Solid Polymer Derived From Silicon-containing Reactant Patents (Class 525/474)
  • Patent number: 7354982
    Abstract: A saccharide residue-functional organopolysiloxane containing at least two monosaccharide or polysaccharide groups per molecule in which a specific site on the monosaccharide or polysaccharide is bonded to silicon through a thioether bond. Also, a method of preparing the saccharide residue-functional organopolysiloxane, comprising condensing a saccharide residue-functional metal thiolate compound wherein the metal is an alkali metal atom or alkaline-earth metal atom. and an organopolysiloxane containing groups having the formula —R2 Q wherein R2 is C2 to C10 alkylene, and Q is a group selected from halogen atoms, C1 to C10 alkylsulfonate groups, and C6 to C20 arylsulfonate groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Dow Corning Toray Silicone Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Yoshitake, Daiyo Terunuma, Koji Matsuoka, Ken Hatano
  • Publication number: 20080076878
    Abstract: [Problems] There is provided a curable composition having good curability and adhesion by using a non-organotin catalyst. [Means to Solve Problems] The curable composition comprising (A) an organic polymer having a reactive silicon group as a silicon-containing group being capable of crosslinking by forming siloxane bonds, (B) one or more kinds selected from a titanium catalyst, an aluminum catalyst and a zirconium catalyst, and (C) a low molecular weight compound containing a hydrolyzable silicon group and having a molecular weight of 100 to 1,000, characterized in that a ratio (a/b) of the total mole (a) of titanium atoms, aluminum atoms and zirconium atoms of the component (B) to the total mole (b) of silicon atoms of the component (c) is larger than 0.08.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventors: Masayuki Wakioka, Katsuyu Wakabayashi, Toshihiko Okamoto, Masato Kusakabe
  • Publication number: 20080076840
    Abstract: A composition comprising one or more siloxane cross-linked demulsifiers wherein said siloxane cross-linked demulsifiers are prepared by reacting one or more alkylphenol-formaldehyde resin alkoxylates, one or more polyalkylene glycols, or a mixture thereof, with up to about 1.0 molar equivalents of one or more cross-linkers of formula R1R2R3R4Si wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are independently selected from H, Cl, C1-C4 alkyl and C1-C4 alkoxy and a method of using the demulsifier composition to resolve water-in-oil emulsions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventor: Austen K. Flatt
  • Patent number: 7348022
    Abstract: A method of preparing intraocular lenses in situ is disclosed. The method involves the injection of an unsaturated macromonomer of the formula The macromonomer is then polymerized to give a polymer having an E modulus in the range 0.5-5 kPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Anthony Brian Clayton, Gordon Francis Meijs
  • Patent number: 7348063
    Abstract: A film substrate of an electronic displaying element, an electronic optical element, a touch panel, or a solar battery is disclosed which is composed mainly of an organic polymer having water solubility of 0 to 5 g based on 100 g of 25° C. water and having acetone solubility of 25 to 100 g based on 100 g of 25° C. acetone and an inorganic condensation polymer of a reactive metal compound capable of being condensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Taketoshi Yamada, Hiroshi Kita, Koichi Saito, Yasushi Okubo
  • Publication number: 20080071042
    Abstract: A perfluoropolyether-polyorganosiloxane copolymer comprising at least one perfluoropolyether block, at least one polyorganosiloxane block which may has a silalkylene group, and two monovalent groups represented by the following formula (1), each one at both ends of the copolymer, wherein X is a hydrolyzable group, R1 is an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a phenyl group, y is an integer of from 1 to 5, and a is an integer of 2 or 3, said copolymer having a number average molecular weight, reduced to polystyrene, of from 7,000 to 25,000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Inventors: Yuji YAMANE, Noriyuki KOIKE, Hirofumi KISHITA, Koichi YAMAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 7345131
    Abstract: The invention relates to moisture-crosslinkable organopolysiloxane-polyurea block copolymers, to a process for preparing the crosslinkable organopolysiloxane-polyurea block copolymers, and to their use; to crosslinkable compositions comprising the crosslinkable organopolysiloxane-polyurea block copolymers, to the preparation of the crosslinkable compositions, to their vulcanization, and to the use of the vulcanizates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Wacker Chemie AG
    Inventors: Ernst Selbertinger, Wolfgang Ziche
  • Patent number: 7344731
    Abstract: A copolymer useful as a rigid gas permeable contact lens material is the polymerization product of a monomeric mixture comprising a polysiloxane-containing urethane or urea prepolymer endcapped with polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated radicals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
    Inventors: Yu-Chin Lai, James A. Bonafini, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7341790
    Abstract: A toner fuser member contains a substrate on which is disposed a toner release surface layer formed from a composition that includes a silsesquioxane and a curable phenolic resin. On curing, the composition forms an interpenetrating polymer network of the silsesquioxane and phenolic resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Jiann-Hsing Chen, Joseph A. Pavlisko, Muhammed Aslam, Wayne T. Ferrar
  • Patent number: 7339011
    Abstract: The invention relates to organopolysiloxane copolymers comprising, on average, at least one polyester group bonded to the siloxane via a spacer and, on average, at least one hydrophilic group bonded to the siloxane via a spacer, of the general formula (I):
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Goldschmidt GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Dietz, Sascha Oestreich
  • Publication number: 20080045672
    Abstract: Polymer-containing compositions contain: a) a polymer (I) containing at least two functional groups selected from the group consisting of ?-ketocarbonyl and ?-enaminocarbonyl functions, b) a compound (II) of a metal selected from the group consisting of the transition metals and the lanthanides and main groups 1, 2, 3 and 4 with the exception of the boron and carbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: WACKER CHEMIE AG
    Inventors: Christian Herzig, Christine Weizhofer
  • Publication number: 20080033120
    Abstract: An addition-curable organopolysiloxane resin composition having, in a state of cued body, a hardness of 60 to 100 at 25 degree C. and 40 to 100 at 150 degree C. as measued in accordance with the provisions of ASTM D2240-86, said composition comprising: (A) 100 parts by weight of an organopolysiloxane resin comprised of at least alkenyl groups and phenyl groups; (B) 10 to 50 parts by weight of an organooligosiloxane comprised of at least alkenyl groups and phenyl groups; (C) 20 to 100 parts by weight of an organohydrogenoligosiloxane or organohydrogenpolysiloxane; and (D) an addition-reaction catalyst in a catalytic quantity; an optical material that is comprised of a cured body producted from aforementioned components (A), (B), and (C) and posseses the aforementioned characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2004
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Inventors: Makoto Yoshitake, Koji Nakanishi, Hisataka Nakashima, Hideki Kobayashi, Masashi Murakami, Kasumi Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 7323530
    Abstract: A transparent resin film for an electronic display and its manufacturing method are disclosed, the transparent resin film having an ultraviolet light transmittance of not less than 50%, the ultraviolet light having a wavelength range of from 250 to 450 nm, and having a glass transition temperature of not less than 180° C., the glass transition temperature being measured according to thermal stress strain measurement (TMA).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasushi Okubo, Takahiro Takagi, Kaori Ono
  • Patent number: 7321019
    Abstract: Aqueous dispersions containing organopolysiloxane/polyurea copolymers prepared by reacting aminoalkyl-functional organopolysiloxanes with a diisocyanate in water in the presence of a protonating acid, and optionally one or more surfactants and/or protective colloids. The organopolysiloxane/polyurea polymers may be prepared without the presence of ionic groups if desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignee: Wacker Chemie AG
    Inventor: Wolfgang Ziche
  • Patent number: 7312296
    Abstract: A silicone adhesive having (A) an organopolysiloxane partial condensate of (i) a diorganopolysiloxane end-capped with a hydroxyl radical and (ii) an organopolysiloxane copolymer having hydroxyl radicals and having R33SiO1/2 units and SiO4/2 units wherein R3 is hydroxyl or a monovalent hydrocarbon radical, (B) a silane or siloxane compound having a silicon atom-bonded alkoxy radical and/or an epoxy radical, and (C) a crosslinking agent exhibits pressure-sensitive adhesion and permanent adhesion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shouhei Kozakai, Akio Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7306853
    Abstract: The present invention relates to ultra-large scale integrated (ULSI) interconnect structures, and more particularly to patternable low dielectric constant (low-k) materials suitable for use in ULSI interconnect structures. The patternable low-k dielectrics disclosed herein are functionalized polymers that having one or more acid-sensitive imageable functional groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Qinghuang Lin, Ratnam Sooriyakumaran
  • Patent number: 7297750
    Abstract: A clear paint for golf balls includes essentially a base polymer including a polyurethane resin, and a graft polymer including a comb polymer having a backbone portion formed of an acrylic resin and a branch portion formed of polyorganosiloxane. The backbone portion of the comb polymer has at least one hydroxyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventor: Yuichi Ishino
  • Patent number: 7288590
    Abstract: Improved adhesives are provided through the use of styrenic tetrablock or pentablock copolymers which have a reduced elastomeric behavior under the die-cutting conditions used in label production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignees: Exxon Chemical Patents, Inc., The Dow Chemical Company
    Inventors: Jacques S. Lechat, Kenneth Lewtas, Roger R. Delme, Oliver J. Georjon, Francois-Xavier Gibert, Gerard Marin, Michael O. Myers
  • Publication number: 20070249790
    Abstract: A colorless transparent silicone lens produced by thermally curing a silicone resin composition comprising (A) an organopolysiloxane having a resin structure comprising R1SiO1.5 unit, R22SiO unit, and R3aR4bSiO(4-a-b)/2 unit wherein R1, R2, and R3 are independently methyl group, ethyl group, propyl group, cyclohexyl group, or phenyl group, R4 is vinyl group or allyl group, a is 0, 1, or 2, b is 1 or 2, and a+b is 2 or 3, and wherein number of repetition of the R22SiO unit is 5 to 300, (B) an organohydrogen polysiloxane having a resin structure comprising R1SiO1.5 unit, R22SiO unit, and R3cHdSiO(4-c-d)/2 unit wherein c is 0, 1, or 2, d is 1 or 2, and c+d is 2 or 3, and wherein number of repetition of the R22SiO unit is 5 to 300, the component, and (C) a platinum group catalyst. A silicone lens having excellent flexibility, transparency, and moldability as well as reduced surface tackiness is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Applicant: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Kashiwagi, Toshio Shiobara
  • Publication number: 20070218299
    Abstract: A thermosetting composition comprising (A) an organopolysiloxane and (B) a curing catalyst, characterized in that the organopolysiloxane (A) has at least two alkenyl groups per molecule and a phenyl group in an amount of from 10 to 99% of whole substituents bonded to silicon atoms of the organopolysiloxane, and softens or melts at a temperature of from 30° C. to a temperature lower than an onset temperature of heat curing of the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Inventor: Syuichi Azechi
  • Patent number: 7268182
    Abstract: A coating composition comprising a film forming binder of a. at least one polymer that has pendant groups, such as, hydroxyl, carboxyl, glycidyl, amine, amide, silane and mixtures thereof that are reactive with a crosslinking component and the polymer has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 10 to 80° C.; b. a polytrimethylene ether diol having a Mn (number average molecular weight) of 500 to 5,000; and c. a crosslinking component, such as, organic polyisocyanates, melamine formaldehydes, alkylated melamine formaldehydes, benzoquanamine formaldehyde, urea formaldehyde, polyepoxides, silane resin and any mixtures thereof; wherein the coating composition can be used as a clear coating composition and can contain pigments and may be used as a pigmented top coating, a pigmented base coating, a primer or primer surfacer coating and is useful for coating automobile and truck bodies and parts, industrial equipment, appliances and exterior structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
    Inventors: Hari Babu Sunkara, Patricia Mary Ellen Sormani, James William O'Neil, Joseph V. Kurian
  • Patent number: 7268181
    Abstract: Bulk-modified potting composition based on a curable epoxy resin or on a mixture of these resins, where the resin or the mixture is composed of an epoxy resin, a hardener, where appropriate an accelerator, and also other additives, such as fillers, flexibilizers, and colorants, which potting composition (a) comprises a three-dimensionally crosslinked polysiloxane in disperse form and with a particle size in the range from 0.02 ?m to 50 ?m, which, where appropriate, has reactive groups which can react chemically with the epoxy resin and/or the hardener, (b) a selected linear or branched siloxane compound which has reactive groups which can react chemically with the epoxy resin and/or the hardener, and also, where appropriate, (c) a low-molecular-weight oligomeric siloxane compound, the use of the potting composition as an engineering material or as an insulating material, and the moldings and insulation produced therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: ABB Research Ltd
    Inventors: Thomas Hucke, Jens Rocks, Uwe Kaltenborn
  • Patent number: 7267845
    Abstract: The present invention provides a crosslinker for organic coatings having an amino resin core with substituents including more than one olefin functional group, a silicon-containing group, and at least one alkoxyalkyl or alkylol group. Coating compositions containing the crosslinker can be cured with radiation, especially ultraviolet radiation. The crosslinker can be included in a coating composition with one or more curable resins, applied onto a substrate and cured to form the cured coating of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Swaminathan Ramesh, Paul Lessek, Paul J. Harris
  • Patent number: 7265179
    Abstract: Coating compositions, articles, and methods of coating articles are provided. The coating compositions and methods provide abrasion resistant formable coatings when cured on a substrate. The articles can be formed after the coating compositions are applied to a substrate and cured. Abrasion resistant, tintable coatings are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: SDC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ren-Zhi Jin, Andreas Schneider, Mark Sollberger
  • Publication number: 20070203307
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions for producing release-effect coatings, to a process for preparing the compositions, and to substrates coated with them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: Goldschmidt GmbH
    Inventors: Pedro Cavaleiro, Markus Hallack, Hans-Leo Karminski, Christiane Volmer-Sawitowski, Udo Schiemann
  • Patent number: 7262260
    Abstract: Using novel synthetic techniques, siloxane-urea segmented copolymers are made. The copolymers advantageously contain a polyether interface, with controlled morphologies and properties. High molecular weight, high strength siloxane-urea copolymers with urea hard segment contents ranging from 5 to over 60% by weight may be prepared. Polymer properties that can independently be controlled include modulus (1.0 to 120 MPa), ultimate tensile strength (1.5 to 25 MPa), level of equilibrium water absorption (˜0 to 100% by weight) and refractive index (1.43 to 1.46).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Iskender Yilgor, Emel Yilgor, Garth L. Wilkes, Jignesh P. Sheth
  • Patent number: 7230051
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of block copolymers as leveling agents for surface coatings, having a weight-average molecular weight of from 1000 to 100000. The leveling agent is a linear or branched block copolymer composed of a polysiloxane block and one or more blocks prepared from ethylenically unsaturated monomers by controlled free-radical addition polymerization. The invention also relates to coating compositions which comprise the leveling agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: BYK-Chemie GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Gobelt, Alfred Bubat, Albert Frank, Karlheinz Haubennestel
  • Patent number: 7226978
    Abstract: The invention provides an implantable membrane for regulating the transport of analytes therethrough that includes a matrix including a first polymer; and a second polymer dispersed throughout the matrix, wherein the second polymer forms a network of microdomains which when hydrated are not observable using photomicroscopy at 400× magnification or less. In one aspect, the homogeneous membrane of the present invention has hydrophilic domains dispersed substantially throughout a hydrophobic matrix to provide an optimum balance between oxygen and glucose transport to an electrochemical glucose sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: DexCom, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Tapsak, Rathbun K. Rhodes, Mark C. Shults, Jason D. McClure
  • Patent number: 7224050
    Abstract: Integrated circuit packages and their manufacture are described, wherein the packages comprise dendrimers or hyperbranched polymers. In some implementations, the dendrimers or hyperbranched polymers include repeat units having one or more ring structures and having surface groups to react with one or more components of a plastic. In some implementations, the dendrimers or hyperbranched polymers have a glass transition temperature of less than an operating temperature of the integrated circuit and form at least a partially separate phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: James C. Matayabas, Jr., Leonel R. Arana, Stephen E. Lehman, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7217780
    Abstract: There are disclosed, a polyether ketone having a primary particle size of 50 ?m or less; and a method of producing a polyether ketone by a desalting polycondensation, which contains a step of conducting a polymerization reaction under a condition of deposition of the polymer. The polyether ketone obtained by the present invention has small particle size, high molecular weight and sufficiently small content of impurities such as alkali metal components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiro Toriida, Takashi Kuroki, Takaharu Abe, Akira Hasegawa, Kuniyuki Takamatsu, Yoshiteru Taniguchi, Isao Hara, Setsuko Fujiyoshi, Tadahito Nobori, Shoji Tamai
  • Patent number: 7215913
    Abstract: A transfer belt on which a developed toner image is transferred in an electrophotographic process, comprising: a matrix resin; and a chain silicone, contained in the range from 0.5 to 10% by weight to the matrix resin, and an image-forming apparatus provided therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Takahito Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 7208561
    Abstract: A saccharide residue-functional organopolysiloxane containing at least two monosaccharide or polysaccharide groups per molecule in which a specific site on the monosaccharide or polysaccharide is bonded to silicon through a thioether bond. Also, a method of preparing the saccharide residue-functional organopolysiloxane, comprising condensing a saccharide residue-functional metal thiolate compound wherein the metal is an alkali metal atom or alkaline-earth metal atom, and an organopolysiloxane containing groups having the formula —R2Q wherein R2 is C2 to C10 alkylene, and Q is a group selected from halogen atoms, C1 to C10 alkylsulfonate groups, and C6 to C20 arylsulfonate groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Dow Corning Toray Silicone, Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Yoshitake, Daiyo Terunuma, Koji Matsuoka, Ken Hatano
  • Patent number: 7198854
    Abstract: A silicone composition useful especially for the production of varnishes applicable to substrates whose coefficient of friction it is sought to reduce. The object is to provide an anti-friction silicone varnish for textiles coated with silicone elastomers which is economic and adhesive, provides the desired slip, resists soiling and is shiny. This object is achieved by a crosslinkable silicone composition containing two silicones A and B which react with one another in the presence of a catalyst C to allow crosslinking, and a particulate component D selected from the group comprising powdered (co)polyamides—preferably (co)polyamides 6, 12 and 6/12. The (co)polyamide particles are of substantially rounded shape and the mean particle diameter ?md is between 0.1 and 200 ?m, preferably between 5 and 100 ?m and particularly preferably between 10 and 50 ?m. Also disclosed is a varnishing process and a composite containing the varnished substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: Rhodia Chimie
    Inventors: Laurent Dumont, Alain Pouchelon, Marilyne Quemin
  • Patent number: 7183370
    Abstract: A proton conducting polymer is formed by the copolymerization of a plurality of compounds, including a silicon compound comprising an organic chain, and a compound including at least one acid group. The polymer comprises a hybrid organic-inorganic matrix having acid groups linked through a linking group. The linking group may include one or more electron withdrawing groups. The electron withdrawing group may be a halogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Toyota Technical Center USA, Inc
    Inventors: Siwen Li, Meilin Liu, Kohei Hase, Masatsugu Nakanishi, Wen Li, Junzo Ukai
  • Patent number: 7173092
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for preparing an elastomeric base composition comprising: (I) mixing (A) a fluorocarbon elastomer with (B) a compatibilizer, (C) an optional catalyst, (II) mixing the product of step (I) with (D) a silicone base comprising a curable organopolysiloxane, (E), an optional crosslinking agent, (F) a cure agent in an amount sufficient to cure said organopolysiloxane; and (III) dynamically vulcanizing the organopolysiloxane, wherein the weight ratio of fluorocarbon elastomer (A) to silicone base (B) in the elastomeric base composition ranges from 95:5 to 30:70. The cured rubber compositions obtained from the elastomeric base compositions herein have good fuel resistance properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Gerald Gornowicz, Igor Chorvath, Lauren Tonge, Yung Kim, David Romenesko, Kermit Kwan, Stephen Warren
  • Patent number: 7169859
    Abstract: A copolymer composition comprises an arylate polyester unit, an aromatic carbonate unit, and a soft-block moiety, wherein individual occurrences of the soft block moiety are linked by a spacer unit comprising one or more of the arylate polyester units, one or more of the aromatic carbonate units, or a combination comprising each of these. In one embodiment, a soft block moiety comprises a polysiloxane unit. A film of the composition has a percent transmittance of greater than or equal to 60% as determined according to ASTM D1003-00. A method of forming a copolymer composition is disclosed, comprising substantially forming the bis-haloformates of a dihydroxy compound comprising an arylate polyester unit, and a dihydroxy compound comprising a soft-block moiety, and reacting the bis haloformates with a dihydroxy aromatic compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Gary C. Davis, Brian D. Mullen, Paul D. Sybert
  • Patent number: 7160973
    Abstract: A composition comprising a reaction product of a diisocyanate, a chain extension agent having at least difunctional reactivity with an isocyanate, and a material comprising a blend of i) a primary carbamate material having at least one functional group reactive with an isocyanate and at least one primary carbamate group or a group convertible to a primary carbamate group, and ii) a reaction product of the primary carbamate material with an extending agent, wherein at least one of i) the isocyanate groups of the diisocyanate have a different reactivity in relation to each other, and ii) at least two of the groups with reactivity with an isocyanate on the chain extension agent have a different reactivity in relation to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Walter H. Ohrbom, Craig S. Schang, Joanne Casale, Thaddeus J. Lepkowski
  • Patent number: 7157543
    Abstract: A polyorganosiloxane block hydrocarbyl block polymer having utility as a release agent in toner fusing systems. The polymer has one or more polar linkages, with each such linkage bonding a polyorganosiloxane block and a hydrocarbyl block, and also including a polar functionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Jerry A. Pickering
  • Patent number: 7157529
    Abstract: Multi-layered macromolecules wherein the layers are covalently bonded together and wherein the macromolecules are covalently bonded to solid particulate substrates, methods for the preparation of such compositions, and methods for their uses in a multitude of end use applications ranging from the purification of waste chemical and metal process streams to the separation and identification of proteins, peptides, and oligionucleotides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Diazem Corporation
    Inventors: William H. Campbell, Yung K. Kim, Charles E. Skinner
  • Patent number: 7157528
    Abstract: A biocompatible multipolymer, having a backbone comprising about 10 to 45 wt % of at least one hard segment and about 55 to 90 wt % of soft segments. The soft segments are divided into three groups, 5 to 25 wt %, of total soft segment weight, of an oxygen permeable soft segment; 5 to 25 wt %, of total soft segment weight, of a hydrophilic soft segment; and 50 to 90 wt %, of total soft segment weight, of a biostable, relatively hydrophobic soft segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: The Polymer Technology Group
    Inventor: Robert S. Ward
  • Patent number: 7151150
    Abstract: Organopolysiloxane compositions obtainable by reaction of (a) essentially linear organopolysiloxanes which are terminated at both ends by Si-bonded hydroxy groups, (b) optionally, plasticizers, (c) at least one dialkylaminomethylalkyldialkoxysilane chain extender and/or partial hydrolysate thereof, (d) at least one deactivator, (e) optionally, one or more alkyltrialkoxysilanes and/or partial hydrolysates thereof, and (f) optionally, catalysts for accelerating the reaction of silane (e) with Si—OH groups, are useful in low-modulus compositions which can be crosslinked at room temperature, in particular, compositions which crosslink with elimination of alcohols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Wacker Chemie AG
    Inventors: Uwe Scheim, Wolfgang Ziche
  • Patent number: 7144453
    Abstract: A composition for preparing a porous interlayer dielectric thin film which includes a saccharide or saccharide derivative, a thermo-stable organic or inorganic matrix precursor, and a solvent for dissolving the two solid components. Also provided is a dielectric thin film having evenly distributed nano-pores with a diameter of less than 50 ?, which is required for semiconductor devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Heong Yim, Yi Yeol Lyu, Jung Bae Kim, Kwang Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 7144763
    Abstract: Epoxy resin compositions are disclosed which comprise (A) at least one silicone epoxy resin, (B) at least one hydroxyl-containing compound, (C) at least one anhydride curing agent, (D) at least one ancillary curing catalyst, and optionally at least one of thermal stabilizers, UV stabilizers, cure modifiers, coupling agents, or refractive index modifiers. Also disclosed are packaged solid state devices comprising a package, a chip (4), and an encapsulant (11) comprising an epoxy resin composition of the invention. A method of encapsulating a solid state device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Malgorzata Iwona Rubinsztajn, Slawomir Rubinsztajn
  • Patent number: 7141304
    Abstract: A film substrate of an electronic displaying element, an electronic optical element, a touch panel, or a solar battery is disclosed which is composed mainly of an organic polymer having water solubility of 0 to 5 g based on 100 g of 25° C. water and having acetone solubility of 25 to 100 g based on 100 g of 25° C. acetone and an inorganic condensation polymer of a reactive metal compound capable of being condensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Taketoshi Yamada, Hiroshi Kita, Koichi Saito, Yasushi Okubo
  • Patent number: 7125936
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a clear coating composition, which can give coating films showing good water repellency, in other words a factor giving a care-free and deluxe feeling to car owners, and which are excellent in non-sanding recoating dirtied coatings after due repair, as well as a method of forming a coating film and a multilayered coating film. The invention provides a clear coating composition which comprises (A) 100 parts by mass of the sum of a crosslinkable coating film-forming resin and a crosslinking agent on a solid basis and (B) 0.01 to 2 parts by mass of a ladder silicone copolymer obtainable by copolymerizing (b-1) a (meth)acryloxyalkyl-containing ladder silicone oligomer, (b-2) a crosslinkable functional group-containing ethylenically unsaturated monomer and optionally (b-3) another ethylenically unsaturated monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignees: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Nippon Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ishihara, Masahiko Yamanaka, Tetsuji Mizuno, Takashi Moriwake, Hisaki Tanabe, Goro Nagao
  • Patent number: 7118621
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an organo-functional polysiloxane of formula (1) wherein each R1 is independently selected from alkyl or aryl radicals, each R2 is independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl or aryl radicals, n is selected so that the molecular weight for the organo-functional polysiloxane is in the range of from 400 to 10,000, R3 is a bivalent radical or —O—W—(X)z is hydroxy or alkoxy, z is 1, 2 or 3 and X is a reactive functional group for reacting with amine radicals and wherein 0 to 90% of —O—R3—(X)z is hydroxy or alkoxy
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Sigmakalon Services B.V.
    Inventors: Roy Gerritsen, Sibel Mill, Michel Gillard, Gerard De Vries
  • Patent number: 7112634
    Abstract: A thermosetting resin composition is produced by heat treating a mixture of a polyaddition thermosetting resin, a silicic compound of the formula wherein R is an organic group containing a functional group that causes an addition reaction with the curing agent and R5 and R6 are independently a methyl group or an ethyl group, and water and adding a curing agent of the polyaddition thermosetting resin to the mixture that has undergone heat treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Satsu, Harukazu Nakai, Akio Takahashi, Masao Suzuki, Katsuo Sugawara
  • Patent number: 7098275
    Abstract: A mixture of particulate silicone based material and small hollow elements, such as spheres and/or fibers, is provided. The particulate silicone based material is heated to a temperature between about 200° F. and about 400° F. The particulate silicone based material is cooled until a solid body is formed. The solid body is resistant to melting and thermal decomposition when heated to temperatures of at least 3000° F. The solid body may contain cavities formed by the small hollow elements. The solid body may contain reinforcing fibers. The solid body may contain both small hollow elements and fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Inventor: Charles F. Inglefield
  • Patent number: 7094844
    Abstract: A liquid epoxy resin composition comprising a liquid epoxy resin, an aromatic amine curing agent having a phenolic hydroxyl group in a skeleton, an inorganic filler, and a cure accelerator is useful for semiconductor encapsulation. The composition is adherent to the surface of silicon chips, does not deteriorate under hot humid conditions, and is fully resistant to thermal shocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Sumita, Shingo Ando, Toshio Shiobara
  • Patent number: 7094471
    Abstract: A composition comprising at least one fluorochemical polyether silane compound having a polyfluoropolyether segment and at least two hydrolysable silane groups per molecule, one or more non-fluorinated compounds having at least two hydrolysable groups per molecule, and/or a partial condensate thereof, is disclosed. The composition provides durable water, oil and stain repellency to a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: George G. I. Moore, Rudolf J. Dams, Franceska M. Fieuws, Guido P. Piessens