Solid Polymer Derived From Ketone Reactant And Wherein None Of The Reactants Forming The Solid Polymer Contains An Aldehyde Group Or Is An Aldehyde-type Reactant Or Polymer Derived Therefrom Patents (Class 525/471)
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Patent number: 6380307Abstract: Silane functionalized polyaromatic polymers which may be prepared by reacting a polyaromatic polymer with a sulfonating agent and reacting the sulfonated polyaromatic polymer with a silane terminated coupling agent.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2000Date of Patent: April 30, 2002Assignee: University of Flordia Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Anthony B. Brennan, Rodrigo L. Orefice, Michael P. Zamora
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Publication number: 20020045716Abstract: Copolymers of polycarbonates or polyarylates with polyether polymers such as polyethersulfones, polyetherketones, and polyetherimides are prepared by reaction of the polyether polymer-forming reagents, e.g., bisphenol A disodium salt and bis(4-chlorophenyl) sulfone, in the presence of the polycarbonate or polyarylate. The reaction may take place in a dipolar aprotic solvent, or in a water-immiscible aromatic solvent in the presence of a phase transfer catalyst, preferably a hexaalkylguanidinium halide. Hydroxy-terminated polyether oligomers may be produced from the copolymers by saponification of carbonate or ester groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2001Publication date: April 18, 2002Inventor: Tohru Takekoshi
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Publication number: 20020045715Abstract: Copolymers of polycarbonates or polyarylates with polyether polymers such as polyethersulfones, polyetherketones, and polyetherimides are prepared by reaction of the polyether polymer-forming reagents, e.g., bisphenol A disodium salt and bis(4-chlorophenyl) sulfone, in the presence of the polycarbonate or polyarylate. The reaction may take place in a dipolar aprotic solvent, or in a water-immiscible aromatic solvent in the presence of a phase transfer catalyst, preferably a hexaalkylguanidinium halide. Hydroxy-terminated polyether oligomers may be produced from the copolymers by saponification of carbonate or ester groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2001Publication date: April 18, 2002Inventor: Tohru Takekoshi
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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: 6369132Abstract: Fine particulate thermoplastic polymers [e.g., hydrophobically modified polyether-polyurethanes, polyacrylates, polyvinyl alcohol, polyether-polyols, polyacrylamide, aminoplast-polyethers and poly(acetal- or ketal-polyethers] having reduced bulk density, process of making same by dissolving the polymer and rapidly insolubilizing the polymer from the solution and process of using aqueous suspensions of such polymers as thickeners for aqueous systems.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 1997Date of Patent: April 9, 2002Assignee: Hercules IncorporatedInventor: Arjun Chandra Sau
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Patent number: 6365323Abstract: Disclosed is a composition which comprises a polymer containing at least some monomer repeat units with photosensitivity-imparting substituents which enable crosslinking or chain extension of the polymer upon exposure to actinic radiation, said polymer being of the formula wherein x is an interger of 0 or 1, A is one of several specified groups, such as B is one of several specified groups, such as or mixtures thereof, and n is an integer representing the number of repeating monomer units, wherein said photosensitivity-imparting substituents are allyl ether groups, epoxy groups, or mixtures thereof. Also disclosed are a process for preparing a thermal ink jet printhead containing the aforementioned polymers and processes for preparing the aforementioned polymers.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 1999Date of Patent: April 2, 2002Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Ram S. Narang, Timothy J. Fuller
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Patent number: 6306979Abstract: In a process for the preparation of derivatized carbon monoxide copolymers, functionalized linear, strictly alternating carbon monoxide copolymers of carbon monoxide, at least one 1-alkene (A), where (A) is an aryl compound substituted by at least one terminal allyl or homoallyl moiety and by at least one hydroxyl or amino group, or an a-olefinically unsaturated aliphatic alcohol, and, if desired, at least one C2-C20-1-alkene (B) are reacted with an organic compound (C) having at least one electrophilic group in an aprotic organic solvent.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2000Date of Patent: October 23, 2001Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Joachim Queisser, Michael Geprägs, Bernhard Rieger, Roland Wursche
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Patent number: 6300381Abstract: The present invention provides a process for the preparation of ion-exchange membranes for use in electromembrane processes and ion-exchange membranes obtained from the process. The membranes are prepared from a solution, in a dipolar-aprotic solvent, containing (a) a polymeric sulfonic acid or a polymeric sulfonate salt of formula Polymer-SO3X, where X is H or a monovalent cation, and (b) a basic polymer containing primary, secondary or tertiary basic nitrogen. The dissolved polymer blend is spread in a thin layer onto a support, and the solvent is evaporated to form a polymeric film. The films produced by the process are particularly useful as ion-exchange membranes due to improved properties relative to the component polymers with regard to ionic conductivity, swelling permselectivity, and thermal resistance.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2000Date of Patent: October 9, 2001Assignee: Universitat StuttgartInventors: Jochen Kerres, Wei Cui
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Patent number: 6271335Abstract: A method of making a thermally-removable encapsulant by heating a mixture of at least one bis(maleimide) compound and at least one monomeric tris(furan) or tetrakis(furan) compound at temperatures from above room temperature to less than approximately 90° C. to form a gel and cooling the gel to form the thermally-removable encapsulant. The encapsulant can be easily removed within approximately an hour by heating to temperatures greater than approximately 90° C., preferably in a polar solvent. The encapsulant can be used in protecting electronic components that may require subsequent removal of the encapsulant for component repair, modification or quality control.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2000Date of Patent: August 7, 2001Assignee: Sandia CorporationInventors: James H. Small, Douglas A. Loy, David R. Wheeler, James R. McElhanon, Randall S. Saunders
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Patent number: 6260949Abstract: Disclosed is a composition comprising a blend of (a) a thermally reactive polymer selected from the group consisting of resoles, novolacs, thermally reactive polyarylene ethers, and mixtures thereof; and (b) a photoreactive epoxy resin that is photoreactive in the absence of a photocationic initiator.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2000Date of Patent: July 17, 2001Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Thomas W. Smith, David J. Luca, Kathleen M. McGrane
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Patent number: 6235868Abstract: Polymerisable resins which comprise a porphyrinogenic ring system obtained by the reaction of: (a) one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of pyrrole and N-(lower)alkyl pyrroles, any of which may be optionally substituted, and (b) a C4-C6 saturated alicyclic ketone which is capable of reacting with the 2 or 5 position of the pyrrole ring. Resin coating systems comprising the said resins.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 1994Date of Patent: May 22, 2001Assignee: The Australian National UniversityInventors: James Thomas Guthrie, Richard Allan Morris, He Wei Dong
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Patent number: 6228971Abstract: Novel imine functional copolymers are provided containing a plurality of groups of the structure: where R1 is hydrogen or methyl; R2 is hydrogen or an alkyl group having from about 1 to about 10 carbon atoms; R3 is an alkyl or aryl group having from about 1 to about 10 carbon atoms, or R3 is bonded to R2 and forms part of a five- or six-membered ring; and Y is a divalent linking group having from about 3 to about 15 carbon atoms. The composition is useful in film-forming compositions curable at ambient temperature and above.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 1999Date of Patent: May 8, 2001Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan T. Martz, Joseph M. Carney, Robert E. Jennings
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Patent number: 6214932Abstract: A process comprising mixing polyamide and another polymer, such as polyvinylalcohol and/or polyethyleneimine and reacting the polyamide/other polymer mixture with epichlorohydrin and the use of the reaction product as creping adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 1998Date of Patent: April 10, 2001Assignee: Hercules IncorporatedInventor: William Walter Maslanka
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Patent number: 6204343Abstract: A curable composition for electrical applications, the curable composition comprising (i) a compound having at least two &agr;,&bgr;-unsaturated groups and an equivalent weight of less than 250 g/mol, (ii) a catalyst capable of initiating a Michael reaction and (iii) a Michael donor having an equivalent weight of less than 250 g/mol, and a package for using this composition in electical splices.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 1999Date of Patent: March 20, 2001Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Dieter Barucha, Dean M. Moren, Manfred Stepputtis, Frank Y. Xu
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Patent number: 6197223Abstract: The present invention recites a method comprising reacting in a solvent in the presence of a base a) at least one diacidic monomer comprising about 1 to 100 mole % of at least one light-absorbing monomer having a light absorption maximum between about 300 nm and about 1200 nm and 99-0 mole % of a non-light absorbing monomer which does not absorb significant light at wavelengths above 300 nm or has a light absorption maximum below 300 nm, with b) an organic compound of Formula II X—B—X1 wherein B is a divalent organic radical to form a light absorbing composition comprising a mixture of a polymer having the formula and a cyclic compound having the general formula wherein B is as defined above; n is at least 2, m is 1, 2, 3 or 4 and A comprises the residue of a diacidic monomer comprising about 1 to 100 mole % of at least one light-absorbing monomer having a light absorption maximum between about 300 nm and about 1000 nm and wherein the remaining portion of AType: GrantFiled: May 26, 1999Date of Patent: March 6, 2001Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: Max Allen Weaver, James John Krutak, Sr., Brian Edison Maxwell, Gerry Foust Rhodes, Samuel David Hilbert, Jean Carroll Fleischer, William Whitfield Parham
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Patent number: 6197898Abstract: A process for preparing a polymer composition useful as a prepreg comprises (a) melt-mixing at least one thermoplastic polymer above the glass transition temperature or melt temperature of the thermoplastic polymer with either (i) an uncured epoxy resin or (ii) an epoxy curing agent or a catalyst; (b) melt-mixing above the glass transition temperature or melt temperature of the thermoplastic polymer, the other of (i) an uncured epoxy resin or (ii) an epoxy curing agent or a catalyst to form a substantially uncured but essentially curable and/or polymerizable composition; (c) optionally forming a shaped product from the melt-mixed composition of (b); and (d) fast-curing and/or fast-polymerizing the optionally formed shaped product.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 1997Date of Patent: March 6, 2001Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Eduard Aarts van den Berg, Christian Maria Emile Bailly, Johannes Everardus Fortuyn, Marinus Cornelis Adriaan van der Ree, Robert Walter Venderbosch, Frits Jan Viersen, Gerrit de Wit, Hua Wang, Sadhan C. Jana, Andrew Jay Salem, Joel Matthew Caraher
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Patent number: 6194474Abstract: The present invention provides a process for the preparation of ion-exchange membranes for use in electromembrane processes. The membranes are prepared from a solution, in a dipolar-aprotic solvent, containing (a) a polymeric sulfonic acid or a polymeric sulfonate salt of formula Polymer-SO3X, where X is H or a monovalent cation, and (b) a basic polymer containing primary, secondary or tertiary basic N. The dissolved polymer blend is spread in a thin layer onto a support, and the solvent is evaporated to form a polymeric film. The films produced by the process are particularly useful as ion-exchange membranes due to improved properties relative to the component polymers with regard to ionic conductivity, swelling permselectivity, and thermal resistance.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 1998Date of Patent: February 27, 2001Assignee: Universtitat StuttgartInventors: Jochen Kerres, Wei Cui
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Patent number: 6184263Abstract: A composition which comprises a mixture of (A) a first component comprising a polymer, at least some of the monomer repeat units of which have at least one photosensitivity-imparting group thereon, said polymer having a first degree of photosensitivity-imparting group substitution and being of the formulae specified in the claims, and (B) a second component which comprises either (1) a polymer having a second degree of photosensitivity-imparting group substitution lower than the first degree of photosensitivity-imparting group substitution, wherein said second degree of photosensitivity-imparting group substitution may be zero, wherein the mixture of the first component and the second component has a third degree of photosensitivity-imparting group substitution which is lower than the first degree of photosensitivity-imparting group substitution and higher than the second degree of photosensitivity-imparting group substitution, or (2) a reactive diluent having at least one photosensitivity-imparting group perType: GrantFiled: December 23, 1998Date of Patent: February 6, 2001Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Ram S. Narang, Timothy J. Fuller
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Patent number: 6156429Abstract: The invention concerns monomers with dilactonic cycle and the corresponding polymers, their preparation, and materials containing these polymers. The monomers are of formula (IIIa) ##STR1## in which R is the residue of an acid derived from an ose such as glyconic, gylcuronic or glycaric acid and X represents in particular a methylene or ethylene group optionally substituted by at least an alkyl, allyl, aryl or aralkyl. The corresponding polymers are in the form of degradable non-toxic products and are used for example for packaging (films) or in medicine (implants).Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2000Date of Patent: December 5, 2000Assignee: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)Inventors: Katarina Marcincinova, Mahfoud Boustta, Jean Coudane, Michel Vert
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Patent number: 6143860Abstract: A polymer composition made by combining a polyketone polymer and a phenolic alkylene dicarboxylate of the general formula: ##STR1## each R.sup.1 independently is hydrogen or alkyl with 1-6 carbon atoms, each R.sup.2 independently is alkyl with 1-6 carbon atoms,each m is an integer of 0-4, andn is an integer of 2-12; anda process for preparing these compositions.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 1998Date of Patent: November 7, 2000Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventors: Abraham Adriaan Smaardijk, Hendrik De Wit
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Patent number: 6139920Abstract: Disclosed is a composition comprising a blend of (a) a thermally reactive polymer selected from the group consisting of resoles, novolacs, thermally reactive polyarylene ethers, and mixtures thereof; and (b) a photoreactive epoxy resin that is photoreactive in the absence of a photocationic initiator.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 1998Date of Patent: October 31, 2000Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Thomas W. Smith, David J. Luca, Kathleen M. McGrane
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Patent number: 6114493Abstract: This invention relates to methods for preparing novel, solid-phase transfer reagents, specifically phosgenated oxime resins and non-symmetrical ureas, that are useful as supports in combinatorial synthesis for the creation of libraries of compounds for lead identification.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 1998Date of Patent: September 5, 2000Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventor: Mark Andrew Scialdone
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Patent number: 6114434Abstract: Resins AB which are dilutable in water following neutralization and have an acid number of from 25 to 160 mg/g, obtainable by reacting mass fractions, based in each case on the sum of the masses of the solids in the reaction mixture, of A from 30 to 90% of at least one acid-functional polymer selected from polyesters, dimerized and oligomerized unsaturated aliphatic carboxylic acids and polymers of olefinically unsaturated monomers, each having an acid number of from 30 to 240 mg/g, and B from 10 to 70% of at least one water-insoluble aldehyde resin or ketone resin obtainable by condensing ketones, ketones together with aldehydes, ketones with urea or aldehydes with urea, having a hydroxyl number from 20 to 300 mg/g, a softening point of from 60 to 140.degree. C. and a number-average molar mass of from 500 to 3000 g/mol.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 1998Date of Patent: September 5, 2000Assignee: Vianova Resins AGInventors: Peter Tuemmler, Gerald Hobisch, Hellmuth Kasch
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Patent number: 6087455Abstract: A process for the hydrogenation of a macromolecular organic substrate which process comprises contacting the organic substrate at elevated temperature and at elevated pressure with a catalyst comprising a hydrogenating metal or precursor thereof in the form of a megaporous structure having megapore diameter in excess of 10 micron.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1998Date of Patent: July 11, 2000Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventors: Jean-Paul Lange, Lodewijk Schoon
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Patent number: 6046285Abstract: Polymer blends obtainable by thermal treatment, at not less than 150.degree. C., of a mixture containing at least one high-performance polymer and from 15 to 99 parts by weight or preferably from 40 to 90 parts by weight and particularly preferably from 55 to 75 parts by weight, of a polymer containing sulfoxide groups, and crosslinked or partly crosslinked polymer blend obtainable by thermal treatment, at not less than 150.degree. C., of a mixture containing at least one of the high-performance polymers polyesters, partly fluorinated polymers, polyethersulfones, polysulfones, polyetherimides, polyamidoimides or polyacetals and at least one polymer containing sulfoxide groups, are distinguished by high thermal and chemical stability. Polymers containing sulfoxide groups are polyarylene sulfoxides, in particular polyphenylene sulfoxide. The polymer blends are used for the production of fibers, films or shaped articles.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 1997Date of Patent: April 4, 2000Assignee: Hoechst AktiengesellschaftInventor: Helmut Scheckenbach
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Patent number: 6020119Abstract: Disclosed is a process which comprises reacting a polymer of the general formula ##STR1## or ##STR2## wherein x is an integer of 0 or 1, A is one of several specified groups, such as ##STR3## B is one of several specified groups, such as or mixtures thereof, and n is an integer representing the number of repeating monomer units, with a halomethylethyl ether, a hydrohalic acid, and acetic acid in the presence of a halogen-containing Lewis acid catalyst, thereby forming a halomethylated polymer.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 1999Date of Patent: February 1, 2000Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Daniel A. Foucher, Nancy C. Stoffel, Roger T. Janezic, Thomas W. Smith, David J. Luca, Bidan Zhang
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Patent number: 6007877Abstract: Disclosed is a composition which comprises a polymer containing at least some monomer repeat units with water-solubility- or water-dispersability-imparting substituents and at least some monomer repeat units with photosensitivity-imparting substituents which enable crosslinking or chain extension of the polymer upon exposure to actinic radiation, said polymer being of the formula ##STR1## wherein x is an integer of 0 or 1, A is one of several specified groups, such as ##STR2## B is one of several specified groups, such as ##STR3## or mixtures thereof, and n is an integer representing the number of repeating monomer units. In one embodiment, a single functional group imparts both photosensitivity and water solubility or dispersability to the polymer. In another embodiment, a first functional group imparts photosensitivity to the polymer and a second functional group imparts water solubility or dispersability to the polymer.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 1996Date of Patent: December 28, 1999Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Ram S. Narang, Timothy J. Fuller
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Patent number: 6001955Abstract: Thermoplastic compositions of polyketones having an increased flexural modulus are made by intermixing alternating aliphatic polyketones with a stiffening quantity of pentaerythritol.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 1998Date of Patent: December 14, 1999Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventor: Joseph Michael Machado
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Patent number: 5998533Abstract: Polyarylene ethers having repeating units of the general formula I ##STR1## where t and q may each be an integer 0, 1, 2 or 3,T, Q and Z may each be a chemical bond or a group selected from --O--, --S--, --SO.sub.2 --, S.dbd.O, C.dbd.O, --N.dbd.N--, --R.sup.a C.dbd.CR.sup.b -- and --CR.sup.c R.sup.d --, with the proviso that at least one of the groups T, Q or Z is --SO.sub.2 -- or C--O and, if t and q are 0, Z is --SO.sub.2 -- or C.dbd.O,R.sup.a and R.sup.b are each hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 -alkyl,R.sup.c and R.sup.d are each hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 -alkoxy or C.sub.6 -C.sub.18 -aryl, where the abovementioned groups may each be substituted by fluorine and/or chlorine, or, together with the carbon atom to which they are bonded, form a C.sub.4 -C.sub.7 -cycloalkyl group which may be substituted by one or more C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl groups, andAr and Ar.sup.1 are each C.sub.6 -C.sub.18 -aryl which may be unsubstituted or substituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 -alkyl, C.sub.6 -C.sub.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 1997Date of Patent: December 7, 1999Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Martin Weber, Christian Fischer
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Patent number: 5969082Abstract: A novel polyalkyl ether/polyaryl ether sulfone or ketone copolymer and a specific polyether ester copolymer are useful for producing a medical material to be used to contact the blood; and methods for producing the medical material comprising said polyalkyl ether/polyaryl ether sulfone or ketone copolymer or a specific polyether ester copolymer.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 1996Date of Patent: October 19, 1999Assignee: Teijin LimitedInventors: Hiroaki Kuwahara, Takeyuki Kawaguchi, Satoru Ohmori, Shunichi Matsumura
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Patent number: 5962582Abstract: Hydrophilic, hydrolytically-stable synthetic resins obtainable by reacting a hydroxyl-functional synthetic resin such as a ketone, ketone/aldehyde and/or urea/aldehyde and/or a hydrogenated product of the hydroxyl-functional synthetic resin thereof with a polycarboxylic acid, polycarboxylic anhydride, polycarboxylic ester and/or polycarbonyl halide, where 70-100 mol % of the polycarboxylic acid and/or derivatives is linked chemically via an ester linkage to the hydroxyl-functional synthetic resin by way of only one single function and 0-30 mol % of the acid and/or acid derivative is so linked by way of more than one function.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 1997Date of Patent: October 5, 1999Assignee: Huels AktiengesellschaftInventor: Hartwig Lange
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Patent number: 5952438Abstract: Polymeric polyamines obtainable by reacting linear, alternating carbon monoxide/1-alkene copolymers with ammonia or amines of the formula (I)R--NH.sub.2 (I)where R is --NH.sub.2, --OH, C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 -alkyl, C.sub.6 -C.sub.20 -aryl, C.sub.7 -C.sub.20 -arylalkyl, C.sub.7 -C.sub.20 -alkylaryl or an organosilicon radical having 3 to 30 carbon atoms,or with a reagent which releases ammonia or the amine (I), and subsequent hydrogenation.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1997Date of Patent: September 14, 1999Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Detlef Kratz, Ferdinand Lippert, Peter Schwab, Dieter Boeckh, Johannes Perner
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Patent number: 5945489Abstract: The liquid oligomeric compositions of this invention are made by the Michael addition reaction of acetoacetate functional donor compounds with multifunctional acrylate receptor compounds where the equivalent ratios of multifunctional acrylate to acetoacetate vary from .gtoreq.1:1 to .gtoreq.13.2:1 depending on the functionality of both multifunctional acrylate and acetoacetate. Unuseable gelled or solid oligomer products occur below the claimed ranges. The liquid oligomers of this invention are further crosslinked to make coatings, laminates and adhesives.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 1997Date of Patent: August 31, 1999Assignee: Ashland, Inc.Inventors: Thomas M. Moy, Laurence Dammann, Roman Loza
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Patent number: 5945253Abstract: Disclosed is a composition which comprises a polymer containing at least some monomer repeat units with photosensitivity-imparting substituents which enable crosslinking or chain extension of the polymer upon exposure to actinic radiation, said polymer being of the formula ##STR1## wherein x is an integer of 0 or 1, A is one of several specified groups, such as ##STR2## B is one of several specified groups, such as ##STR3## or mixtures thereof, and n is an integer representing the number of repeating monomer units, wherein said photosensitivity-imparting substituents are allyl ether groups, epoxy groups, or mixtures thereof. Also disclosed are a process for preparing a thermal ink jet printhead containing the aforementioned polymers and processes for preparing the aforementioned polymers.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 1996Date of Patent: August 31, 1999Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Ram S. Narang, Timothy J. Fuller
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Patent number: 5921649Abstract: A composite of a polyketone and an amine modified acid copolymer having low acid content is presented. The composite may also have additional layers of other polymers such as polyolefins. Processes for making these composite and a kit of parts suitable for making these composites are also presented.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 1998Date of Patent: July 13, 1999Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventor: Carlton Edwin Ash
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Patent number: 5874508Abstract: Polyalcohols are produced by a process comprising hydrogenating polyketones, which are copolymers of carbon monoxide and at least one olefin, in the presence of a catalyst and a solvent. The catalyst is prepared from a ruthenium-containing compound and a trialkylphosphine. The trialkylphosphine is represented by the general formula (I):R.sup.1 R.sup.2 R.sup.3 P (I)wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, and R.sup.3 each represent an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon groups. The carbon groups may be substituted. The process requires minimal amounts of the catalyst, and the polyalcohols produced by this method have a high hydroxyl group content.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 1997Date of Patent: February 23, 1999Assignee: Kuraray Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigeaki Suzuki, Kazuyuki Yada
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Patent number: 5852160Abstract: This invention relates to methods for preparing novel, solid-phase transfer reagents, specifically phosgenated oxime resins and non-symmetrical ureas, that are useful as supports in combinatorial synthesis for the creation of libraries of compounds for lead identification.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 1997Date of Patent: December 22, 1998Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventor: Mark Andrew Scialdone
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Patent number: 5852139Abstract: Polymer mixtures which comprise at least one thermoplastic and at least one oxidized polyarylene sulfide show particularly good tribological behaviour. The thermoplastics of the mixture are, for example, polyacetal, polyester, liquid-crystalline polymer, polyaryl ether ketone, polysulfone, polyether sulfone, polyphenylene sulfide or polyether imide. The oxidized polyarylene sulfide is preferably polyphenylene sulfone. The polymer mixtures are used for producing gear wheels, gear racks, bearings, chains, pulleys, rollers, wheels or gasket materials.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 1997Date of Patent: December 22, 1998Assignee: Ticona GmbHInventor: Di Helmut Scheckenbach
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Patent number: 5837783Abstract: An aryletherketone polymer having repeating units of the formula: ##STR1## wherein Ar is selected from the group consisting of ##STR2## wherein Q is --O--, --CH.sub.2 -- or --CO--, is useful in the dispersion of active NLO chromophores containing a basic functionality to form optically clear films.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 1997Date of Patent: November 17, 1998Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air ForceInventors: Fred E. Arnold, Narayanan Venkatasubramanian
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Patent number: 5834537Abstract: The present invention relates to a curable thermosetting resin composition having enhanced fracture toughness as a results of the incorporation of reactive thermoplastic oligomers therein. More specifically, the present invention relates to a composition comprising a thermoset resin which contains fluorine and containing at least one fluorine containing thermoplastic homopolymer component which is soluble in the thermoset. Said thermoplastic polymer undergoes an in-situ phase separation process during cure to form a microphase separated multiphase thermoset material.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 1996Date of Patent: November 10, 1998Assignee: IBM CorporationInventors: Jeffrey Thomas Gotro, Jeffrey Curtis Hedrick, Konstantinos Papathomas, Niranjan Mohanlal Patel, Alfred Viehbeck, William Joseph
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Patent number: 5834566Abstract: Homogeneous polymer alloys comprising, as the main constituents, sulfonated aromatic polyether-ketones and at least one aromatic polysulfone, wherein the materials have a good thermal and mechanical stability and are thereby distinguished in particular as cation exchanger membranes for electrochemical cells with operating temperatures above 100.degree. C.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 1997Date of Patent: November 10, 1998Assignee: Hoechst AktiengesellschaftInventors: Freddy Helmer-Metzmann, Arnold Schneller
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Patent number: 5827907Abstract: A composition having enhanced fracture resistance comprising a heat curable reaction product of a fluorine-containing thermoset material and a fluorine-containing homopolymer, wherein the cured reaction product comprises the thermoset material having a plurality of discrete phases of said fluorine-containing homopolymer dispersed therein, the homopolymer phases being in the range of micron to submicron size.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 1993Date of Patent: October 27, 1998Assignee: IBM CorporationInventors: Jeffrey Thomas Gotro, Jeffrey Curtis Hedrick, Konstantinos Papathomas, Niranjan Mohanlal Patel, Alfred Viehbeck, William Joseph
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Patent number: 5824742Abstract: An objective of the invention is to provide a polyacetal resin composition which has excellent resistance to heat aging and grease resistance, has welded sections with no decrease in physical properties, and has improved friction characteristics, and molded articles therefrom. A polyacetal resin composition comprising per 100 parts by weight of a polyacetal resin, 2-7 parts by weight of a polymer composition based on an olefinic polymer having glycidyl-group-containing pendant chains and 0.5-2.5 parts by weight of a dimethyl siloxane polymer of a plasticity of at least one; a polyacetal resin composition further comprising 100 parts by weight of the preceding resin composition along with 0.05-0.5 parts by weight of carbon black; and molded articles therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 1997Date of Patent: October 20, 1998Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventor: Kenichi Shinohara
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Patent number: 5789492Abstract: For optical applications, transparent amorphous thermo-plastics, such as polyaryl ether ketones, are of considerable interest. However, polyaryl ether ketones have inadequate UV stability and weathering resistance while amorphous polyaryl esters do not have these negative properties. The properties can be improved by means of polymer alloys, giving weathering-resistant materials from homogeneously mixed polymers which comprise at least one amorphous polyaryl ether ketone and at least one amorphous polyaryl ester.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 1992Date of Patent: August 4, 1998Assignee: Hoechst AktiengesellschaftInventors: Michael-Joachim Brekner, Hansotto Drotloff, Otto Hermann-Schonherr, Arnold Schneller
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Patent number: 5777012Abstract: The present invention relates polysulfides of N-methylpyrrolidinone and to rubber compositions containing such polysulfides. Addition of the polysulfides to rubber improves the hysteresis, accelerates the cure rate and improves filler dispersion.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 1997Date of Patent: July 7, 1998Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Lawson Gibson Wideman, Shingo Futamura
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Patent number: 5766769Abstract: A curable coating composition is described comprising(A) a carbamate- or urea-functional compound that is the reaction product of a mixture comprising(1) a compound comprising a carbamate or urea group or a group that can be converted to carbamate or urea, and a hydroxyl functional group(2) a compound comprising inorganic functional groups that are reactive with hydroxyl groups on a plurality of molecules of compound (A)(1), but that are not reactive with the carbamate or urea groups on compound (A)(1),(B) a compound comprising a plurality of groups that are reactive with carbamate or urea.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 1996Date of Patent: June 16, 1998Assignee: BASF CorporationInventors: Walter H. Ohrbom, Brian D. Bammel, John D. McGee, Todd A. Seaver, Gregory G. Menovcik, Paul J. Harris, John W. Rehfuss
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Patent number: 5760131Abstract: Rigid-rod and segmented rigid-rod polymers, methods for preparing the polymers and useful articles incorporating the polymers are provided. The polymers incorporate rigid-rod backbones with pendant solubilizing groups attached thereto for rendering the polymers soluble.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 1995Date of Patent: June 2, 1998Assignee: Maxdem IncorporatedInventors: Matthew Louis Marrocco, III, Robert R. Gagne, Mark Steven Trimmer
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Patent number: 5756581Abstract: Rigid-rod and segmented rigid-rod polymers, methods for preparing the polymers and useful articles incorporating the polymers are provided. The polymers incorporate rigid-rod backbones with pendant solubilizing groups attached thereto for rendering the polymers soluble.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 1995Date of Patent: May 26, 1998Assignee: Maxdem IncorporatedInventors: Matthew Louis Marrocco, III, Robert R. Gagne, Mark Steven Trimmer
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Patent number: 5753783Abstract: Disclosed is a process which comprises reacting a polymer of the general formula ##STR1## wherein x is an integer of 0 or 1, A is one of several specified groups, such as ##STR2## B is one of several specified groups, such as ##STR3## or mixtures thereof, and n is an integer representing the number of repeating monomer units, with an acetyl halide and dimethoxymethane in the presence of a halogen-containing Lewis acid catalyst and methanol, thereby forming a haloalkylated polymer. In a specific embodiment, the haloalkylated polymer is then reacted further to replace at least some of the haloalkyl groups with photosensitivity-imparting groups. Also disclosed is a process for preparing a thermal ink jet printhead with the aforementioned polymer.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 1997Date of Patent: May 19, 1998Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Timothy J. Fuller, Ram S. Narang, Thomas W. Smith, David J. Luca, Raymond K. Crandall
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Patent number: 5741408Abstract: In order to produce a polymer electrolyte membrane from sulfonated, aromatic polyether ketone, an aromatic polyether ketone of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which Ar is a phenylene ring having p- and/or m-bonds,Ar' is a phenylene, naphthylene, biphenylene, anthrylene or another divalent aromatic unit,X, N and M, independently of one another are 0 or 1,Y is 0, 1, 2 or 3,P is 1, 2, 3 or 4,is sulfonated and the sulfonic acid is isolated. At least 5% of the sulfonic groups in the sulfonic acid are converted into sulfonyl chloride groups, and these are reacted with an amine containing at least one crosslinkable substituent or a further functional group, and unreacted sulfonyl chloride groups are subsequently hydrolyzed. The resultant aromatic sulfonamide is isolated and dissolved in an organic solvent, the solution is converted into a film, and the crosslinkable substituents in the film are then crosslinked.In specific cases, the crosslinkable substituents can be omitted.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 1995Date of Patent: April 21, 1998Assignee: Hoechst AktiengesellschaftInventors: Freddy Helmer-Metzmann, Frank Osan, Arnold Schneller, Helmut Ritter, Konstantin Ledjeff, Roland Nolte, Ralf Thorwirth