Polymer Derived From Alcohol Monomer Patents (Class 525/328.8)
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Patent number: 6734275Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of gluing wood based materials by providing an adhesive system onto wood based materials followed by curing, the adhesive system comprises a urea based amino resin and a hardener composition, wherein the hardener composition comprises an acid and a phenolic resin. The invention also relates to an adhesive system and a hardener composition as well as wood based products obtained by the method or through the use of the adhesive system.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2002Date of Patent: May 11, 2004Assignee: Akzo Nobel N.V.Inventors: Salme Pirhonen, Benyahia Nasli-Bakir, Ingvar Lindh
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Patent number: 6723788Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions which comprise one or more polymer conjugates having the formula: wherein T is a heterocyclic unit which is capable of inhibiting one or more proteolytic enzymes; L is a linking group; [Poly] is a polymeric unit, i indicates the number of said heterocyclic units which comprise said conjugate and has the value of from 1 to 100; z is 0 or 1, said polymer conjugates suitable for use in preventing skin irritation resulting from exposure of the skin to body fluids, inter alia, feces, menstrual fluid. The conjugates of the present invention are useful in diapers, dressings, sanitary napkins, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2000Date of Patent: April 20, 2004Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Scott Edward Osborne, Todd Laurence Underiner
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Patent number: 6720391Abstract: The present invention provides functionalized electrophiles, their analogous initiators, and processes for preparing these compounds. The present invention also relates to homotelechelic, heterotelechelic, and radial functional polydiene polymers, polyarylene polymers and polydiene/polyarylene copolymers, their optionally hydrogenated analogues, their optionally deprotected analogues, and processes for preparing these functionalized polymers.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2002Date of Patent: April 13, 2004Assignee: FMC CorporationInventors: James Anthony Schwindeman, Robert J. Letchford, Eric John Granger, Roderic P. Quirk
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Patent number: 6670426Abstract: An olefin thermoplastic elastomer containing an olefin random copolymer formed by copolymerizing ethylene, an &agr;-olefin having 3 to 10 carbon atoms and an unsaturated monomer having a functional group, and optionally a non-conjugated diene, and metal ions crosslinking the olefin random copolymer, has the same or similar rubber elasticity, flexibility and molding and processability as the conventional olefin thermoplastic elastomers, and has good mechanical properties, wear resistance, in particular scratch resistance.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2003Date of Patent: December 30, 2003Assignee: JSR CorporationInventors: Kentarou Kanae, Akihiko Morikawa, Hideo Nakanishi, Shoei Tsuji
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Publication number: 20030235669Abstract: Herein are disclosed modified vinyl alcohol polymers (mPVOH), wherein the mPVOH can comprise structure VII: 1Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2003Publication date: December 25, 2003Inventors: Hu Yang, Ta Yen Ching
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Patent number: 6645562Abstract: A method of preparing a curable coating and a method of curing the curable coating are disclosed. The curable composition from which the curable coating is prepared may be applied to the surface of a substrate in neat form or in aqueous medium to produce the coating. Curing of the curable coating may be accomplished by chemical generation of free radicals, by electrochemical generation of free radicals, by electron beam, by photochemical generation of free radicals, or by other electromagnetic irradiation.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2002Date of Patent: November 11, 2003Inventors: Gary David Greenblatt, Ward Thomas Brown, Michael Damian Bowe, Richard Foster Merritt, Ronald Scott Beckley, Barry Clifford Lange, Robert Wilczynski, David William Whitman, Martha Harbaugh Wolfersberger
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Publication number: 20030204035Abstract: Thermally cured undercoat for use in lithography of a thermally cured composition comprising a hydroxyl-containing polymer, an amino cross-linking agent and a thermal acid generator, wherein the hydroxyl containing polymer is a polymer comprising units m, n and o of the following formula: 1Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2003Publication date: October 30, 2003Applicant: Arch Specialty Chemicals Inc.Inventors: Binod B. De, Sanjay Malik, Gregory Spaziano, John Joseph Biafore, Patrick Foster, Sidney George Slater, Thomas Steinhausler, Andrew J. Blakeney
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Publication number: 20030181579Abstract: A composition that is a reaction product of two or three moieties. The first moiety (A) is a nonpolymeric, multi-functional moiety or combination of mono- or multifunctional moieties that adsorbs onto a cementitious particle. The second required moiety (C) is a linear or branched water soluble, nonionic polymer that is capable of providing dispersing capability. A third moiety (B), if present, is a nonpolymeric moiety disposed between the first and second moiety, to connect the first and second moieties.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2002Publication date: September 25, 2003Inventors: Michael Porsch, Thomas M. Vickers, Rainer Packe-Wirth, Samy M. Shendy, Lynn E. Brower, John Pickett, Frank Danko, Runhai Lu
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Patent number: 6613493Abstract: Photoresist polymers having nitro groups (—NO2), and photoresist compositions containing the same. A photoresist pattern having excellent endurance, etching resistance, reproducibility and resolution can be formed by the use of the photoresist copolymer comprising polymerization repeating units represented by Chemical Formula 1a or 1b: wherein, R1, a, b, c, d, e, f, g and h is defined in the specification. Having nitro groups in the polymer, the photoresist polymer results in a low absorbance in the range of 157 nm wavelength, so that it is extremely useful for a photolithography process using, in particular, VUV light source.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2002Date of Patent: September 2, 2003Assignee: Hynix Semiconductor IncInventors: Geun Su Lee, Jae Chang Jung, Ki Soo Shin
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Patent number: 6610808Abstract: Thermally cured undercoat for use in lithography of a thermally cured composition comprising a hydroxyl-containing polymer, an amino cross-linking agent and a thermal acid generator, wherein the hydroxyl containing polymer is a polymer comprising units m, n and o of the following formula: wherein R1 is H or methyl; R2 is a substituted or unsubstituted C6-C14 aryl acrylate or C6-C14 aryl methacrylate group wherein the substituted groups may be phenyl, C1-4 alkyl or C1-4 alkoxy; R3 is a hydroxyl functionalized C1-C8 alkyl acrylate, methacrylate or C6-C14 aryl group, R4 is a C1-C10 linear or branched alkylene; p is an integer of from 1 to 5 with the proviso that there are no more than thirty carbon atoms in the [—R4O—]p; R5 is a C1-C10 linear, branched or cyclic alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C6-C14 aryl, or substituted or unsubstituted C7-C15 alicyclic hydrocarbon; and m is about 40 to 70, n is about 15 to 35 and o is about 15 to 25.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2002Date of Patent: August 26, 2003Assignee: Arch Specialty Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Binod B. De, Sanjay Malik, Gregory Spaziano, John Joseph Biafore, Patrick Foster, Sidney George Slater, Thomas Steinhausler, Andrew J. Blakeney
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Patent number: 6583248Abstract: The polymerizable cyclodextrin derivatives (“PCDs”) of this invention relate to cyclodextrin derivatives wherein substantially each molecule of which contains one or more covalently attached polymerizable group or groups, may also contain one or more other types of functional groups covalently attached, may also have other types of molecules that are complexed or more particularly within the otherwise empty spaces within the cyclodextrin derivatives, and combinations and permutations of these characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2000Date of Patent: June 24, 2003Assignee: American Dental Association Health FoundationInventor: Rafael L. Bowen
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Patent number: 6559241Abstract: A hydrogenated polymer is prepared by a method comprising: hydrogenating a polymer having carbon—carbon double bonds and a hydroxy group and/or a functional group which is convertible into a hydroxy group or into a hydroxymethyl group in the presence of a catalyst of palladium on a base activated carbon and/or platinum on a base activated carbon.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2002Date of Patent: May 6, 2003Assignee: Kuraray Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideharu Iwasaki, Hiroyuki Ohgi, Kikuo Arimoto
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Publication number: 20030069363Abstract: A method of preparing a curable coating and a method of curing the curable coating are disclosed. The curable composition from which the curable coating is prepared may be applied to the surface of a substrate in neat form or in aqueous medium to produce the coating. Curing of the curable coating may be accomplished by chemical generation of free radicals, by electrochemical generation of free radicals, by electron beam, by photochemical generation of free radicals, or by other electromagnetic irradiation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2002Publication date: April 10, 2003Inventors: Gary David Greenblatt, Ward Thomas Brown, Michael Damian Bowe, Richard Foster Merritt, Ronald Scott Beckley, Barry Clifford Lange, Robert Wilczynski, David William Whitman, Martha Harbaugh Wolfersberger
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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: 6515081Abstract: A thermosetting resin composition for carbon fiber reinforced composite materials of the present invention chiefly comprises (A)2 thermosetting resin such as epoxy resin and a curing agent, and (B)2 compound containing one functional group which can react with thermosetting resin (A) or its curing agent, and a moiety selected from the following formulae (1) to (4) Furthermore, the present invention also relates to a prepreg formed by impregnating reinforcing fiber with the aforesaid resin composition and to carbon fiber reinforced composite materials comprising reinforcing fiber and a cured aforesaid thermosetting resin composition.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 1999Date of Patent: February 4, 2003Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Hiroki Oosedo, Ryuji Sawaoka, Shunsaku Noda, Naomi Miyoshi
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Patent number: 6500595Abstract: A carrier for electrophotographic developer, including a core material and a resin layer formed on the surface of the core material, wherein the resin layer has a plastic deformation degree not less than 0.5 &mgr;m and an elastic deformation degree not less than 0.5 &mgr;m. The resin layer is preferably prepared by crosslinking a mixture including an acrylic resin having a reactive hydroxyl group and at least one of a perfectly-alkylated melamine compound and a perfectly-alkylated guanamine compound.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2000Date of Patent: December 31, 2002Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Mochizuki, Yasuo Asahina, Kohsuke Suzuki, Tomomi Suzuki
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Publication number: 20020173594Abstract: Thermally cured undercoat for use in lithography of a thermally cured composition comprising a hydroxyl-containing polymer, an amino cross-linking agent and a thermal acid generator, wherein the hydroxyl containing polymer is a polymer comprising units m, n and o of the following formula: 1Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2002Publication date: November 21, 2002Applicant: ARCH SPECIALTY CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Binod B. De, Sanjay Malik, Gregory Spaziano, John Joseph Biafore, Patrick Foster, Sidney George Slater, Thomas Steinhausler, Andrew J. Blakeney
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Patent number: 6482475Abstract: A thermosetting composition comprising a co-reactable solid, particulate mixture of (a) capped polyisocyanate crosslinking agent, e.g., a trimer of 1-isocyanato-3,3,5 -trimethyl-5-isocyanatomethylcyclohexane capped with e-caprolactam or 1H-2,5-dimethyl pyrazole, and (b) hydroxy functional polymer, is described. The hydroxy functional polymer is prepared by atom transfer radical polymerization and has well defined polymer chain architecture and polydispersity index of less than 2.5. The thermosetting compositions of the present invention have utility as powder coatings compositions.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2001Date of Patent: November 19, 2002Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: Karen A. Barkac, Simion Coca, James R. Franks, Kurt A. Humbert, Paul H. Lamers, Roxalana L. Martin, James B. O'Dwyer, Kurt G. Olson, Daniela White
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Patent number: 6465579Abstract: A silica-polymer composite, featuring a low viscosity and excellent processability when being kneaded with a rubber and superior in dispersibility and tensile strength, comprising a polymer having a polar group containing a hetero atom and a benzene ring or a polymer having a carboxylic acid reacted with silica in a solution.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2000Date of Patent: October 15, 2002Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventors: Keisuke Chino, Fumito Yatsuyanagi, Hidekazu Onoi
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Publication number: 20020120070Abstract: The present invention relates to organic anti-reflective coating polymers and preparation methods therefor. Anti-reflective coatings are used in a semiconductor device during photolithography processes to prevent the reflection of light from lower layers of the device, or resulting from changes in the thickness of the photoresist layer, and to eliminate the standing wave effect when ArF light is used. The present invention also relates to anti-reflective compositions and coatings containing these organic anti-reflective coating polymers, alone or in combination with certain light-absorbing compounds, and preparation methods therefor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2001Publication date: August 29, 2002Applicant: Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sung-Eun Hong, Min-Ho Jung, Hyeong-Soo Kim, Ki-Ho Baik
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Patent number: 6433098Abstract: The invention relates to a curable composition and a process of preparing the curable composition. The process comprises (a) forming an oligomer from oligomerization of a mixture of a monomer A having a functional group and a monomer B at a temperature in the range of from 150° C. to 650° C., a pressure in the range of from 3 MPa to 35 MPa and the pressure is high enough to maintain the reaction mixture in a fluid state and a residence time in the range of from 0.1 second to 4 minutes; and (b) reacting a modifier having at least one reactive moiety with the oligomer through a reaction between the reactive moiety of the modifier and the functional group of the monomer A in the oligomer, and the modifier further comprises a curable group.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 1999Date of Patent: August 13, 2002Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Ward Thomas Brown, Michael Damian Bowe, Richard Foster Merritt, Ronald Scott Beckley, Barry Clifford Lange, Robert Wilczynski
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Patent number: 6433100Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of polymers containing N→O terminal groups and to compositions comprising polymers obtained by this process. The process comprises polymerizing by atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) an aliphatic monomer of oligomer containing ethylene groups in the presence of a polymerization initiator.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2001Date of Patent: August 13, 2002Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals CorporationInventors: Andreas Kramer, Andreas Mühlebach, François Rime
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Patent number: 6426396Abstract: Poly(cyclic conjugated diene) polymers are prepared by polymerizing a cyclic conjugated diene monomer or cyclic conjugated diene monomer and a double bond-containing monomer using a transition metal catalyst, preferably a Ni-based catalyst, in a non-polar solvent containing a basic compound or an aromatic halide solvent. The poly(cyclic conjugated diene) polymer may then be subsequently modified by reaction of at least one of the double bonds of the polymer with a modifying substance, for example hydrogen.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 1999Date of Patent: July 30, 2002Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo KenkyushoInventors: Mitsuru Nakano, Arimitsu Usuki, Qing Yao
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Publication number: 20020099130Abstract: Disclosed are thermosetting compositions which are comprised of a resinous phase dispersed in an aqueous medium, the resinous phase comprising (a) an ungelled active hydrogen group-containing polymer which contains amine salt groups, the polymer having been prepared by atom transfer radical polymerization in the presence of an initiator having at least one radically transferable group, and (b) a curing agent having at least two functional groups which are reactive with the active hydrogen groups of (a). The active hydrogen group-containing polymers of the thermosetting compositions, which are prepared by atom transfer radical polymerization, have narrow molecular weight distributions and well-defined, specifically tailored polymer architecture which can provide enhanced crosslink density and dispersibility of the thermosetting compositions. Also disclosed is a method of electrocoating a conductive substrate using the thermosetting compositions of the invention, and a substrate coated by this method.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2002Publication date: July 25, 2002Inventors: Gregory J. McCollum, Linda K. Anderson, Simion Coca
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Publication number: 20020086939Abstract: The invention provides a method for preparing a 1-benzotriazolylcarbonate ester of a water-soluble and non-peptidic polymer by reacting a terminal hydroxyl group of a water-soluble and non-peptidic polymer with di(1-benzotriazolyl)carbonate in the presence of an amine base and an organic solvent. The polymer backbone can be poly(ethylene glycol). The 1-benzotriazolylcarbonate ester can then be reacted directly with a biologically active agent to form a biologically active polymer conjugate or reacted with an amino acid, such as lysine, to form an amino acid derivative.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2002Publication date: July 4, 2002Applicant: Shearwater CorporationInventor: Antoni Kozlowski
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Patent number: 6410646Abstract: A process for producing scratch-resistant coatings, especially scratch-resistant multicoat finishes, involving use of coating compositions which, after curing, have a storage modulus E′ in the rubber-elastic range of at least 107.5 Pa and a loss factor tan&dgr; at 20° C. of at least 0.05, the storage modulus E′ and the loss factor having been measured by dynamic mechanical thermoanalysis on free films having a film thickness of 40±10 &mgr;m, and comprise as binders one or more polyacrylate resins having a hydroxyl number of from 100 to 240, an acid number of from 0 to 35, and a number-average molecular weight of from 1500 to 10,000, and as crosslinkers one or more free or blocked isocyanates and/or triazine-based components which crosslink with the hydroxyl groups of the binder to form ether and/or ester structures.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 1999Date of Patent: June 25, 2002Assignee: BASF Coatings AGInventors: Ulrike Röckrath, Peter Betz, Fritz Bartol, Georg Wigger, Hubert Baumgart
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Patent number: 6403725Abstract: Disclosed is a metal containing polymer composition comprising; a metal overbased imide or ester functionalized polymer prepared by reacting (A) a polymer comprising (A1) an acidic functionalized polymer or ester functionalized polymer; (A2) an acidic mixed ester-acid of a carboxy containing interpolymer; or (A3) an ester functionalized polymer comprising a lactone and (B) a metal overbased composition that contains a reactive basic functionality comprising (B1) a metal overbased amine wherein the reactive basic functionality is a primary or secondary amino group; (B2) a metal overbased hydroxy substituted carboxylic acid wherein the reactive basic functionality is a hydroxy group; or (B3) a metal overbased dispersant wherein the reactive basic functionality is a primary or secondary amino group.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 1999Date of Patent: June 11, 2002Assignee: The Lubrizol CorporationInventors: Nai Z. Huang, Richard M. Lange
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Patent number: 6391979Abstract: Disclosed are epoxy resins prepared by reacting p-hydroxystyrene and epichlorohydrin in the presence of one or more alkali agents. Also disclosed are epoxy resins prepared from reacting a p-hydroxystyrene polymer and one or more di-hydric phenol agents with epichlorohydrin in the presence of alkali. These epoxide resins have a low melt viscosity and when cured exhibit glass transition temperatures above 300° C.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2000Date of Patent: May 21, 2002Inventor: Donald J. Keehan
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Patent number: 6372877Abstract: This invention relates generally to poly(aryl ether ketones) bearing alkylated side chains. It relates particularly to soluble, thermally stable, low dielectric poly(aryl ether ketones) with alkylated side chains and especially to films and coatings thereof. These poly(aryl ether ketones) have the following structural formula: wherein Y is selected from the group consisting of CF3 and CH3; and wherein R is CnH(2n+1) and n=11-18.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2000Date of Patent: April 16, 2002Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationInventors: Patrick E. Cassidy, John W. Fitch, III, Scott D. Gronewald, Anne K. St. Clair, Diane M. Stoakley
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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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Patent number: 6362284Abstract: Protected, functionalized heterotelechelic polymers, hydrogenated and/or deprotected analogues thereof, and processes to prepare these polymers. Monomers are polymerized using a protected functionalized initiator to form a living polymer, and the living polymer is reacted with an electrophile to form heterotelechelic polymers.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 1998Date of Patent: March 26, 2002Assignee: FMC CorporationInventors: James Anthony Schwindeman, Roderic Paul Quirk, Conrad William Kamienski
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Patent number: 6355729Abstract: Disclosed are thermosetting compositions which are comprised of a resinous phase dispersed in an aqueous medium, the resinous phase comprising (a) an ungelled active hydrogen group-containing polymer which contains amine salt groups, the polymer having been prepared by atom transfer radical polymerization in the presence of an initiator having at least one radically transferable group, and (b) a curing agent having at least two functional groups which are reactive with the active hydrogen groups of (a). The active hydrogen group-containing polymers of the thermosetting compositions, which are prepared by atom transfer radical polymerization, have narrow molecular weight distributions and well-defined, specifically tailored polymer architecture which can provide enhanced crosslink density and dispersibility of the thermosetting compositions. Also disclosed is a method of electrocoating a conductive substrate using the thermosetting compositions of the invention, and a substrate coated by this method.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 1999Date of Patent: March 12, 2002Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: Gregory J. McCollum, Linda K. Anderson, Simion Coca
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Patent number: 6350818Abstract: The present invention relates to organic anti-reflective coating polymers and preparation methods therefor. Anti-reflective coatings are used in a semiconductor device during photolithography processes to prevent the reflection of light from lower layers of the device, or resulting from changes in the thickness of the photoresist layer, and to eliminate the standing wave effect when ArF light is used. The present invention also relates to anti-reflective compositions and coatings containing these organic anti-reflective coating polymers, alone or in combination with certain light-absorbing compounds, and preparation methods therefor.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 1999Date of Patent: February 26, 2002Assignee: Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sung-Eun Hong, Min-Ho Jung, Hyeong-Soo Kim, Ki-Ho Baik
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Patent number: 6348594Abstract: Urea derivatives of formula 1 for the hardening of hydroxyl group-containing polymers, wherein each of R1-R7 is a hydrogen atom or a linear or branched C1-C4-alkyl group, preferably methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl or isobutyl, R1-R7 being identical or different, and R8 is a linear or branched C1-C6-alkyl group, preferably methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl or isobutyl. The compounds 1 are prepared by reacting a compound 2 wherein R9 is a member selected from the group consisting of —CHO, —CH(OH)—OR8 and —CH(OH)2 with a urea derivative 3 optionally followed by etherification of the reaction product with an alcohol X—OH, wherein X is a linear or branched C1-C4-alkyl group.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 1999Date of Patent: February 19, 2002Assignee: Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Kai-Uwe Gaudl, Artur Lachowicz, Gerwald Grahe
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Patent number: 6346362Abstract: Compositions comprising a polymer having silicon, germanium and/or tin; and a protecting group grafted onto a polymeric backbone are useful as resists and are sensitive to imaging irradiation while exhibiting enhanced resistance to reactive ion etching.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2000Date of Patent: February 12, 2002Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ari Aviram, C. Richard Guarnieri, Wu-Song Huang, Ranee W. Kwong, David R. Medeiros
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Patent number: 6344582Abstract: An efficient process for producing a high quality 2-adamantyl (meth)acrylate of the formula (I): wherein R1 is hydrogen or methyl and R2 is hydrogen of lower alkyl, by using very common facilities and procedures, which reacting a (meth)acryloyl halide of the formula (II) wherein R1 is as defined above and X is halogen with a 2-adamantanol of the formula (III): wherein R2 is as defined above to form the 2-adamantyl (meth)acrylate of the formula (I), then treating a solution of this product in an organic solvent with active carbon, subsequently removing the active carbon, and thereafter separating a purified 2-adamantyl (meth)acrylate, is provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2000Date of Patent: February 5, 2002Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Nobuharu Kouno, Hiroaki Fujishima
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Publication number: 20020012751Abstract: A thermosetting composition comprising a co-reactable solid, particulate mixture of (a) capped polyisocyanate crosslinking agent, e.g., a trimer of 1-isocyanato-3,3,5-trimethyl-5-isocyanatomethylcyclohexane capped with e-caprolactam or 1H-2,5-dimethyl pyrazole, and (b) hydroxy functional polymer, is described. The hydroxy functional polymer is prepared by atom transfer radical polymerization and has well defined polymer chain architecture and polydispersity index of less than 2.5. The thermosetting compositions of the present invention have utility as powder coatings compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2001Publication date: January 31, 2002Inventors: Karen A. Barkac, Simion Coca, James R. Franks, Kurt A. Humbert, Paul H. Lamers, Roxalana L. Martin, James B. O'Dwyer, Kurt G. Olson, Daniela White
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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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Publication number: 20020007018Abstract: The present invention is directed to a thermally curable polymer composition, and a photolithographic substrate coated therewith, the composition comprising a hydroxyl-containing polymer, an amino cross-linking agent and a thermal acid generator. The thermally curable polymer composition may be dissolved in a solvent and used as an undercoat layer in deep UV lithography.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2001Publication date: January 17, 2002Applicant: Arch Specialty Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Patrick Foster, Sydney George Slater, Thomas Steinhausler, Andrew J. Blakeney, John Joseph Biafore
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Patent number: 6339126Abstract: A thermosetting composition comprising a co-reactable solid, particulate mixture of (a) beta-hydroxyalkylamide crosslinking agent, e.g., bis(N,N-di-2-hydroxyethyl)adipamide, and (b) polycarboxylic acid functional polymer, is described. The polycarboxylic acid functional polymer is prepared by atom transfer radical polymerization and has well defined polymer chain architecture and polydispersity index of less than 2.5. The thermosetting compositions of the present invention have utility as powder coatings compositions.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 1999Date of Patent: January 15, 2002Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: Karen A. Barkac, Simion Coca, James R. Franks, Kurt A. Humbert, Paul H. Lamers, Roxalana L. Martin, James B. O'Dwyer, Kurt G. Olson, Daniela White
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Patent number: 6323287Abstract: The present invention is directed to a thermally curable polymer composition, and a photolithographic substrate coated therewith, the composition comprising a hydroxyl-containing polymer, an amino cross-linking agent and a thermal acid generator. The thermally curable polymer composition may be dissolved in a solvent and used as an undercoat layer in deep UV lithography.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 1999Date of Patent: November 27, 2001Assignee: Arch Specialty Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Patrick Foster, Sydney George Slater, Thomas Steinhäusler, Andrew J. Blakeney, John Joseph Biafore
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Patent number: 6300422Abstract: A thermosetting, one package, waterborne coating composition comprising a hydroxy functional polymer and a tris(alkoxycarbonylamino) is described. The coating composition can optionally include carboxyl-functional resin components and can be clear or pigmented. Preferred embodiments of the present coating compositions include one or more catalysts selected from Brönsted or Lewis acids, tertiary amine bases, ammonium salts of Lewis acids, organo-tin compounds or metal chelating agents.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 1999Date of Patent: October 9, 2001Assignee: Lilly Industries, Inc.Inventors: Shaobing Wu, Frank Chen, Greg Muselman
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Patent number: 6284863Abstract: A polymer having an O-substituted vinylphenol unit represented by the following formula (I) wherein R1, R2 and R3 represent an alkyl; or R1 and R2, R1 and R3 or R2 and R3 are bound together and respectively form an alkylene; or R2 is methylidyne wherein one bond in the methylidyne is bound to R1, the other bond is bound to R3, and R1 and R3 represent alkylene, and a resist composition comprising the polymer are provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2000Date of Patent: September 4, 2001Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiteru Ohta, Sang-tae Kim, Masumi Suetsugu
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Patent number: 6281318Abstract: There are herein disclosed a poly{1-(1-alkoxyalkoxy)-4-(1-methylethenyl)benzene} having a narrow molecular weight distribution, for example, a poly{1-(1-alkoxyethoxy)-4-(1-methylethenyl)benzene} or a poly{1-(2-tetrahydrofuranyloxy)-4-(1-methylethenyl)benzene} which is useful as a chemical amplification type positive resist material; a preparation process of the polymer which comprises reacting industrially easily available 4-(1-methylethenyl)phenol with a vinyl ether to produce an alkoxyalkoxy compound, and then carrying out an anionic polymerization; and a preparation process of poly{4-(1-methylethenyl)phenol} having a narrow molecular weight distribution useful as a tease polymer for a chemical amplification type positive resist material which comprises reacting the above-mentioned polymer with a protonic acid in the presence of an organic solvent.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 1998Date of Patent: August 28, 2001Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Yoshihiro Yamamoto, Toshiro Takao, Ritsuko Fukuda, Isao Hara
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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: 6255397Abstract: This invention relates to a rubber composition comprised of a combination of cis 1,4-polybutadiene and at least one liquid hydroxyl terminated polyalkylene polymer together with a halogenated copolymer of isobutylene and p-methylstyrene and a minor amount of at least one conjugated diene-based elastomer, preferably cis 1,4-polyisoprene. The rubber composition contains particulate reinforcement as carbon black or as carbon black and silica together with a coupling agent. The invention also relates to a tire having a sidewall of such rubber composition.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 1999Date of Patent: July 3, 2001Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventor: Paul Harry Sandstrom
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Patent number: 6242533Abstract: The present invention relates to a novolak type phenol resin, in particular a novolak type phenol resin for resists suitable for forming resist patterns. The novolak type phenol resin of the present invention is obtained by reacting at least a vinylphenol having a vinyl group and a phenolic hydroxyl group, such as parahydroxystyrene, or a polyvinylphenol, which is a polymer of the vinylphenol, a compound (A) such as 4,4′-methylenebis(2-hydroxymethyl-3,6-dimethylphenol) and/or a compound (B) such as 2,6-dihydroxymethyl-4-phenol, in a ratio of 1 to 40 moles of the compound (A) and/or compound (B) to 100 moles of the vinylphenol or 100 moles of structural unit of the vinylphenol contained in the polyvinylphenol in the presence of an acid and having a weight average molecular weight of 2,000 to 20,000. Such a novolak type phenol resin provides good pattern shape, heat resistance, resolution, and sensitivity in resists for lithography.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2000Date of Patent: June 5, 2001Assignee: Gun Ei Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiaki Kurimoto, Katsuhiro Maruyama, Akira Yoshitomo, Satoru Yoshida, Satoru Kitano
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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: 6210859Abstract: This invention relates to a copolymer for the manufacture of chemical amplified photoresist and a chemical amplified positive photoresist composition comprising a copolymer for the manufacture of chemical amplified photoresist as a base resin, as represented by the following formula 1, an acid generator and additive, Wherein, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are independently a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; R5, R6, R7 and R8 are a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group of C1-8, an alkoxy group, an alkoxycarbonyl group or a halogen atom; h and i are independently an integer of 0-8; k, l, m and n represent an integer of element units provided that 0.3<k/(k+l+m+n)<0.9, 0≦l/(k+l+m+n)<0.6, 0≦m/(k+l+m+n)<0.6, and 0.01<n/(k+l+m+n)<0.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 1999Date of Patent: April 3, 2001Assignee: Korea Kumho Petrochemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyun Pyo Jeon, Seong Ju Kim, Joo Hyeon Park, Jong Bum Lee
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Patent number: 6203913Abstract: The present invention provides coating compositions including: (a) about 75 to about 99.9 weight percent of a crosslinkable film-forming system including one or more crosslinkable film-forming resins and one or more crosslinking materials which is capable of reacting with the film-forming resin to form a crosslinked film; and (b) one or more substantially saturated, predominantly hydrocarbon adhesion promoting agents having an average of more than one pendant or terminal polar group per molecule which are capable of reacting with the crosslinking material, the adhesion promoting agent(s) being present in an amount ranging from about 0.1 to about 25 weight percent on a basis of total resin solids of the coating composition. The coating compositions are useful for directly coating surfaces of thermoplastic and thermosetting plastic substrates, such as TPO and RIM, without the aid of flame or corona pretreatment, or the use of an adhesion promoter.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 1998Date of Patent: March 20, 2001Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: Constantine A. Kondos, Edward E. McEntire, Masayuki Nakajima, Richard M. Nugent, Jr.