Oxygen Atom In Ring Or Bonded Directly To The Nuclear Carbon Of Ring Monomer Patents (Class 525/326.8)
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Patent number: 7157523Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a partially hydrogenated ring-opened polynorbornene and a process for making the same. The ring-opened polynorbornene is low in birefringence, high in wavelength dependency about birefringence and excellent in transparency and heat resistance.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2003Date of Patent: January 2, 2007Assignee: JSR CorporationInventors: Nobuyuki Miyaki, Yoshikazu Miyamoto, Souichi Yoshida, Yuichi Hashiguchi
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Patent number: 7037993Abstract: A norbornene ring-opened polymer which in the molecule has repeating units represented by the formula (1): wherein R1 represents Q, R2 represents Q or C(?O)R5, R3 represents Q or C(?O)R6, and R4 represents Q or X—C(?O)R7 (wherein Q represents hydrogen, a C1-10 hydrocarbon group, etc.; R5, R6 and R7 each represents hydroxyl, C1-10 alkoxyl, etc., provided that R6 and R7 may be bonded to each other to constitute oxygen, NH, etc.; X represents methylene, etc., provided that when R2 is Q, then R3 is C(?O)R6 and R4 is X—C(?O)R7 and that when R4 is Q, then R2 is C(?O)R5, R3 is C(?O)R6, and the configuration of R2 and R3 is trans, and m is 0 or 1), the polymer having a weight-average molecular weight as determined by gel permeation chromatography of 1,000 to 1,000,000. Also provided is a hydrogenation product of the norbornene ring-opened polymer. The norbornene ring-opened polymer and the hydrogenation product are excellent in heat resistance, electrical properties, etc.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2003Date of Patent: May 2, 2006Assignee: Zeon CorporationInventors: Kazunori Taguchi, Seiji Okada, Yasuo Tsunogae
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Patent number: 7030201Abstract: The present invention relates to bottom antireflective coating compositions and polymers useful in making such compositions.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2003Date of Patent: April 18, 2006Assignee: AZ Electronic Materials USA Corp.Inventors: Huirong Yao, Shuji Ding-Lee, Hengpeng Wu, Zhong Xiang
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Patent number: 7014781Abstract: A composition and the method for sustaining the biocidal activity of chlorinated polystyrene hydantoin beads. The method comprises supplying a continuous low level halogen concentration to the chlorinated polystyrene hydantoin beads in the water to be treated that flows in contact with the chlorinated polystyrene hydantoin beads, resulting in treated water suitable for drinking.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2005Date of Patent: March 21, 2006Assignee: Vanson Halosource, Inc.Inventors: Michael A. Bridges, Hiroyuki Kawai, Tay-Yuan Chen, Everett J. Nichols, Jeffrey F. Williams, Steven McClure, Jerry Wetherbee
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Patent number: 6943219Abstract: The present invention provides a vinyl polymer with an epoxy group terminally introduced therein and an epoxy resin composition comprising (A) an epoxy resin and (B) a vinyl polymer which has a main chain produced by living radical polymerization and has a reactive functional group at a main chain terminus. A flexible epoxy resin composition can be obtained using these compounds. The invention further provides an epoxy resin composition having an epoxy group at a main chain terminus thereof.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2003Date of Patent: September 13, 2005Assignee: Kaneka CorporationInventors: Kenichi Kitano, Yoshiki Nakagawa, Masayuki Fujita
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Patent number: 6893684Abstract: Anti-reflective compositions and methods of using those compositions with low dielectric constant materials are provided. In one embodiment, the compositions include polymers comprising recurring monomers having unreacted ring members. In another embodiment, the polymers further comprise recurring monomers comprising ring members reacted with a light attenuating compound so as to open the ring. The compositions can be applied to dielectric layers so as to minimize or prevent reflection during the dual damascene process while simultaneously blocking via or photoresist poisoning which commonly occurs when organic anti-reflective coatings are applied to low dielectric constant layers.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2002Date of Patent: May 17, 2005Assignee: Brewer Science Inc.Inventors: Rama Puligadda, James E. Lamb, III, Tony D. Flaim
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Patent number: 6878508Abstract: A resist patterning process is provided comprising the steps of (a) applying a resist composition onto a substrate to form a resist film, (b) prebaking the resist film, (c) exposing the prebaked resist film to a pattern of radiation, (d) post-exposure baking the exposed resist film, (e) developing the resist film to form a resist pattern, and (f) post baking the resist pattern for causing thermal flow. The resist composition contains a polymer comprising structural units of formula [I] in a backbone and having acid labile groups on side chains as a base resin and a photoacid generator. X1 and X2 are —O—, —S—, —NR—, —PR— or —CR2—, R is H or C1-20 alkyl, and m is 0 or an integer of 1 to 3. The invention is effective for improving the degree of integration of semiconductor LSI.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2002Date of Patent: April 12, 2005Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Watanabe, Tomohiro Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20040249067Abstract: The invention comprises a linear or branched polymer derivative comprising a water soluble and non-peptidic polymer backbone that incorporates an optionally protected vicinal diol, which is either embedded in the polymer backbone or is attached as a pendant group, wherein each linking group (linker) between the polymer backbone and the vicinal diol is a chain comprising at least two adjacent saturated carbon atoms. The invention further comprises a method of using said polymer derivative to form an aldehyde and either a second aldehyde or a ketone by way of oxidative cleavage.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2004Publication date: December 9, 2004Inventors: Martin Edward Fox, Robert Bruce Appell, Alexander Allan Cantrill
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Patent number: 6794458Abstract: Surface coatings including azlactone-functional hydrogels and articles with the coatings disposed thereon are disclosed. Methods of making the coating and controlling the gellation time of the hydrogels are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2001Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Louis C. Haddad, James I. Hembre, Jerald K. Rasmussen, Daniel Sarpong
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Patent number: 6706818Abstract: This invention provides a curable resin composition for one-pack type water-based paint which is readily cured regardless of coating environment, said resin composition comprising copolymer (I) which is produced by the copolymerization of unsaturated group-containing urethane prepolymer (A) which is obtained from a reaction of diisocyanate compound (a), glycol compound (b), carboxyl group-containing glycol compound (c) and hydroxyl group-containing ethylenically unsaturated monomer (d), with maleimide group-containing ethylenically unsaturated monomer (e), carbonyl group-containing ethylenically unsaturated monomer (f) and another ethylenically unsaturated monomer (g), and compound (II) which has, per molecule, two or more same or different functional groups selected from hydrazide group, semicarbazide group and hydrazone groupType: GrantFiled: May 30, 2002Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yushichi Ishihara, Masami Sugishima, Nobushige Numa, Mitsutaka Hasegawa, Hiroshi Inukai
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Patent number: 6602954Abstract: A tire having improved tear strength including at least one component comprising: a vulcanized elastomer; and up to about 35 parts by weight functionalized polyolefin per one hundred parts by weight rubber.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2000Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: Bridgestone CorporationInventor: Chen-Chy Lin
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Patent number: 6596267Abstract: The invention discloses materials that adsorb readily to the surfaces of body tissues in situ and provide a steric barrier between such tissues, so that tissue adhesions, which typically form following surgical procedures, are minimized. These materials contain a polymer of hydrophilic molecules such as polyethylene glycol (PEG) bound to a polymer that spontaneously adsorbs to biological tissue such as phenylboronic acid (PBA). The PEG-PBA co-polymer can be formed in a variety of geometries. The materials can also be used to coat prosthetics and other implants.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 1998Date of Patent: July 22, 2003Assignee: California Institute of TechnologyInventors: Jeffrey A. Hubbell, Natalie D. Winblade, Donald L. Elbert
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Publication number: 20030125471Abstract: This invention provides a curable resin composition for one-pack type water-based paint which is readily cured regardless of coating environment, said resin composition comprising copolymer (I) which is produced by the copolymerization of unsaturated group-containing urethane prepolymer (A) which is obtained from a reaction of diisocyanate compound (a), glycol compound (b), carboxyl group-containing glycol compound (c) and hydroxyl group-containing ethylenically unsaturated monomer (d), with maleimide group-containing ethylenically unsaturated monomer (e), carbonyl group-containing ethylenically unsaturated monomer (f) and another ethylenically unsaturated monomer (g), and compound (II) which has, per molecule, two or more same or different functional groups selected from hydrazide group, semicarbazide group and hydrazone groupType: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2002Publication date: July 3, 2003Inventors: Yushichi Ishihara, Masami Sugishima, Nobushige Numa, Mitsutaka Hasegawa, Hiroshi Inukai
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Patent number: 6586524Abstract: The present invention relates to cationic polymeric conjugates and methods of preparing and using them as gene carriers. The cationic polymeric conjugates comprise a poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) grafted cationic polymer and a targeting moiety(TM), wherein 0.1 to 10 mole percent of the cationic groups of the cationic polymer are substituted with PEG-TM.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2001Date of Patent: July 1, 2003Assignee: Expression Genetics, Inc.Inventor: Kazuyoshi Sagara
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Publication number: 20030073797Abstract: Agglomerated polymer particles of finely divided, water-soluble or water-swellable polymers containing ammonium carboxylate groups are prepared by azeotropic removal of water from water-in-oil emulsions of the water-soluble or water-swellable polymers which contain ammonium carboxylate groups in the presence of from 0:1 to 40% by weight, based on the polymers, of polyalkylene glycols which have an agglomerating effect and which are obtainable by an addition reaction of C2-C4-alkylene-oxides with alcohols, phenols, amines or carboxylic acids and contain at least two polymerized alkylene oxide units and additionally of from 0.1 to 20% by weight, based on the polymers, of protective colloids which are obtainable by free radical copolymerization of C8-C40-monoolefins with monoethylenically unsaturated C4-C6-dicarboxylic anhydrides by a mass polymerization method at from 80 to 300° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2002Publication date: April 17, 2003Applicant: BASF AkiengesellschaftInventors: Martin Rubenacker, Reinhard Schneider, Jurgen Nieberle, Heinrich Hartmann, Walter Denzinger, Axel Kistenmacher
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Patent number: 6538072Abstract: A method of preparing a multivalent array that includes: polymerizing at least one monomer comprising at least one polymerizable group and at least one latent reactive group in the presence of a metal carbene catalyst to form a polymer template comprising at least one latent reactive group; and combining the polymer template with at least one functionalizing reagent comprising at least one reactive group under conditions effective to react the latent reactive group of the polymer template with the reactive group of the functionalizing reagent to form a multivalent array.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2001Date of Patent: March 25, 2003Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research FoundationInventors: Laura L. Kiessling, Laura E. Strong
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Patent number: 6512065Abstract: The present invention is directed to copolymers of norbornene and functional group containing norbornene comonomers and processes for the preparation thereof. These polymers may be random, alternating or block copolymers or terpolymers, etc.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2002Date of Patent: January 28, 2003Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: Gino Georges Lavoie, Peter Borden Mackenzie
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Patent number: 6372854Abstract: The present invention discloses a hydrogenated ring-opening metathesis polymer comprising at least unit (A) of formula (1), unit (B) of formula (2) and unit (c) of formula (3): wherein a constituent molar ratio of the structural unit (A)/(B) is from 1/99 to 99/1 and a constituent molar ratio of the structural unit (B)/(C) is from 30/70 to 100/0 and, furthermore, a ratio of a weight-average molecular weight Mw to a number-average molecular weight Mn, that is Mw/Mn is from 1.0 to 2.0.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 1999Date of Patent: April 16, 2002Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Tadahiro Sunaga, Toshiro Takao, Keiichi Ikeda, Yoshihiro Yamamoto, Nobuo Kawahara, Masumi Okita
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Publication number: 20020007016Abstract: A method of preparing a multivalent array that includes: polymerizing at least one monomer comprising at least one polymerizable group and at least one latent reactive group in the presence of a metal carbene catalyst to form a polymer template comprising at least one latent reactive group; and combining the polymer template with at least one functionalizing reagent comprising at least one reactive group under conditions effective to react the latent reactive group of the polymer template with the reactive group of the functionalizing reagent to form a multivalent array.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2001Publication date: January 17, 2002Inventors: Laura L. Kiessling, Laura E. Strong
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Patent number: 6294185Abstract: Cyclic amine monomers and polymers and N-halamine biocidal polymer compounds are provided. Methods of making and using the same wherein the functional groups unhalogenated or halogenated hydantoins, triazine diones, imidazolidinones, and pyrimidinones are substituted onto inexpensive polymer units such as polystyrene, polyethylene, and modified polymethacrylamide are provided. The cyclic amine monomers and polymers can be utilized to form the biocidal N-halamine polymers. These N-halamine polymers are stable, insoluble biocides which release only small amounts of free halogen and other impurities. They can be useful as disinfectants for potable water, swimming pools, hot tubs, industrial water systems, cooling towers, air-conditioning systems, gas streams, paints, oils, ointments, fabrics, rubber materials, sterile bandages, coatings, hard surfaces, liners of containers, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 1994Date of Patent: September 25, 2001Assignee: Auburn UniversityInventors: Shelby D. Worley, Gang Sun, Wanying Sun, Tay-Yuan Chen
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Patent number: 6271315Abstract: A method of preparing a multivalent array that includes: polymerizing at least one monomer comprising at least one polymerizable group and at least one latent reactive group in the presence of a metal carbene catalyst to form a polymer template comprising at least one latent reactive group; and combining the polymer template with at least one functionalizing reagent comprising at least one reactive group under conditions effective to react the latent reactive group of the polymer template with the reactive group of the functionalizing reagent to form a multivalent array.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 1999Date of Patent: August 7, 2001Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research FoundationInventors: Laura L. Kiessling, Laura E. Strong
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Patent number: 6239231Abstract: A chemical amplifying type positive resist composition, excellent in adhesion to a substrate and good in resist performances and suitable for exposure using a KrF excimer laser, ArF excimer laser, or the like, which comprises a resin having a polymerization unit of 2-alkyl-2-adamantyl (meth)acrylate and a polymerization unit of a monomer selected from 3-hydroxy-1-adamantyl (meth)acrylate and (meth)acrylonitrile, and an acid generator is provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 1999Date of Patent: May 29, 2001Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical, Company LimitedInventors: Hiroaki Fujishima, Yasunori Uetani, Karou Araki
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Patent number: 6172165Abstract: The present invention is a process of hydrogenating high molecular weight aromatic polymers comprising hydrogenating the high molecular weight aromatic polymer in the presence of a silica supported metal hydrogenation catalyst, characterized in that the silica has a pore size distribution such that at least 98 percent of the pore volume is defined by pores having diameter of greater than 600 angstroms.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 1998Date of Patent: January 9, 2001Assignee: The Dow Chemical CompanyInventors: Dennis A. Hucul, Stephen F. Hahn