Hydrolyzed; Neutralized; Or Metal Containing Chemical Treating Agent Patents (Class 525/330.2)
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Patent number: 6911499Abstract: The present invention relates to powdered, crosslinked polymer compositions, containing a) 55-99.9 wt.-% of at least one polymerized, ethylenically unsaturated, polymerizable monomer which contains acid groups neutralized to at least 25 mole-%, b) 0-40 wt.-% of polymerized, unsaturated monomers copolymerizable with a), c) 0.01-5.0 wt.-%, preferably 0.1-2.0 wt.-% of one or more crosslinking agents, d) 0-30 wt.-% of a water-soluble polymer, the weight amounts a) through d) being based on anhydrous polymer composition, and the sum of these components always being 100 wt.-%, which compositions can be obtained by continuous polymerization wherein at least one parameter biasing the polymerization is varied according to a recurring pattern. The present invention also relates to a process for their production and to their use.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2000Date of Patent: June 28, 2005Assignee: Stockhausen GmbHInventors: Helmut Brehm, Hans-Georg Hartan
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Patent number: 6903163Abstract: The present invention relates to high melt swell partially neutralized alpha olefin acid copolymers. It also relates to a process for making such high melt swell polymers as well as for covalently crosslinking other polar copolymers including non-neutralized acid copolymers and non-polar alpha olefin polymers by using a minor amount of metal acrylate, particularly sodium or zinc acrylate.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2002Date of Patent: June 7, 2005Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Richard James Powell, Richard T. Chou, George W. Prejean
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Patent number: 6878754Abstract: Heat-induced gelling foaming composition comprising an aqueous phase, said aqueous phase comprising a polymer comprising water-soluble units and units having in water a lower critical solution temperature LCST, the heat-induced demixing temperature by heating in aqueous solution of said units with an LCST being from 5 to 40° C. for a concentration by mass in water of 1% of said units, and the concentration of said polymer in said composition being such that the gel point is in the range from 5 to 40° C. Foam obtained from the said foaming composition. The compositions according to the invention are essentially compositions for topical application and especially cosmetic or dermatological compositions, for example make-up-removing compositions.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2002Date of Patent: April 12, 2005Assignee: L'OrealInventor: Florence L'Alloret
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Patent number: 6852784Abstract: A golf ball comprising a core comprised of a polymer containing an acid group fully-neutralized by an organic acid or a salt, a cation source, or a suitable base thereof; and a cover layer; wherein the golf ball has a COR of no less than about 0.830 and an initial velocity of greater than 255 ft/s.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2003Date of Patent: February 8, 2005Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventor: Michael J Sullivan
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Patent number: 6835777Abstract: Adhesive compositions which exhibit significantly improved adhesion to metals and polyolefins are provided. The compositions are blends of one or more polyolefin base resins and graft-modified polyolefin to which a low level of adhesion promoter is added.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2002Date of Patent: December 28, 2004Assignee: Equistar Chemicals, E.P.Inventor: Maged G. Botros
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Patent number: 6809158Abstract: The present invention provides: a process for producing a water-absorbing agent at low temperature in a short time, wherein the water-absorbing agent has excellent balance between the absorption capacity without load and the absorption capacity under a load, high fluidity under a hygroscopic atmosphere, and excellent safety; and a novel water-absorbing agent and a novel crosslinking agent particularly suitable for crosslinking water-absorbent resins. The water-absorbing agent, having excellent balance between the absorption capacity without load and the absorption capacity under a load, high fluidity under a hygroscopic atmosphere, and excellent safety, can be obtained by using an oxetane compound and/or an imidazolidinone compound for a water-absorbent resin.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2001Date of Patent: October 26, 2004Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Nobuyuki Harada, Yoshihiko Masuda
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Patent number: 6797786Abstract: A golf ball material containing (a) a calcium ion-neutralized olefin-unsaturated carboxylic acid-unsaturated carboxylate random copolymer having an acid content of 2-12% by weight, and (b) a calcium ion-neutralized olefin-unsaturated carboxylic acid random copolymer having an acid content of 8-15% by weight, in a weight ratio from 100:0 to 40:60, and having a Shore D hardness of 30-60 is effectively moldable and is capable of providing golf balls with excellent rebound energy and a pleasant feel when hit.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2003Date of Patent: September 28, 2004Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.Inventors: Rinya Takesue, Yasush Ichikawa
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Publication number: 20040180189Abstract: The present invention relates to novel hydrophilic swellable addition polymers comprising improved odor control, a process for their preparation and their use for absorbing aqueous fluids and a process for screening superabsorbents.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2003Publication date: September 16, 2004Inventors: Rudiger Funk, Norbert Herfert, Mariola Wanior, Uwe Stuven, Martin Beck
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Patent number: 6777472Abstract: Melt-processable, highly-neutralized ethylene, C3 to C8 &agr;,&bgr; ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymers and process for making them. Copolymers are made by incorporating a C4 to less than a C36 aliphatic, mono-functional organic acid and neutralizing greater than 90% to 100% of the acid groups present concurrently with or subsequently to the incorporation of the organic acid.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2000Date of Patent: August 17, 2004Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Robert Joseph Statz, John Chu Chen
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Patent number: 6767973Abstract: The invention relates to the use of homopolymers and/or water-soluble copolymers of acrylic acid with one or more acrylic, vinyl or allylic monomers as dispersing agents for aqueous suspensions of mineral particles issuing from a mechanical and/or thermal reconcentration step following upon a step of wet grinding without the use of a dispersant and at low concentration in terms of dry matter. The invention also relates to the said aqueous suspensions and their uses in the fields of paper, paint, fillers for synthetic resins and rubbers, detergent and cleaning formulations, ceramics, drilling fluids, cements, plasters and other fields of application in civil engineering and the construction industry.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2002Date of Patent: July 27, 2004Assignee: Coatex S.A.S.Inventors: Jean-Marc Suau, Christian Jacquemet, Jacques Mongoin
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Patent number: 6730764Abstract: A concrete retarder comprises a polymer (A) having the concrete set retarding ability. The polymer (A) has, as a structural unit, a low glass transition temperature (Tg) component with a Tg of not higher than −5° C., and a surface tension of 45 mN/m or lower. The proportion of the low Tg component having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of not higher than −5° C. is 10% by weight or more relative to the whole polymer (A). The polymer (A) has a functional group which can form a salt with a metal ion (particularly, a free acid group or a group capable of forming an acid group by hydrolysis). The polymer (A) is a vinyl-series polymer, a polyester (saturated or unsaturated polyester), or a crosslinked or graft polymerized unsaturated polyester. A sheet and a decorative pack may be formed with the concrete retarder.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 1999Date of Patent: May 4, 2004Assignee: Daicel Huels Ltd.Inventors: Toru Ikuta, Mitsuteru Mutsuda
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Patent number: 6716929Abstract: Superabsorbent polymers having a slow rate of absorption, and a process for their preparation. The superabsorbent polymer has a slow rate of absorption, is crosslinked with a covalent crosslinking agent and the metal of a polyvalent metal coordination compound, has the metal of the coordination compound distributed essentially homogeneously throughout the polymer, and has an Absorption Rate Index of at least about 5 minutes.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2002Date of Patent: April 6, 2004Assignee: The Dow Chemical CompanyInventor: Larry R. Wilson
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Patent number: 6689483Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved packaging composition comprising an ethylene copolymer selected from ethylene acid or ester copolymers such as ethylene vinyl acetate, ethylene/acrylic acid or methacrylic acid copolymers which optionally contain a third comonomer such as an alkyl acrylate and the corresponding ionomers of said copolymers which are blended with a hydrophilic zeolite to form a composition which removes residual acids or small esters from the polymeric or ionomeric composition containing such residual acids. The acids may be present as initial by products in the copolymerization process or may be degradation products. The use of these compositions is particularly important when the resins are formed into packages or other fabricated material which are exposed to acid sensitive material.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2001Date of Patent: February 10, 2004Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: George Lok Kwong Hoh, David Richard Corbin, Steven B. Oblath
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Patent number: 6677405Abstract: The present invention provides: a process for producing a water-absorbing agent at low temperature in a short time, wherein the water-absorbing agent has excellent balance between the absorption capacity without load and the absorption capacity under a load, high fluidity under a hygroscopic atmosphere, and excellent safety; and a novel water-absorbing agent and a novel crosslinking agent particularly suitable for crosslinking water-absorbent resins. The water-absorbing agent, having excellent balance between the absorption capacity without load and the absorption capacity under a load, high fluidity under a hygroscopic atmosphere, and excellent safety, can be obtained by using an oxetane compound and/or an imidazolidinone compound for a water-absorbent resin.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2001Date of Patent: January 13, 2004Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Nobuyuki Harada, Yoshihiko Masuda
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Patent number: 6653382Abstract: Thermoplastics with high resilience (high coefficient of restitution) and softness (low Atti compressions) and their use in golf ball components. Melt-processible, highly-neutralized ethylene acid copolymers and process for making them by incorporating an aliphatic, mono-functional organic acid in the acid copolymer and then neutralizing greater than 90% of all the acid groups present.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2000Date of Patent: November 25, 2003Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Robert Joseph Statz, John Chu Chen
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Patent number: 6653381Abstract: Novel compounds derived from traditional semi- drying and non-drying oils featuring internally plasticizing and crosslinkable properties are disclosed and claimed. Preferred embodiments include acrylate or methacrylate esters of hydroxy long-chain olefinic compounds derived from castor oil or lesquerella oil. A process for the preparation of the novel compounds is also disclosed, which involves esterification reaction of ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids or its derivatives with substituted hydroxy long-chain olefinic compounds. These compounds are suitable for forming latices, which form films at low minimum film forming temperatures (MFT) ranging from −5 to 10 ° C. and cure to above ambient glass transition (Tg polymers without the use of traditional organic cosolvents which contribute to environmental pollution via volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emissions. These latices are therefore useful in waterborne coatings, contact and pressure sensitive adhesives, and inks.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2001Date of Patent: November 25, 2003Assignee: University of Southern MississippiInventors: Shelby Freland Thames, Kamlesh Gopichand Panjnani, Rajan Hariharan, Zhiyu Wang
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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: 20030208020Abstract: Highly water absorbing polymer comprising a polymerizable compound having carbon-carbon double bonds or a salt thereof, obtainable by using a crosslinking agent comprising a hydroxy polyallyl ether having one or more hydroxy groups and two or more allyl groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2002Publication date: November 6, 2003Inventors: Thomas Daniel, Ulrich Riegel, Shin-Ichiro Nakamura, Yasumi Shimizu, Tohru Matsutomi
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Patent number: 6630528Abstract: A blend capable of being melt fabricated into an antistatic film which has improved antistatic action practically immediately after production comprises ethylene &agr;,&bgr;-ethylenically unsaturated C3-8 carboxylic acid copolymers having 0-90% of the carboxylic acid groups neutralized by metal ions, particularly sodium ions, and an antistatic effective amount of a polyoxyethylene sorbitan fatty acid, particularly Polyoxyethylene Sorbitan Monolaureate.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2001Date of Patent: October 7, 2003Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Karlheinz Hausmann, Bernard Rioux, Jean-Marie Francois
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Patent number: 6613843Abstract: A golf ball material containing (a) a calcium ion-neutralized olefin-unsaturated carboxylic acid-unsaturated carboxylate random copolymer having an acid content of 2-12% by weight, and (b) a calcium ion-neutralized olefin-unsaturated carboxylic acid random copolymer having an acid content of 8-15% by weight, in a weight ratio from 100:0 to 40:60, and having a Shore D hardness of 30-60 is effectively moldable and is capable of providing golf balls with excellent rebound energy and a pleasant feel when hit.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2000Date of Patent: September 2, 2003Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.Inventors: Rinya Takesue, Yasushi Ichikawa
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Publication number: 20030149187Abstract: A thin-layer metal film that is high in productivity, can be prepared in a simple step, has a high density, and is superior in durability. The thin-layer metal film is obtained by reducing a metal salt on a surface of a substrate where a metal salt-containing hydrophilic graft polymer chain is present. The thin-layer metal film is obtained by reducing a metal ion adsorbed on a hydrophilic functional group of the hydrophilic graft polymer chain with a reducing agent to deposit a metal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2003Publication date: August 7, 2003Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeyoshi Kano, Koichi Kawamura
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Patent number: 6599989Abstract: Water-absorbing agents containing polycarboxylic amine chelating agents. The water-absorbing agents are obtained by a process including the step of adding to a water-absorbent resin at least one chelating agent selected from the group consisting of polycarboxylic amines and maleic hydrophilic polymers. The polycarboxylic amine may be selected from a class that includes N-carboxymethyl-aspartic acid as one of its members or selected from a class that includes N,N′-bis(1,2-dicarboxyethyl)-ethylenediamine as one of its members. The water-absorbing agents have not only excellent urine resistance, but also excellent absorption properties that are stable to any composition of urine and show little change with time.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 1999Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Nippon Skokubai Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsuyuki Wada, Hiroko Ueda, Naoko Takahashi, Kinya Nagasuna, Koji Miyake, Yasuhiro Fujita, Takumi Hatsuda
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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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Patent number: 6579958Abstract: Superabsorbent polymers having a slow rate of absorption, and a process for their preparation. The superabsorbent polymer has a slow rate of absorption, is crosslinked with a covalent crosslinking agent and the metal of a polyvalent metal coordination compound, has the metal of the coordination compound distributed essentially homogeneously throughout the polymer, and has an Absorption Rate Index of at least about 5 minutes. Prepare water-swellable, water-insoluble polymer particles having a slow rate of water absorption by polymerizing a monomer in the presence of a covalent crosslinking agent and a polyvalent metal coordination compound under conditions such that there is formed a polymer having reversible cationic crosslinks and such that the metal is distributed essentially homogeneously throughout the polymer particles.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 1999Date of Patent: June 17, 2003Assignee: The Dow Chemical CompanyInventor: Larry R. Wilson
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Patent number: 6573335Abstract: The present invention is directed to a golf ball comprising a soft core and a hard cover to produce a resulting molded golf ball having a reduced spin rate. The golf ball of the present invention has an enlarged diameter which serves to further reduce spin rate. The resulting golf ball exhibits properties of reduced spin without sacrificing durability, playability and resilience.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 1998Date of Patent: June 3, 2003Assignee: Spalding Sports Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Michael J. Sullivan, R. Dennis Nesbitt
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Patent number: 6562912Abstract: The present invention is directed to a golf ball having a dual, or multilayer core component that is relatively soft and a hard cover that results in the golf ball exhibiting a reduced spin rate. The dual, or multilayer core component includes a center component and a core layer, each of which is independently formed from a thermoset material, a thermoplastic material, or a blend thereof. The dual core component is relatively soft, having a Riehle compression of at least 75. The cover is preferably formed from a high acid ionomer or a certain type of alpha-olefin such that the cover has a Shore D hardness of at least 65. The cover may be a single layer cover or a multilayer cover. The golf ball of the present invention may have an enlarged diameter which serves to further reduce spin rate. The resulting golf ball exhibits properties of reduced spin without sacrificing durability, playability and resilience.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2001Date of Patent: May 13, 2003Assignee: Spalding Sports Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Michael J. Sullivan, R. Dennis Nesbitt
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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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Publication number: 20030065103Abstract: The present invention relates to neutralized copolymer resins having at least two different metals with one of the metals being zinc. These mixed metal resins are transformed into particulate or powder form for application to metal objects. The powder composition has a good balance of properties including all the advantages associated with neutralized ethylene acid copolymers while also having good powder coating behavior for coatings applied to metal objects. The invention also relates to coated metal objects containing the powder composition and metal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2002Publication date: April 3, 2003Inventors: Richard Tien-Hua Chou, Mark Bernard Kelly
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Patent number: 6514619Abstract: An aqueous resin composition comprising prepared by a process comprising the steps of: reacting epoxy resins comprising: (A) an aromatic epoxy resin having a number average molecular weight of at least 9,000 and an epoxy equivalent of not larger than 9,000; and (B) an aromatic epoxy resin having a number average molecular weight of less than 9,000 and an epoxy equivalent of not larger than 5,000, and (C) a carboxyl group-containing acrylic resin having a glass transition temperature of at least 100° C., to undergo partial-esterification to obtain an acryl-modified epoxy resin; neutralizing said acryl-modified epoxy resin with a base and dispersing the neutralized resin in an aqueous medium. Also disclosed is a coated metal material having a cured coated film of the aqueous resin composition.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2001Date of Patent: February 4, 2003Assignee: Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Hiroaki Shimada, Takashi Kojima, Yoshihiro Yamano, Yoshiki Itoh
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Patent number: 6494792Abstract: The present invention is directed to a golf ball comprising a core and a cover, wherein the cover comprises a blend of two or more high acid ionomer resins. Each high acid ionomer resin utilized in the blend of the cover composition comprises generally of greater than 16% by weight acid, preferably from about 17 to about 25% by weight acid and more preferably from about 18.5% to about 21.5% by weight acid. The acid groups of the high acid ionomers utilized in the cover compositions of the invention are partially (i.e. generally 10-75 percent, preferably 30-70 percent) neutralized by metal ions such as by sodium, zinc and magnesium ions. When the blend of two or more high acid ionomer resins is utilized to manufacture a golf ball, the golf ball produced thereby, exhibits properties of improved distance without sacrificing characteristics such as playability and/or durability when compared to low acid ionomer and/or low acid/high acid ionomer blends.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2001Date of Patent: December 17, 2002Assignee: Spalding Sports Worldwide, Inc.Inventor: Michael J. Sullivan
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Publication number: 20020169252Abstract: Superabsorbent polymers having a slow rate of absorption, and a process for their preparation. The superabsorbent polymer has a slow rate of absorption, is crosslinked with a covalent crosslinking agent and the metal of a polyvalent metal coordination compound, has the metal of the coordination compound distributed essentially homogeneously throughout the polymer, and has an Absorption Rate Index of at least about 5 minutes. Prepare water-swellable, water-insoluble polymer particles having a slow rate of water absorption by polymerizing a monomer in the presence of a covalent crosslinking agent and a polyvalent metal coordination compound under conditions such that there is formed a polymer having reversible cationic crosslinks and such that the metal is distributed essentially homogeneously throughout the polymer particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 1999Publication date: November 14, 2002Inventor: LARRY R. WILSON
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Patent number: 6479593Abstract: Provided herein are cross-linked super absorbing polymers made by reacting a copolymer having an esterifiable acid group with a cyclic alkylene carbonate. The resulting cross-linked materials have an increased ability to retain absorbed liquids even under the influence of applied stress. Catalysts are also disclosed which are useful in promoting the reaction between the alkylene carbonate and copolymer.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2001Date of Patent: November 12, 2002Assignee: Huntsman Petrochemical CorporationInventors: John H. Clements, Howard P. Klein, Edward T. Marquis, James R. Machac, Jr., Katty Darragas
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Patent number: 6458230Abstract: A process for preparing recyclable fiber composites, comprising bonding fibers with a polymeric bonding agent applied as an aqueous polymer dispersion to said fibers, the polymeric bonding agent comprising at least one addition polymer which, in the state of an aqueous dispersion, has a film forming capability at the temperature at which the addition polymer is combined with said fibers, and said aqueous polymer dispersion, when subjected to a change in pH, is converted into an aqueous solution of the addition polymer. The aqueous addition polymer of the addition polymer dispersion can contain protic acid groups, and the state of the dispersion can be converted to an aqueous addition polymer solution by raising the pH of the aqueous medium. Alternatively, the addition polymer may contain basic groups, in particular, amino groups, and its state as a dispersion can be converted into an aqueous addition polymer resolution by lowering the pH of the aqueous medium.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 1996Date of Patent: October 1, 2002Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Robert Rupaner, Karl-Heinz Schumacher, Werner Kirchner, Bradley Ronald Morrison, Roland Offner, Hermann Seyffer
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Patent number: 6451923Abstract: A golf ball is disclosed that comprises a core and a cover disposed about the core. Preferably, the cover includes at least one high acid ionomer resin that comprises a copolymer of greater than 16% by weight of an acrylic acid, and an alpha olefin of which about 10 to about 90% of the carboxyl groups of the copolymer are neutralized with a metal cation.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2000Date of Patent: September 17, 2002Assignee: Spalding Sports Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Michael J. Sullivan, R. Dennis Nesbitt
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Patent number: 6444760Abstract: A process is described for effectively reducing the residual monomer content of an aqueous polymer dispersion by aftertreatment at atmospheric pressure or above with an initiator system comprising a) a hydroperoxide, hydrogen peroxide or a peracid, and b) an &agr;-hydroxy carboxylic acid, such as tartaric acid, or with a salt thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2000Date of Patent: September 3, 2002Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Robert Rupaner, Gerhard Bauer, Sven Lawrenz, Claudia Heibel, Johannes Dobbelaar
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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: 6425978Abstract: A latex as a binder for nonwoven applications to form a permeable sublayer of personal hygiene articles. The latex is prepared by a process including the steps of (1) polymerizing a monomer mixture comprising styrene, itaconic acid, surfactant and water soluble free radical initiator to form a seed; (2) sequentially adding equal increments of a monomer mixture of styrene, butadiene and acrylic acid to the seed under emulsion polymerization conditions to form a styrene-butadiene-acrylic acid copolymer; and then (3) neutralizing the styrene-butadiene-acrylic acid copolymer to a pH of about 4.5 to 7 to form the latex.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2001Date of Patent: July 30, 2002Assignee: Omnova Solutions Inc.Inventors: David F. Diehl, Carla Dittman McBain
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Patent number: 6423769Abstract: An aqueous polymer dispersion wherein the polymer particles include at least two different water-insoluble polymers P and P′, obtained by free-radical polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers, which includes the following measures: (1) polymerizing a first monomer mixture M by the method of free-radical aqueous emulsion polymerization to give a polymer P, wherein the polymerization is carried out in an aqueous reaction medium having a pH of less than 5, (2) adding a base to the dispersion of the polymer P to raise the pH of the dispersion by at least 2 pH units, and (3) polymerizing a further monomer mixture M′, which is different from the monomer mixture M, in the dispersion of the polymer P, to give a polymer P′, the monomer mixtures M and M′ independently of one another including from 0.1 to 5% by weight, based on the total amount of the monomers M and M′, respectively, of at least one monomer M1 which has at least one acid group and from 95 to 99.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 1999Date of Patent: July 23, 2002Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Matthias Gerst, Alexander Centner
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Publication number: 20020082375Abstract: A continuous bulk polymerization and esterification process includes continuously charging into a reaction zone at least one ethylenically unsaturated acid-functional monomer and at least one linear or branched chain alkanol having greater than 11 carbon atoms. The process includes maintaining a flow rate through the reaction zone sufficient to provide an average residence time of less than 60 minutes and maintaining a temperature in the reaction zone sufficient to produce a polymeric product incorporating at least some of the alkanol as an ester of the polymerized ethylenically unsaturated acid-functional monomer. The polymeric product is used in various processes to produce water-based compositions including emulsions and dispersions such as oil emulsions, wax dispersions, pigment dispersions, surfactants and coatings which contain the polymeric product.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2001Publication date: June 27, 2002Inventors: Kevin M. Andrist, John E. Blasko, Glenn C. Calhoun, Frederick C. Hansen, Dean R. Hellwig, Kurt A. Hessenius, Steven M. Hurley, D. Sunil Jayasuriya, Matthew G. Lee, Stephen J. Maccani, H. Thomas Mills, Gregory R. Peterson, Paul E. Sandvick, Dennis M. Wilson, John P. Wiruth
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Patent number: 6403700Abstract: The present invention relates to a powdery, cross-linked polymer absorbing water and aqueous liquids formed of polymerized, unsaturated, acid groups-containing monomers that are present as salts neutralized to the extent of at least 50 mol-% and which optionally comprise further monomers which are copolymerizable with the acid groups-containing monomers as well as water-soluble polymers, the polymer being formed of acidic, polymerized monomers partially neutralized to the extent of 5-30 mol-%, relative to the acid groups-containing monomer portion. The polymer has a high retention, high liquid absorption under pressure, high swelling pressure, and a low content of soluble components.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2000Date of Patent: June 11, 2002Assignee: Stockhausen GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Kurt Dahmen, Reinmar Peppmöller
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Publication number: 20020028858Abstract: The invention relates to a latex that may be utilized as a binder for nonwoven applications to form a permeable sublayer of personal hygiene articles. The latex is prepared by a process including the steps of (1) polymerizing a monomer mixture comprising styrene, itaconic acid, surfactant and water soluble free radical initiator to form a seed; (2) sequentially adding equal increments of a monomer mixture of styrene, butadiene and acrylic acid to the seed under emulsion polymerization conditions to form a styrene-butadiene-acrylic acid copolymer; and then (3) neutralizing the styrene-butadiene-acrylic acid copolymer to a pH of about 4.5 to 7 to form the latex.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2001Publication date: March 7, 2002Inventors: David F. Diehl, Carla Dittman McBain
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Publication number: 20020019493Abstract: Disclosed herein is a game ball and method for making the same. The game ball has an ionomeric cover which includes a combination of ionomeric crosslinks and covalent crosslinks. The game ball cover is superior in at least one of cut resistance and scuff resistance to a conventional cover that does not have covalent crosslinks but is otherwise substantially identical in composition. The game ball cover of the invention is particularly useful for improving the durability of golf balls to be struck with sharp-grooved clubs.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2001Publication date: February 14, 2002Applicant: SPALDING SPORTS WORLDWIDE, INC.Inventors: Michael J. Sullivan, Thomas J. Kennedy
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Publication number: 20020016222Abstract: The present invention is directed to a golf ball comprising a core and a cover, wherein the cover comprises a blend of two or more high acid ionomer resins. Each high acid ionomer resin utilized in the blend of the cover composition comprises generally of greater than 16% by weight acid, preferably from about 17 to about 25% by weight acid and more preferably from about 18.5% to about 21.5% by weight acid. The acid groups of the high acid ionomers utilized in the cover compositions of the invention are partially (i.e. generally 10-75 percent, preferably 30-70 percent) neutralized by metal ions such as by sodium, zinc and magnesium ions. When the blend of two or more high acid ionomer resins is utilized to manufacture a golf ball, the golf ball produced thereby, exhibits properties of improved distance without sacrificing characteristics such as playability and/or durability when compared to low acid ionomer and/or low acid/high acid ionomer blends.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2001Publication date: February 7, 2002Applicant: SPALDING SPORTS WORLDWIDE, INC.Inventor: Michael J. Sullivan
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Patent number: 6344525Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition of the present invention comprises (A) 5-45 parts by weight of polypropylene resin, (B) 10-50 parts by weight of ethylene-propylene-diene rubber, (C) 5-25 parts by weight of an ethylene copolymer, (D) 15-45 parts by weight of an ionomer, (E) 2-10 parts by weight of phenol cross-linking agent and 3-15 parts by weight of a cross-linking accelerator per 100 parts by weight of the (B), and (F) 3-15 parts by weight of epoxy polymer based on 100 parts by weight of the (D), wherein (A+B) is 30-40 parts by weight and (C+D) is 20-70 parts by weight. The thermoplastic resin composition is excellent in impact resistance at low temperature, heat resistance, weather resistance, scratch resistance and the vacuum formability, and is thus useful for the interior sheathing of an automobile.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2000Date of Patent: February 5, 2002Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Tae Seung Lee, Kie Youn Jeong, Byung Yun Lim, Min Jae Hwang
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Patent number: 6337359Abstract: A latex as a binder for nonwoven applications to form a permeable sublayer of personal hygiene articles. The latex is prepared by a process including the steps of (1) polymerizing a monomer mixture comprising styrene, itaconic acid, surfactant and water soluble free radical initiator to form a seed; (2) sequentially adding equal increments of a monomer mixture of styrene, butadiene and acrylic acid to the seed under emulsion polymerization conditions to form a styrene-butadiene-acrylic acid copolymer; and then (3) neutralizing the styrene-butadiene-acrylic acid copolymer to a pH of about 4.5 to 7 to form the latex.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 1999Date of Patent: January 8, 2002Assignee: Gencorp Inc.Inventors: David F. Diehl, Carla Dittman McBain
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Publication number: 20010056144Abstract: An improved via and contact hole fill composition and method for using the composition in the dual damascene production of circuits is provided. Broadly, the fill compositions include a quantity of solid components including a polymer binder and a solvent system for the solid components. The boiling point of the solvent system is less than the cross-linking temperature of the composition. Preferred solvents for use in the solvent system include those selected from the group consisting of alcohols, ethers, glycol ethers, arnides, ketones, and mixtures thereof. Preferred polymer binders are those having an aliphatic backbone and a molecular weight of less than about 80,000, with polyesters being particularly preferred.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2001Publication date: December 27, 2001Inventors: James E. Lamb, Xie Shao
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Publication number: 20010053826Abstract: A superabsorbent resin composition comprising the following componentsType: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2001Publication date: December 20, 2001Applicant: Kao CorporationInventors: Yasunori Hosokawa, Tadashi Igarashi, Isao Tsuru, Yoko Hanada
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Patent number: 6331598Abstract: A process for preparing an emulsion polymer comprising placing a first mixture of monomers in a feed tank B which is connected directly to a reactor, placing a second mixture of monomers in a feed tank A which is connected to the feed tank B, and continuously varying the composition ratio of the monomers of feed tanks A and B in the emulsion polymer. The composition ratio is varied by varying the rate of feeding of the second mixture of monomers present in tank A into tank B while simultaneously varying the rate of feeding of the first mixture of monomers present in tank B into the reactor. The polymerization occurs as the first and second mixtures of monomers are simultaneously fluxed in the reactor while stirring.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 1999Date of Patent: December 18, 2001Assignee: Korea Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jong-Myung Park, Chang-Ho Choi, Jung-Kwon Oh, Seung-Min Hong
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Publication number: 20010049420Abstract: The present invention relates to novel hydrocarbon resins and the process for preparing them. In particular, the invention relates to the production of hydrocarbon/acrylic hybrid resins which are suitable for use in formulating adhesives, printing inks, and other coating compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2000Publication date: December 6, 2001Applicant: Westvaco CorporationInventor: Michael D. Matzinger
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Patent number: 6303701Abstract: A stainproof resin composition comprising as an active ingredient a resin having at least one metal carboxylate group represented by the following formula: Rp—COO—M—OH (A) wherein Rp is a substrate resin and M is a divalent metal atom.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 1999Date of Patent: October 16, 2001Assignee: Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.Inventors: Osamu Isozaki, Shigeo Nishiguchi