Oxygen Atom Is Part Of A Carboxylic Acid Group Patents (Class 525/301)
  • Patent number: 6265493
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing polyolefin graft copolymers (II) from linear and well defined polyolefin copolymers (I) containing divinylbenzene comonomer units, wherein R, in formulas I and II, is a C1 to C10 linear or branched alkyl group or a C6 to C10 substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group; and wherein G and G′, independantly, are selected from —H, —OH, epoxy, —NH2, —COOH, anhydride, —Cl, —Br, —M, —COOM (M=metal, e.g., Li, Na, K and Ca) or a polymer chain having the molecular weight of at least about 500, which can be derived from both step and chain polymerization reactions. G and G′ can be selected singly or in a combination of two or more thereof. In the graft copolymer composition, the combined alpha-olefin mole .% (x+y) is from about 50 to 99.9 mole %. Preferably, x+y is from 85 to 99.9 mole %, and most preferably x+y is from 95 to 99.9 mole %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Tze-Chiang Chung, Jinyong Dong
  • Publication number: 20010006760
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel photosensitive resin which can be developed in water and which can be used as a photosensitive resin composition. More specifically, the present invention relates to a composition which is useful as a photosensitive soldering resist for printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2001
    Publication date: July 5, 2001
    Applicant: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Shigeo Nakamura, Tadahiko Yokota
  • Patent number: 6252005
    Abstract: The thermal oxidative stability of acrylic grafted polymers is improved by (a) graft polymerizing monomers selected from the group consisting of (i) an ester or salt of an unsubstituted or 1-3 C alkyl-substituted acrylic acid and (ii) an ester or salt of an unsubstituted or 1-3 C alkyl-substituted acrylic acid and about 1 to about 10 mole %, based on the total monomers added, of an unsubstituted or 1-3 C alkyl-substituted acrylic acid, to a backbone of a propylene polymer material in the presence of a 4-vinyl-substituted 5-12 C cyclic 1-alkene, wherein the total amount of polymerized monomer is about 20 to about 200 parts per hundred parts of the propylene polymer material and the vinyl-substituted cyclic alkene is present in an amount of about 1 mole % to about 30 mole %, based on the total moles of monomer added, and (b) removing any unreacted grafting monomer from the resulting grafted propylene polymer material, decomposing any unreacted initiator, and deactivating any residual free radicals in the materi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Montell Technology Company BV
    Inventor: Suhas G. Niyogi
  • Patent number: 6239227
    Abstract: Novel water-soluble or water-dispersible grafted copolymers comprising polyvinyl alcohol, vinylpyrrolidone or oxyalkylene oligomer or polymer units and hydrophilic copolymer units derived from ethylenically unsaturated anionic and amphoteric water-soluble monomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Rhodia Chimie
    Inventors: Harold Schoonbrood, Vance Bergeron, Jean-Pierre Marchand
  • 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: 6224981
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a water-redispersible powder based on film-forming polymers which are substantially water-insoluble and which are prepared by aqueous emulsion polymerization of monomers containing ethylenic unsaturation and with a “core/shell” structure comprising a hydrophobic core based on a polymer exhibiting a Tg (glass transition temperature) of between −30 and 25° C., preferably between −10 and 20° C., and a shell, the shell being bonded to the core by covalent bonds resulting from the reaction of an agent for grafting the shell onto the ethylenic unsaturations remaining in the core, characterized in that the shell is prepared by emulsion polymerization, on the core particles, of a mixture of monomers comprising at least one monomer chosen from styrene and a C1-C12 alkyl acrylate or methacrylate, at least one monomer carrying a saccharide group and exhibiting at least one ethylenic unsaturation, and at least one grafting agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Rhodia Chimi
    Inventors: Joël Richard, William Bett
  • Patent number: 6211288
    Abstract: A highly water resistant tackifier resin comprising an acrylic (co)polymer incorporating therein while taking up at least part of a tackifying component as a raw material on or around seed particles of 0.05 to 15 &mgr;m in average particle size having polar groups on their surfaces. The above tackifier resin can be produced by a process comprising the steps of: dispersing a tackifying component as a raw material, an oil-soluble peroxide or oil-soluble azo initiator and an acrylic monomer in an aqueous medium in which seed particles of 0.05 to 15 &mgr;m in average particle size having polar groups at their surfaces are dispersed; and polymerizing the acrylic monomer while at least part of the tackifying component is incorporated in the acrylic (co)polymer on or around the seed particles so that the seed particles grow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: Soken Chemical & Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kiyokuni Takashima
  • Patent number: 6191210
    Abstract: The invention relates to water-dilutable binders which can be prepared by subjecting (A) from 20 to 90% by weight of a mixture of (a1) from 3 to 50% by weight of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid or of a mixture of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid, and (a2) from 50 to 97% by weight of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer or of a mixture of ethylenically unsaturated monomers to free-radical polymerization in the presence of (B) from 9.9 to 79.9% by weight of a halogen-free copolymer composed of (b1) from 1 to 99, preferably from 50 to 90% by weight, of propylene, (b2) from 1 to 99, preferably from 10 to 50% by weight, of at least one olefin which is copolymerizable with (b1) and contains per molecule from five to twenty, preferably from six to eight, carbon atoms, with the exception of isoprene, and (b3) from 0 to 50, preferably from 0 to 25% by weight, of ethylene and/or butylene, or of a mixture of such copolymers, and (C) from 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: BASF Coatings AG
    Inventors: Joachim Rösch, Harald Borgholte, Horst Hintze-Brüning
  • Patent number: 6187870
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the production of low molecular weight grafted polyolefins in which a molten polyolefin is grafted by reactive processing in a screw extruder at an elevated pressure. The molten polyolefin has a low viscosity and flows easily around the screw, thus the pressure is maintained in the screw extruder apparatus by the use of a pressure control device at the exit end of the extruder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Richard K. Stuart, Jr., Randal R. Ford
  • Patent number: 6172015
    Abstract: Polar monomer-containing copolymers derived from at least one &agr;, &bgr; unsaturated carbonyl compound, such as alkyl acrylates and one or more olefins, such olefins including ethylene and C3-C20 &agr;-olefins such as propylene and 1-butene, which copolymers have (a) an average ethylene sequence length, ESL, of from about 1.0 to less than about 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Exxon Chemical Patents, Inc
    Inventors: Jacob Emert, Albert Rossi, David E. Gindelberger, Jon E. Stanat, James P. Stokes, Jaimes Sher
  • Patent number: 6165457
    Abstract: Disclosed are personal care compositions, such as haircare, cosmetic and nail compositions containing toughened grafted polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sanjeev Midha, Timothy Roy Nijakowski
  • Patent number: 6147165
    Abstract: Inherently tacky, pressure-sensitive adhesive compositions useful in marking film applications are provided. The compositions comprise polymer particles prepared by emulsion polymerization of at least one monomer mixture. The monomer mixture comprises at least one alkyl acrylate, the alkyl group of which has from about 4 to 12 carbon atoms, preferably in an amount of from about 73% to 90% by weight, at least one unsaturated carboxylic acid containing from about 3 to 5 carbon atoms, preferably in an amount of from about 2% to 12% by weight, and at least one hard monomer, preferably present in an amount of from about 5% to 15% by weight. The particles have a mean diameter of about 300 nm or less, as determined by laser light scattering. Preferably the hard monomer comprises a styrenic monomer, more preferably both a styrenic monomer and an alkyl methacrylate. In some embodiments, the compositions are prepared by sequential polymerization of the first and second monomer charges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Assignee: Avery Dennison Corporation
    Inventors: Ivan S. P. Lee, Graham Yeadon, Paul Keller
  • Patent number: 6140425
    Abstract: A graft copolymer containing anhydride groups is made by (1) making a graft copolymer comprising a backbone of a propylene polymer material having graft polymerized thereto polymerized monomers selected from the group consisting of (a) at least one acrylic acid substituted with a 1-3 C alkyl group and (b) a mixture of at least one of these substituted acrylic acids and a vinyl compound capable of copolymerizing therewith, wherein the total amount of polymerized monomers is about 20 parts to about 240 parts per hundred parts of the propylene polymer material and the amount of the substituted acrylic acid is 60 mole % or more of the polymerized monomers, and (2) heating the graft copolymer to a temperature of about 170.degree. C. to about 300.degree. C. to dehydrate the acid groups in the graft copolymer to form anhydride groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Montell North America Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony J. DeNicola, Jr., Abuzar Syed
  • Patent number: 6127322
    Abstract: The reaction product of (i) an oligomer formed from one monomer or two or more different monomers, the or each monomer being an ethylenically unsaturated compound and said oligomer or each of said monomers being optionally partially or fully esterified, with (ii) a polyalkenyl derivative of an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic reagent (iii), and (iv) a polyamine containing at least two --NH.sub.2 and/or --NH groups, wherein at least one of the ethylenically unsaturated compounds of the oligomer has a functional group which can react with an amine; and the use of the reaction product for its dispercency and low haze properties in lubricant compositions, fuel compositions and additive concentrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Richard Mark Scott, Robert William Shaw
  • Patent number: 6121371
    Abstract: A process is provided for the preparation of (co)polymer emulsions or suspensions from a full range of free radically (co)polymerizable monomers, wherein the (co)polymers exhibit the characteristics of "living" polymerization, including one or more of predictable molecular weights, narrow or controllable molecular weight distributions and a variety of polymer architectures, including the roles of surfactants, catalyst and ligands, several initiation methods, and methods for catalyst removal from the emulsions or suspensions made, and the (co)polymer emulsions and suspensions made thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: Carnegie Mellon University
    Inventors: Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Scott G. Gaynor, Jian Qiu, Mircea Teodorescu
  • Patent number: 6116774
    Abstract: A bonded body uses an adhesive having high water resistance to realize an adhesive-fixed structure having excellent waterproof properties and exhibiting relatively low changes in properties of the adhesive layer over time. The adhesive-fixed body of the present invention can be obtained by bonding and fixing a body and a glass cover as exterior pairs of a watch with an adhesive layer. The adhesive of the invention can be a curable adhesive containing 100 parts by weight of prepolymer resin having polytetramethylene oxide as a main chain and methacryl groups or acryl groups at both ends of the main chain or in side chains, 50 to 300 parts by weight of at least one selected from acrylic monomers or methacrylic monomers comprising isobornyl acrylate, isobornyl methacrylate or a mixture thereof, and a coupling agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shigemi Sasaki, Tsutomu Saito
  • Patent number: 6114461
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of vinylaromatic copolymers reinforced with rubber which comprises:a) dissolving a dienic rubber (i) and/or a linear block elastomer, vinylaromatic monomer-1,3 conjugated diene (ii), in a mixture comprising at least one vinylaromatic monomer and a pair of solvents consisting of a polar solvent and a nonpolar solvent;b) polymerizing the solution thus obtained, possibly in the presence of an initiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Enichem S.p.A.
    Inventors: Davide Preti, Anna Grazia Rossi, Roberto Nocci, Nicola Vecchini
  • Patent number: 6111027
    Abstract: This invention relates to an adhesive composition comprising a copolymer comprising units derived from one or more macromonomers and an unsaturated acid or an unsaturated anhydride wherein the weight average molecular weight of the copolymer is at least twice the weight average molecular weight of the macromonomer, the melt index of the copolymer is 1 dg/min or more, and wherein the macromonomer:(1) has a weight average molecular weight between 500 and 100,000;(2) has at least 30% terminal unsaturation; and(3) comprises a copolymer of ethylene and at least one .alpha.-olefin, and/or a copolymer of propylene and ethylene or an .alpha.-olefin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Exxon Chemical Patents, Inc
    Inventors: Pamela J. Wright, Dennis George Peiffer, Kenneth Lewtas, Quoc Luvinh, Joseph Jacques Ripet, Anne Vera Macedo
  • Patent number: 6107258
    Abstract: This invention relates to a novel multi-functional fuel and lubricant additive that provides dispersancy properties as well as viscosity index improved credit, improved fuel economy and low temperature viscometric properties. The invention further relates to concentrates, fuel and lubricating oil compositions containing said additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignees: Ethyl Corporation, DSM N.V.
    Inventors: Carl Kurt Esche, Jr., Anthony J. Rollin, Mark Thomas Devlin
  • Patent number: 6100224
    Abstract: A copolymer comprising units of an unsaturated dicarboxylic monomer and an ethylene .alpha.-olefin macromer is disclosed. The macromer is an unsaturated ethylene .alpha.-olefin polymer comprising units of from ethylene and at least one .alpha.-olefin represented by the formula CH.sub.2 .dbd.CHR.sup.a, wherein R.sup.a is a C.sub.1 to C.sub.18 linear alkyl group or a C.sub.3 to C.sub.18 branched alkyl group; the ethylene .alpha.-olefin polymer has a number average molecular weight of from about 500 to about 100,000; and at least about 30% of the unsaturation in the ethylene .alpha.-olefin polymer is terminal vinylidene. The copolymer has a carbon-carbon backbone and contains succinic groups and hydrocarbyl groups. The copolymer can be derivatized by reaction with nucleophilic reactants including monoamines, polyamines, monoalcohols, polyols, amino alcohols, reactant metal compounds and mixtures thereof. The derivatized copolymers can be post-treated (e.g., borated) with one or more post-treating agents (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Exxon Chemical Patents Inc
    Inventors: Dennis G. Peiffer, Kenneth Lewtas, Robert D. Lundberg, Pamela J. Wright, Antonio G. Lazarus, Jacob Emert
  • Patent number: 6100324
    Abstract: Disclosed are ionomers comprising functionalized polyolefins having fluoroalkyl sulfonate pendant groups and ionically conductive compositions formed therefrom by the addition of solvents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Susan Kuharcik Choi, Christopher Marc Doyle, Mark Gerrit Roelofs, Lin Wang, Zhen-Yu Yang
  • Patent number: 6087449
    Abstract: The thermoplastic molding material contains a mixture of(A) from 10 to 60% by weight of a methyl methacrylate polymer,(B) from 10 to 70% by weight of a copolymer of a vinyl aromatic monomer and vinyl cyanide(C) from 15 to 50% by weight of a graft copolymer obtainable from a core (C1) comprising a 1,3-diene and a vinyl aromatic monomer, a first graft shell (C2) comprising a vinyl aromatic monomer, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl ester of methacrylic acid and a crosslinking monomer and a second graft shell (C3) comprising a C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl ester of methacrylic acid and a C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl ester of acrylic acid, and(D) if required, conventional additives,the stated percentages of A, B and C in the mixture summing to 100% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Kristin Tiefensee, Rainer Neumann
  • Patent number: 6080820
    Abstract: High-surface-area polyolefins grafted with certain fluoroalkylvinylether sulfonate or carboxylate monomers, and their method of preparation, are disclosed. Such materials are usefuli as catalysts and as membranes in electrochemical cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Edward G. Howard, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6077909
    Abstract: Methods are revealed for producing polyolefin substituted carboxylic acylating agents having less than 1000 ppm chlorine, and reaction products formed therefrom such as dispersants. The carboxylic acylating agents are formed by reacting a polyolefin having labile halogen content with an .alpha.-.beta. unsaturated carboxylic acid. The products formed in this invention are used in lubricating compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: John K. Pudelski, Christopher J. Kolp, Jeffry G. Dietz, Charles K. Baumanis, Stuart L. Bartley, James D. Burrington
  • Patent number: 6069206
    Abstract: Disclosed is an aromatic polycarbonate-styrene polymer resin composition comprising (A) an aromatic polycarbonate, (B) a specific rubber-modified styrene polymer and (C) a compatibility agent which is a copolymer containing an aromatic vinyl monomer and which has a non-uniform distribution with respect to the proportions of component monomers constituting the copolymer, so that the copolymer comprises copolymer molecules having different solubility parameter (SP) values, wherein the difference in SP value between the copolymer molecule having a maximum SP value and the copolymer molecule having a minimum SP value is from 0.4 to 0.6 (cal/cm.sup.3).sup.1/2, and wherein the copolymer has an average SP value of from 10.6 to 11.0 [(cal/cm.sup.3).sup.1/2 ].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hajime Nishihara, Akihiro Watanabe
  • Patent number: 6066603
    Abstract: Polar monomer-containing copolymers derived from at least one .alpha., .beta. unsaturated carbonyl compound, such as alkyl acrylates and one or more olefins, such olefins including ethylene and C.sub.3 -C.sub.20 .alpha.-olefins such as propylene and 1-butene, which copolymers have (a) an average ethylene sequence length, ESL, of from about 1.0 to less than about 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: Exxon Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob Emert, Albert Rossi, David E. Gindelberger, Jon E. Stanat, James P. Stokes, Jaimes Sher
  • Patent number: 6051656
    Abstract: An elastomeric acrylate copolymer which contains, as polymerized units, comonomers having chemically reactive groups is prepared for the preparation of molding materials having good weathering resistance, improved impact strength and good flow properties. This copolymer is dissolved or swollen in monomers such as styrene and acrylonitrile, forming hard graft shells. After the addition of monomers and/or polymers having chemically reactive groups and, if required, after the addition of a chemically reactive crosslinking agent, the resulting monomer/copolymer mixture is subjected to graft polymerization, which is carried out up to a conversion of more than 15% by weight of the monomers, by thermal or free radical mass or solution polymerization. The molding materials can be used as dulling agents for polymer blends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Graham Edmund Mc Kee, Bernhard Rosenau, Walter Heckmann
  • Patent number: 6043319
    Abstract: Provided is a method of preparing a light-weight and inexpensive void type plastic pigment having enhanced hiding power and whiteness relative to inorganic pigments such as titanium oxide or organic pigments such as conventional styrene polymeric plastic pigments by regulating the content of each monomer in the sheath polymerization after core polymerization and controlling the glass transition temperature of the first sheath which is the shell obtained by initial polymerization less than that of the core by 70 to 120.degree. C., thus increasing the difference of refractive index between the polymeric matrices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Korea Kumho Petrochemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: HoSull Lee, Kyo-Dong Jo, Kill-Soo Jang, Min-Seok Cho
  • Patent number: 6043315
    Abstract: A functionalized copolymer of the formulaA--B--Z--XwhereA is a block of vinylaromatic monomers of 8 to 20, preferably 8 to 12, carbon atoms,B is a block of alkadiene monomers of 4 to 12, preferably 4 to 8, carbon atoms,Z is a fundamental building block of a compound having sterically hindering groups andX is a functionalized fundamental building block,a process for its preparation, thermoplastic molding materials containing said copolymer, processes for their preparation, the use for the production of moldings and moldings comprising said molding materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Axel Gottschalk, Ralf Engelhardt, Jurgen Koch, Robert Weiss
  • Patent number: 6037080
    Abstract: A polymeric chain consisting primarily of vinylidene fluoride, onto which is grafted a mono-unsaturated carboxylic acid, ester, or amide, for example acrylic acid, may be combined with a lithium salt and a solvent to form an electrolyte material. This may be used as electrolyte in a lithium cell, or may be combined with an insertion material to make a composite electrode for such a cell. The electrolyte, and so also the composite electrode incorporating this electrolyte, adheres well to a metal current collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: AEA Technology plc
    Inventors: Esam Kronfli, Christine Ruth Jarvis
  • Patent number: 6020435
    Abstract: A process for preparing multi-stage emulsion polymers is provided. The process is capable of producing multi-stage emulsion polymers having low dry-bulk density. These polymers are useful in coating compositions such as paints and paper coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Robert Mitchell Blankenship, James Keith Bardman
  • Patent number: 6013735
    Abstract: A continuous process for the preparation of linear, branched and star-polymers via anionic polymerization of acrylic monomers, linear, branched and star-polymers obtained by the process and lubricating oil compositions thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: Ethyl Corporation
    Inventors: Munmaya K. Mishra, Yoon S Song, Akhilesh Duggal
  • Patent number: 5998506
    Abstract: The invention provides novel compositions and golf balls formed from those compositions. The compositions generally include a cured blend of an elastomer, a peroxide polymerization agent, a co-agent, and an unsaturated polycarboxylic acid. More particularly, the cured composition includes a cured blend of cis 1,4 polybutadiene, dicumyl peroxide, zinc diacrylate, and fumaric acid. One piece golf balls formed of these compositions have improved durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Spalding Sports Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Dennis Nesbitt
  • Patent number: 5998547
    Abstract: The present invention relates to partially crystalline polypropylene homopolymer or copolymer waxes modified so as to be polar and having an acid or saponification number of from 0.5 to 120 mg KOH/g, a melt viscosity of from 20 to 50,000 mPa.s/170.degree. C. and a softening point (ring/ball) of from 90 to 165.degree. C., prepared by reacting a nonpolar polypropylene homopolymer or copolymer wax with an .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof in the presence of free-radical formers, wherein the nonpolar polypropylene wax has been prepared by direct polymerization of propylene or copolymerization of propylene with higher 1-olefins using catalysts of Ziegler or metallocene type and has a softening point (ring/ball) of from 90 to 165.degree. C.The waxes are useful as plastics additives, for aqueous dispersions or for melt adhesive formulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Clariant GmbH
    Inventor: Gerd Hohner
  • Patent number: 5993951
    Abstract: Disclosed is a transparent plastic sheet obtained by co-polymerizing 100 parts by weight of methyl methacrylate with 0.1 to 2.0 parts by weight of methacrylic acid and 0.1 to 1.5 parts by weight of glycidyl methacrylate, and having a thickness of not greater than 4 inches, wherein the angular deviation satisfies specified conditions according to the thickness of the sheet and wherein the degree of swelling is not greater than 2.50. This transparent plastic sheet shows neither coloring nor sink marks on the surface, has excellent craze resistance and low long-term water absorption percentage, and is hence suitable for use as an aircraft windshield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Shimizu, Yoshifumi Kubota, Jun Nakauchi
  • Patent number: 5981666
    Abstract: A novel high performance pressure sensitive adhesive composition is provided comprised of a phase separated graft copolymer comprised of a polymerized acrylic or methacrylic acid ester backbone having grafted thereon pendant polymeric moieties such as polystyrene or poly-alpha-methylstyrene in an amount of from 1.5 to 2.5 grafts per polymer chain on average.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Adhesives Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Zajaczkowski, Bernard Gordon, III
  • Patent number: 5981665
    Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer is achieved by absorbing an acrylate monomer, an initiator and eventually a diacrylate into polyolefin particles, after which the temperature is raised and the acrylate polymerises into the polyolefin and forms a dispersed phase, which has been functionalized by copolymerising a functional monomer together with the acrylate. As a compatibiliser a grafter polyolefin is used, which is melt-blended after the polymerisation into the thermoplastic elastomer or before the polymerisation into the polyolefin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Optatech Corporation
    Inventors: Torvald Vestberg, Viveca Lonnberg, Tommi Vainio, Kalle Hanhi, Harri Jukarainen
  • Patent number: 5959035
    Abstract: Water-reducible resins, neutralized resins, and derivatized resins useful for water-borne and solvent-based coatings and inks, powder coatings, and anti-corrosive coatings are disclosed. The water-reducible resins are copolymers of a vinyl aromatic monomer, a propoxylated allyl alcohol, and an acrylic acid monomer. These low-molecular-weight resins uniquely contain both hydroxyl and acid functional groups, and allow controlled curing with a variety of crosslinkers in coating systems. Coatings of the invention are useful in many applications, e.g., automotive basecoats, industrial appliance coatings, and wood finishes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Arco Chemical Technology, L.P.
    Inventor: Shao-Hua Guo
  • Patent number: 5942580
    Abstract: An acrylic rubber composition comprising a halogen-containing acrylic rubber, a vulcanizing agent and at least one unsaturated compound selected from the group consisting of (1) .alpha.-olefins having at least 4 carbon atoms, (2) carboxylic acid vinyl esters, (3) alkyl vinyl ethers, (4) lower alkyl cyclohexenes or cyclohexenecarboxylic acid caprolactone esters and (5) unsaturated dicarboxylic acid diesters can give vulcanization products having an improved compression set without any substantial deterioration of normal state physical properties and resistance to heat ageing of the vulcanization products, where the unsaturated compound gives off no unpleaseant odor without any skin irritation when vulcanized and without lowering the mold releasability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Assignee: Nippon Mektron, Limited
    Inventors: Tamotsu Yoshida, Jun Okabe
  • Patent number: 5929173
    Abstract: Disclosed are toughened grafted polymers, useful in personal care compositions, such as haircare, cosmetic and nail compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sanjeev Midha, Timothy Roy Nijakowski
  • Patent number: 5916974
    Abstract: A graft copolymer comprising a backbone of a propylene polymer material having a vinyl monomer graft polymerized thereto is produced by (1) treating a propylene polymer material with a free radical polymerization initiator, (2) treating the propylene polymer material with at least one grafting monomer capable of being polymerized by free radicals, in the presence of a polymerization rate modifier, and (3) removing any unreacted grafting monomer from the graft copolymerized propylene polymer material, decomposing any unreacted initiator, and deactivating any residual free radicals in the material. Use of the polymerization rate modifier increases the polymerization induction time on the polymer surface, consequently facilitating monomer diffusion into the interior of the polymer particles so that surface polymerization of the monomer is inhibited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1999
    Assignee: Montell North America Inc.
    Inventors: Cheng Q. Song, Daniele Bigiavi
  • Patent number: 5910523
    Abstract: Composites from a semi-crystalline polyolefin and nanometer sized fillers with improved modulus, tensile strength and crack growth resistance are disclosed. The nanometer sized fillers are first functionalized with an aminosilane. Thereafter, a carboxylated or maleated polyolefin is grafted to the filler through an amine-carboxyl reaction. The resulting modified filler is dispersed in a semi-crystalline polyolefin (eg. polyethylene or polypropylene). Co-crystallization between the carboxylated or maleated polyolefin and the semi-crystalline polyolefin can improve interaction between the filler and semi-crystalline polyolefin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1999
    Inventor: Steven David Hudson
  • Patent number: 5908899
    Abstract: A resin composition for sealing liquid crystal cells which contains as essential components a rubber-modified unsaturated compound obtained by grafting a monomer having at least one polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated bond in a molecule with at least one rubber selected from acrylic rubber, silicone rubber, urethane rubber and conjugated diene rubber, and a coupling agent, a filler and a photopolymerization initiator. The rubber contained in the rubber modified unsaturated compound has a particle diameter of 0.2-5 .mu.m and a number average molecular weight of 1000-100,000, and the rubber content in the compound is 0.5-45% by weight based on the rubber modified unsaturated compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1999
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Shuji Tahara, Shigeo Makino, Kenji Ito, Seiji Itami, Hiromi Shitakoji
  • Patent number: 5895801
    Abstract: Inherently tacky polymerized copolymer particles are formed by emulsion polymerization for use as an PSA for marking films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1999
    Assignee: Avery Dennison Corporation
    Inventor: Ivan S. Lee
  • Patent number: 5891963
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are processes for polymerizing ethylene, acyclic olefins, and/or selected cyclic olefins, and optionally selected olefinic esters or carboxylic acids, and other monomers. The polymerizations are catalyzed by selected transition metal compounds, and sometimes other co-catalysts. Since some of the polymerizations exhibit some characteristics of living polymerizations, block copolymers can be readily made. Many of the polymers produced are often novel, particularly in regard to their microsructure, which give some of them unusual properties. Numerous novel catalysts are disclosed, as well as some novel processes for making them. The polymers made are useful as elastomers, molding resins, in adhesives, etc. Also described herein is the synthesis of linear .alpha.-olefins by the oligomerization of ethylene using as a catalyst system a combination a nickel compound having a selected .alpha.-diimine ligand and a selected Lewis or Bronsted acid, or by contacting selected .alpha.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1999
    Assignees: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, University of North Carolina
    Inventors: Maurice S. Brookhart, Lynda Kaye Johnson, Christopher Moore Killian, Samuel David Arthur, Elizabeth Forrester McCord, Stephan James McLain
  • Patent number: 5883196
    Abstract: Polyalkenylsuccinic acid derivatives are prepared by reacting oligo- or polyolefins having a number average molecular weight (M.sub.N) of from 500 to 10,000 with maleic acid derivatives I ##STR1## where R and R', independently of one another, are each hydroxyl, lower alkyl or halogen or together are oxygen, at elevated temperatures by a process in which effective amounts of free radical acceptors, such as oxygen, are present in the gas phase and in the liquid phase of the reacting system during the reaction. These polyalkenylsuccinic acid derivatives are suitable, after additional imidation, amidation or esterification, as fuel and lubricant additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans Peter Rath, Helmut Mach
  • Patent number: 5872155
    Abstract: The present invention relates to vinyl chloride copolymers, in the latex form, the particles of which are composed of a core, of an outer layer and optionally of an intermediate layer. It also relates to the process for the manufacture of this latex by seeded miscosuspension polymerization and to its applications in paints and plastisols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1999
    Assignee: Elf Atochem S.A.
    Inventors: Philippe Espiard, Richard Peres, Benoit Ernst
  • Patent number: 5859160
    Abstract: A free radical curable composition that includes a free radical curable and a vinyl aromatic compound that is chemically different than the free radical curable component, wherein the vinyl aromatic compound is present in an amount sufficient to decelerate the cure rate of the free radical composition without adversely effecting completion of cure and the properties of the curable composition after it has cured. The composition is particularly useful as a two part adhesive that includes a free radical catalyst system and a diene elastomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: Lord Corporation
    Inventors: Robin F. Righettini, Kirk J. Abbey
  • Patent number: 5856408
    Abstract: Provided are aqueous paints with which paint films which have excellent paint film properties such as water resistance and resistance to chemical attack, and excellent finished appearance are obtained, and which have excellent painting operability and storage stability. The invention further provides water dispersible acrylic based graft copolymers, aqueous paints incorporating same and a method to make such paints, wherein an unsaturated bond-containing acrylic based copolymer (a) obtained by reacting an acrylic based copolymer (a1) of acid value 35-120 mg.KOH/gram, hydroxy group value 50-150 mg.KOH/gram, glass transition temperature -20.degree.-+50.degree. C. and number average molecular weight 4500-9000 and an unsaturated monomer mixture (a2), which has functional groups which can react with hydroxy groups, in a mol ratio of a2/a1=0.4-1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: BASF Lacke + Farben, AG
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Matsukura, Atsuhiro Sakai, Hitoshi Taniguchi, Yoshiaki Kawamura
  • Patent number: RE36140
    Abstract: A two-part adhesive consisting of a first liquid comprising 100 parts by weight of a polymerizable vinyl monomer and from 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of an organic peroxide and a second liquid comprising 100 parts by weight of a polymerizable vinyl monomer and from 0.05 to 15 parts by weight of a reducing agent, wherein either one or both of the first and second liquids contain from 0.4 to 5% by weight of water, and the content of water is more than 0.2% by weight based on the total amount of the first and second liquids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Assignee: Denki Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koichi Taguchi, Kinpei Iwata, Hideki Matsudo