic acid anhydride groups; and (iii) an epoxy-functional compound containing in the molecule an average of at least two cycloaliphatic epoxy groups, provide low temperature cure response and excellent durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: The Sherwin-Williams Company
    Inventors: Mohamad D. Shalati, James A. Marquart, John R. Babjak, Rodney M. Harris
  • Patent number: 6235840
    Abstract: An impact modifier for thermoplastic polyamides comprises: (A) an elastomeric olefin copolymer; and (B) a resinous olefin homopolymer or copolymer wherein at least one of (A) and (B) is maleated; and wherein the melt flow index of the resulting composition measured at 230° C. and 2.16 kg weight is at least 3 g per 10 minutes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: Uniroyal Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Seshan Thiruvengada, Robert C. Constable
  • Patent number: 6232405
    Abstract: Water soluble SMA resin amic acids are provided, as are methods for using the same to prepare water based pigment dispersions and inks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Atofina Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: John C. Schmidhauser, Lisa M. Hahn
  • Patent number: 6228948
    Abstract: Modified polymers, particularly polyolefins with improved flow over that of polyolefin alone, are produced by reacting polypropylene, maleic anhydride monomer, and a peroxy initiator in a twin-screw extruder. The maleic anhydride monomer is injected as a fluid and is grafted onto the base polypropylene during the degradation/chain scissioning process. Novel, highly-grafted polymers with high melt flow and other useful properties are produced in pellet form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Vicki Flaris, David John Mitchell
  • Patent number: 6210294
    Abstract: A golf ball comprising a center, a cover, and optionally, at least one intermediate layer disposed between the center and the cover, wherein at least one of the center, the cover, and the at least one intermediate layer is formed with a polyurethane composition comprising a reaction product of a prepolymer of at least one polyol and at least one polyisocyanate, and a curing agent of at least one diol. A polyurethane composition, suitable for forming golf equipment, said composition comprising a reaction product of a prepolymer of at least one polyol and at least one polyisocyanate, and a curing agent of at least one diol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventor: Shenshen Wu
  • Patent number: 6211296
    Abstract: A blend of one or more crosslinked polymers or copolymers prepared from an olefinically unsaturated polymerizable carboxylic or anhydride monomer and at least one high molecular weight essentially linear polymer prepared from an olefinically unsaturated polymerizable carboxylic acid monomer. The blend is neutralized to typically a low pH, and generally contains a noncovalent, e.g. ionic, crosslinking agent, and a cure rate modifier. The hydrogel blend is capable of containing a large amount of water, has good tack, good adhesion, and can be utilized as an application vehicle having a backing thereon as well as containing various substances such as personal care compounds, pharmaceuticals, active ingredients, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: The B. F. Goodrich Company
    Inventors: Dean M. Frate, Joseph A. Chiarelli, Yong Ma
  • Patent number: 6211299
    Abstract: In situ solvent free methods for making anhydride based graft copolymers which involve mixing an ethylenically unsaturated monomer, an anhydride monomer, either a monofunctional polyglycol having a hydroxyl or amine terminal group or a polyfunctional polyglycol having a weight average molecular weight of greater than 5,000 and at least one terminal hydroxyl group, and a free radical initiator to form a mixture. The mixture is heated to form a copolymer having repeat units derived from the ethylenically unsaturated monomer and anhydride monomer, and a copolymer grafted polyglycol comprising a main polyglycol backbone having copolymer side chains which are heated to form an anhydride based graft copolymer. The anhydride based graft copolymers are especially useful as soil release agents in detergent formulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas H. Moss, III, Klein A. Rodrigues
  • 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: 6180726
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a high temperature resistant coating composition and a method of using thereof. More particularly, the invention relates to a coating composition comprising a resin containing functional hydroxyl groups (A), a polyfunctional epoxy resin (B), and an anhydride compound.(C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: H. B. Fuller Licensing & Financing Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne G. Eklund, Paula Bushendorf
  • 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: 6169147
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a block copolymer comprising at least one polyalkadiene block which may or may not be hydrogenated and at least one random (aromatic vinyl compound-co-maleic anhydride) block. Besides, the invention relates to a stable polymer composition comprising a continuous phase formed by a first polymer and a phase dispersed therein of a second polymer, which second polymer is not compatible with the first polymer, and an amount of the block copolymer according to the invention, the ratio of the block copolymer to the second polymer ranging between 1:50 and 1:5. Finally, the invention relates to the use of the block copolymers according to the invention as compatibilizer and/or as modifier for the mechanical properties of polymer compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: Rijksuniversiteit te Groningen
    Inventors: Erik Kroeze, Georges Hadziioannou, Gerrit ten Brinke
  • Patent number: 6140400
    Abstract: Redispersible tackifier powder compositions which are redispersible in water are provided and which are comprised of one or more tackifying substances and from 2 to 50% by weight of one or more water-soluble low molecular weight homo or copolymers of olefinically unsaturated mono or dicarboxylic acids or their anhydrides. The copolymers also contain other free-radically polymerizable monomers. Antiblocking agents can also be present. Adhesives containing the compositions are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Wacker-Chemie GmbH
    Inventors: Reiner Figge, Rudolf Weissgerber
  • Patent number: 6127483
    Abstract: The invention relates to dispersion-powder compositions redispersible in water and containing (a) a vinyl ester ethylene copolymer with 50 to 90% by weight of vinyl esters of C.sub.2 to C.sub.12 carboxylic acid, 1 to 30% by weight of ethylene, 0-20% by weight of vinyl esters of .alpha.-branched monocarboxylic acids with 5 to 10 C-atoms, each in relation to the total weight of the vinyl ester ethylene copolymer, and (b) a water soluble copolymer with 20 to 80% by weight of hydrophobic, substantially water insoluble monomers, 20 to 80% by weight of water-soluble, salt-forming monomers from the group of ethylenically unsaturated sulfonic acids, and 0 to 50% by weight of ethylenically unsaturated monocarboxylic or dicarboxylic acids or the anhydrides thereof, each in relation to the total weight of the water soluble copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Wacker-Chemie GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Weitzel, Peter Ball, Reiner Figge
  • Patent number: 6114454
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of dispersing or treating a mineral filler into a thermoplastic resin; the dispersing agent or agent for treatment of a mineral filler is a styrene-maleic anhydride copolymer, having an weight average molecular weight preferably between 1000 to 3000; the thermoplastic resin is selected from (a) a hydrocarbon homopolymer without an aryl group, (b) a copolymer without an aryl group, and with a molecule comprised of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen in which the content of oxygen atoms does not exceed 22% by weight or (c) a mixture of the above described homopolymer and copolymer; the mineral fillers are basic or have surfaces that have free hydroxyl groups. The present invention relates also to thermoplastic compounds which are highly filled, stable, fluid and homogeneous and which contain mineral agents; further these compositions are useful in the fabrication of plastic products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Coatex, S.A.
    Inventors: Pierre Blanchard, Patrick Trouve
  • Patent number: 6093774
    Abstract: The present invention provides a low gloss powder coating composition comprising a glycidyl-containing acrylic polymer, a first acid functional crosslinking agent comprising a copolymer of an ethylenically unsaturated compound and an anhydride of a dicarboxylic acid and a second acid functional crosslinking agent comprising a dicarboxylic acid having 4 to 20 carbons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: Reichhold Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric Dumain
  • Patent number: 6087448
    Abstract: Poly(vinylguanidine)-based superabsorbent gels are disclosed. The superabsorbent gels either comprise a mixture of a poly(vinylguanidine) polymer and an acidic water-absorbing polymer, like polyacrylic acid, or comprise a salt of a poly(vinylguanidine) polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: AMCOL International Corporation
    Inventors: Michael A. Mitchell, Thomas W. Beihoffer
  • Patent number: 6084036
    Abstract: Coating compositions comprising (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) citric acid or citric acid anhydride; and (b) an anhydride functional curing agent are disclosed. The coating compositions have accelerated tack-free times and enhanced adhesion to zinc-coated steel substrates without the use of a chrome-containing wash primer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph M. Carney, Bruce A. Connelly, James A. Claar
  • Patent number: 6075093
    Abstract: A laundry detergent composition comprising a surfactant, builder and from about 0.1 to about 25 weight percent, based on the total weight of the laundry detergent composition, of a styrene-anhydride copolymer grafted with polyethylene glycol which is prepared by reacting in a solvent styrene monomer selected from styrene and substituted styrene, with an anhydride monomer selected from maleic anhydride and itaconic anhydride, to form a styrene-anhydride copolymer which is reacted with polyethylene glycol, to form a styrene-anhydride copolymer grafted with polyethylene glycol. The styrene-anhydride copolymers grafted with polyethylene glycol when used in a laundering process, remove soil from fabrics, inhibit soil deposition on fabrics, and provide soil resistance to fabrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation
    Inventor: Klein A. Rodrigues
  • Patent number: 6069202
    Abstract: Desirable thermoplastic vulcanizates can be prepared from a polar engineering thermoplastic; a halogenated copolymer of p-alkylstyrene and an isomonoolefin having from 4 to 7 carbon atoms; and either an ethylene rubbery polymer or a diene based rubbery polymer or combinations thereof. The ethylene rubbery polymer desirably has at least one pendant carboxylic acid group, amine group, epoxy group, hydroxyl group or an anhydride of two carboxylic acid groups or combinations thereof. Desirable diene based rubbery polymers include epoxidized natural rubber and epoxidized homopolymers and copolymers of dienes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: Advanced Elastomer Systems, L.P.
    Inventors: Krishna Venkataswamy, Jacques Horrion
  • Patent number: 6046120
    Abstract: An improved textile material having a hydrophilic finish which is made by a method comprising applying to a fibrous web an aqueous solution comprising an anhydride based graft copolymer, and drying the fibrous web at a temperature sufficient to cure the anhydride based graft copolymer in the fibrous web. The anhydride based graft copolymer is the reaction product of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer, an anhydride monomer selected from maleic anhydride and itaconic anhydride, either a monofunctional polyglycol having a hydroxyl or amine terminal group or a polyfunctional polyglycol having a weight average molecular weight of greater than 5,000 and at least one terminal hydroxyl group, and a free radical initiator. The hydrophilic finish eliminates the shortcomings inherent in certain textile materials such as their high affinity for oils, staining during washing, static cling problems, and wearer discomfort.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation
    Inventor: Klein A. Rodrigues
  • Patent number: 6040385
    Abstract: Plastisol adhesion promoters of amidoamines, imidoamines, and esteramines are prepared from copolymers of monounsaturated carboxylic acids, or their derivatives, ethylenically unsaturated compounds, in particular .alpha.-olefins, and polyamines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert Van De Berg, Doris Fitzek
  • Patent number: 6040382
    Abstract: Optical clarity is improved in blends of two transparent immiscible polymers by addition of a third polymer which is selectively miscible with one of the two original immiscible polymers. The ratio of amounts of the third polymer and the one original polymer with which it is miscible is adjusted to achieve a resultant refractive index close to the refractive index of the other of the two original immiscible polymers. Alternatively, if particular amounts of the third polymer and the original polymer with which it is miscible are desired, then the other of the two immiscible polymers is chosen to be one having a refractive index close to the resultant refractive index of the two miscible polymers. One particular blend system in which optical clarity is improved by use of the methods of this invention is a blend comprising: (a) a resinous monovinyl aromatic-conjugated diene copolymer; (b) a styrene-maleic anhydride copolymer; and (c) poly(alpha-methylstyrene).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: Phillips Petroleum Company
    Inventor: Mark D. Hanes
  • Patent number: 6037416
    Abstract: A thermosetting coating composition comprising an acrylic copolymer (A) containing vinyl monomer units each having an .alpha.,.beta.-dicarboxylic acid anhydride group and vinyl monomer units each having an .alpha.,.beta.-dicarboxylic monoester group in a total amount of 5-40 wt % and containing the vinyl monomer units with .alpha.,.beta.-dicarboxylic acid anhydride groups at 0.3-5 wt %, and an acrylic copolymer (B) with epoxy groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Iwamoto, Takeshi Kato, Shinobu Fujie, Kazuhiko Hotta, Kunio Iwase, Hiroshi Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 6028142
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a crosslinked elastomer with thermoplastic conversion and to a process for its manufacture. The elastomer with thermoplastic conversion is characterized in that it includes at least one polyoctene and a grafted polyolefin. The invention has numerous industrial applications, especially in the manufacture of insulating and/or leakproofing gaskets and packings as employed for thermal and sound insulation and/or leakproofing against water and moisture, as well as of conduits, tubes, pipes, tubings, couplings and the like for the transfer of fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignee: Hutchinson
    Inventor: Nicolas Garois
  • 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: 6013727
    Abstract: A thermoplastic composition which may be unvulcanized or vulcanized is provided which comprises a polymer blend of an elastomeric thermoplastic engineering resin and a halogen-containing copolymer of a C.sub.4 to C.sub.7 isomonoolefin and a para-alkylstyrene. A process for preparing a dynamically vulcanized composition is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: Exxon Chemical Patents, Inc.
    Inventors: Narayanaswami Raja Dharmarajan, Robert Chester Puydak, Hsien Chang Wang, Kenneth William Powers, Thomas Chen-Chi Yu, Donald Ross Hazelton
  • Patent number: 5962588
    Abstract: The present invention provides a curable resin composition incorporating an oligomer containing blocked hydroxyl group, an epoxy-group containing compound, hydrolytic silyl-group containing compound, and a dissociation catalyst and/or curing catalyst, each possessing a specific molecular weight; a paint which uses this resin composition as a binder; and a coat-finishing method which coat-finishes any desired material using the aforementioned resin composition and paint. According to the present invention, it is possible to reduce viscosity, and consequently increase the coat non-volatile content and hence improve acid resistance, abrasion resistance, and the like. In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a curable resin composition, paint using this curable resin composition, and coat-finishing method for this paint in which the aforementioned resin and paint have an extremely high utility and possess a high solid content wherein air bubbles and drip-runs are not generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignees: Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc., Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Goro Iwamura, Shigeki Matsui, Ichiro Azuma, Yoshiaki Marutani, Hiroyuki Uemura, Tadamitsu Nakahama, Shinji Sasaki, Kazuhi Koga, Takashi Tomita, Mika Ohsawa
  • Patent number: 5962591
    Abstract: There is a need for halogen-free polymeric compositions which offer increased heat and ultraviolet light resistance for utilization in automotive interiors. For instance, it is particularly critical for polymers which are utilized in making skin compounds for automotive instrument and door panels to display excellent heat and ultraviolet light resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Hung Dang Ngoc, Bernard Louis Marie Nigen