Fluorine Containing Monomer Contains Nitrogen Atom Patents (Class 526/248)
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Patent number: 8110336Abstract: A resin comprising a structural unit represented by the formula (I): wherein Q1 and Q2 represent a fluorine atom etc., U represents a C1-C20 divalent hydrocarbon group in which one or more —CH2— may be replaced by —O— etc., X1 represents —O—CO— etc., and A+ represents an organic counter ion.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2009Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Ichiki Takemoto, Nobuo Ando
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Prepolymerizable surface active monomers with both fluorine-containing groups and hydrophilic groups
Patent number: 8071704Abstract: Provided are surface modified contact lenses formed from one or more fumaric- or itaconic-containing prepolymers having reactive functionality that is complimentary to surface modifying polymers.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2008Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Bausch & Lomb IncorporatedInventors: Weihong Lang, Yu-Chin Lai -
Patent number: 8071687Abstract: This invention relates to an adhesive comprising a polymer composition comprising at least 50 mol % of one or more C3 to C40 olefins where the polymer composition has (a) a Dot T-Peel of 1 Newton or more on Kraft paper; (b) an Mw of at least 7000 to 80,000; (c) a branching index (g?) of from 0.4 to 0.90 measured at the Mz of the polymer composition; (d) a heat of fusion of 1 to 70 J/g; and (e) a heptane insoluble fraction of 70 weight % or less, based upon the weight of the polymer composition, where the heptane insoluble fraction has branching index g? of 0.9 or less as measured at the Mz of the polymer composition.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2007Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Peijun Jiang, Armenag Hagop Dekmezian, Jo Ann Marie Canich, Charles Lewis Sims, Ramin Abhari, Cesar Alberto Garcia-Franco, David Raymond Johnsrud
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Patent number: 8034532Abstract: A topcoat material for application on top of a photoresist material is disclosed. The topcoat material comprises an acid-inert compound. The topcoat material also comprises a polymer or an oligomer or a cage structure which shows negligible intermixing with the imaging layer and is soluble in aqueous base developer. A method of forming a patterned material layer on a substrate and a coated substrate comprising the topcoat material is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2006Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Robert David Allen, Phillip Joe Brock, Carl E. Larson, Ratnam Sooriyakumaran, Linda Karin Sundberg, Hoa D Truong
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Publication number: 20110244247Abstract: An intermediate transfer media, such as a belt, that includes a fluoropolyimide polymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2010Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Jin Wu, Yu Qi, Nan-Xing Hu, Yuhua Tong
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Publication number: 20110190404Abstract: The invention relates to a fluorocarbon polymer material comprising a backbone with the following unit: wherein: Z is a quaternary ammonium group, Y1 and Y2 are each independently an oxygen heteroatom or a sulphur heteroatom, A is a fluorinated or perfluorinated straight chain having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms, R1 represents a phenyl or aryl group or a —CR2R3— group, and R4 is selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a straight or branched, cyclic or acyclic, alkyl or halogenated alkyl group, and a group represented by the following formula: m is an integer comprised between 0 and 10, preferably between 0 and 3; m?, n and r are integers, each independently equal to 0 or 1; and s is equal to 0 or 1, provided that when s is equal to 0, then R4 is different from the hydrogen atom.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2011Publication date: August 4, 2011Applicants: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DE CHIMIE DE MONTPELLIERInventors: Audrey MARTINENT, Ali ALAAEDDINE, Bruno AMEDURI, Philippe CAPRON
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Patent number: 7956124Abstract: A composition which provides surface effects to substrates comprising a polymer containing at least one urea linkage prepared by (i) reacting (1) at least one organic diioscyanate, polyisocyanate, or mixture thereof, and (2) at least one fluorochemical compound of Formula I Rf—O(CF2CF2)r(CH2CH2)q(R1)sXH??Formula (I) ?wherein Rf is a linear or branched C1 to C7 perfluoroalkyl optionally interrupted by one to three oxygen atoms, r is 1 to 3, q is 1 to 3, s is 0 or 1, X is O, S, or NR2 wherein R2 is H, or C1 to C6 alkyl, and R1 is a divalent radical selected from —S(CH2)n—, p is 1 to 50, and R3, R4 and R5 are each independently H or C1 to C6 alkyl; (ii) and then reacting with (3) water, a linking agent, or a mixture thereof.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2008Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Sheng Peng, Stephen James Getty, Timothy Edward Hopkins, Ying Wang
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Patent number: 7947791Abstract: The present invention provides a fluorinated polymer excellent in the crosslinking reactivity, crosslinked rubber physical properties and chemical resistance, and its crosslinked rubber. A fluorinated polymer comprising repeating units (a) based on at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of ethylenic unsaturated compounds each having a hydroxyphenyl group, repeating units (b) based on at least one fluoromonomer selected from the group consisting of tetrafluoroethylene, hexafluoropropylene, vinylidene fluoride, 3,3,3-trifluoropropene, 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, 1,1,2-trifluoroethylene, vinyl fluoride, 1,2-difluoroethylene and CF2?CF—O—Rf (wherein Rf is a C1-8 saturated perfluoroalkyl group or a perfluoro(alkoxyalkyl) group) and, if necessary, repeating units (c) based on at least one hydrocarbon monomer selected from the group consisting of ethylene, propylene and CH2?CH—O—R1.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2009Date of Patent: May 24, 2011Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Jumpei Nomura, Toshikazu Yoneda, Mitsuru Seki, Hiroki Kamiya, Hiroshi Funaki, Takehiro Kose
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Publication number: 20110108814Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a polymer compound having a high hole transport capacity, excellent in electrochemical stability, and suitable to film formation according to a wet film formation method. Another object of the invention is to provide an organic electroluminescence element having a high current efficiency, a low drive voltage, and a long derive lifetime. The polymer compound has a crosslinking group bonding to the arylamine moiety in the repeating unit via at least one single bond therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2009Publication date: May 12, 2011Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Koichiro Iida, Kyoko Endo, Yanjun Li, Kazuki Okabe, Masayoshi Yabe
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Publication number: 20110095165Abstract: Disclosed herein are polymeric molds that can be used to make molded articles. The polymeric molds are made from cyclic olefin polymers that may be formed by ring opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) of a polycyclic monomer having two or more reactive double bonds and a cyclic monomer comprising one reactive double bond. Fluorinated monomers may be used. The polymeric molds may be structured molds in that they have at least one microstructured feature having a dimension of less than about 2 mm, or less than about 500 um. The polymeric molds may also have a plurality of such microstructured features. Also disclosed herein are methods of making the polymeric molds, methods of making molded articles therefrom, and the molded articles.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2009Publication date: April 28, 2011Inventors: Joseph D. Rule, Kevin M. Lewandowski
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Patent number: 7858540Abstract: Ballistic resistant fabrics and articles that retain superior ballistic resistance performance after exposure to liquids such as sea water and organic solvents, such as gasoline and other petroleum-based products. The fabrics are formed from high performance fibers coated with a nitrile rubber binder polymer having an acrylonitrile content of from about 15 wt. % to about 50 wt. %, and are optionally coated with a binder that is a blend of a nitrile rubber and a fluorine-containing material.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2007Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Henry G. Ardiff, Ashok Bhatnagar, David A. Hurst, Brian D. Arvidson, Lori L. Wagner
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Patent number: 7833690Abstract: The present invention relates to photoacid generating compounds, lithographic resists comprising photoacid generating compounds, and to various lithographic processes techniques, and applications.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2006Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignee: The University of North Carolina at CharlotteInventors: Kenneth E. Gonsalves, Mingxing Wang
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Publication number: 20100248324Abstract: A functional TFE copolymer fine powder is described, wherein the TFE copolymer is a polymer of TFE and at least one functional comonomer, and wherein the TFE copolymer has functional groups that are pendant to the polymer chain. The functional TFE copolymer fine powder resin is paste extrudable and expandable. Methods for making the functional TFE copolymer are also described. The expanded functional TFE copolymer material may be post-reacted after expansion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2009Publication date: September 30, 2010Inventors: Ping Xu, Jack J. Hegenbarth, Xin Kang Chen
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Publication number: 20100233419Abstract: A composition comprising a copolymer having repeating units in any sequence of Formula I wherein Rf is a straight or branched perfluoroalkyl group having from about 1 to about 20 carbon atoms, or a mixture thereof, which is optionally interrupted by at least one oxygen atom, X3 is oxygen or X1, each X1 is independently an organic divalent linking group having from about 1 to about 20 carbon atoms, optionally containing an oxygen, nitrogen, or sulfur, or a combination thereof, G is F or CF3, A is an amide, j is zero or positive integer, X2 is an organic linking group, Y is O, N or S, h is zero when Y is N, and h is one when Y is O or S, Z is H, a straight or branched alkyl group having from about 1 to about 4 carbon atoms, or halide, B is H or wherein Rf, X1, X3, G, A, and j are as defined above, provided that when B is H, j is a positive integer, m is a positive integer, q is zero or a positive integer when Y is O, and q is a positive integer when Y is N or S, p is zero or a positive integerType: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2010Publication date: September 16, 2010Applicant: E.I.DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventor: Weiming Qiu
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Publication number: 20100221971Abstract: Disclosed is a water-repellent/oil-repellent agent which is composed of a fluorine-containing polymer containing a repeating unit (A) derived from a fluorine-containing monomer having a fluoroalkyl group or a fluoroalkenyl group, and a repeating unit (B) derived from a monomer having an imide group at a weight ratio of from 10/90 to 95/5 (repeating unit (A)/repeating unit (B)). Also disclosed is a thermoplastic resin composition which is obtained by adding such a water-repellent/oil-repellent agent into a thermoplastic resin. Since the fluorine-containing polymer is improved in heat resistance, the water-repellent/oil-repellent agent is capable of imparting a wide range of thermoplastic resins with excellent water repellency and oil repellency.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2007Publication date: September 2, 2010Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kouji Kubota, Norimasa Uesugi
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Patent number: 7771743Abstract: A family of infection resistant and biocidal polymeric materials incorporates an infection resistant biguanide such as chlorhexidine or polyhexanide pendant to the polymer chain, chemically linked to the polymer through the biguanide group secondary nitrogen atoms. The disclosure extends to the use of such polymeric materials in articles of manufacture and particularly in medical devices, and the preparation of the materials as polymer resins from which articles can be made, as solutions and emulsions which can be used for coating performed articles, and in situ on the surface of preformed polymeric articles.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2000Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: BioInteractions, Ltd.Inventors: Ajay Kumar Luthra, Shivpal Singh Sandhu
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Patent number: 7754624Abstract: Fluoroalkyl amidoalkyl alcohols of the formula are disclosed and their corresponding (meth)acrylate esters. These fluoroalkyl amidoalkyl (meth)acrylate monomers can be copolymerized with a wide variety of conventional ethylenically unsaturated monomers. The resulting copolymers are useful as water, oil- and grease-proofing agents for paper, textiles and hard surfaces such as masonry and wood.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2007Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Inventor: Shobha Kantamneni
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Patent number: 7754838Abstract: A composition comprising a copolymer having repeating units in any sequence of Formula I wherein Rf is a straight or branched perfluoroalkyl group having from about 1 to about 20 carbon atoms, or a mixture thereof, which is optionally interrupted by at least one oxygen atom, X3 is oxygen or X1, each X1 is independently an organic divalent linking group having from about 1 to about 20 carbon atoms, optionally containing an oxygen, nitrogen, or sulfur, or a combination thereof, G is F or CF3, A is an amide, j is zero or positive integer, X2 is an organic linking group, Y is O, N or S, h is zero when Y is N, and h is one when Y is O or S, Z is H, a straight or branched alkyl group having from about 1 to about 4 carbon atoms, or halide, B is H or wherein Rf, X1, X3, G, A, and j are as defined above, provided that when B is H, j is a positive integer, m is a positive integer, q is zero or a positive integer when Y is O, and q is a positive integer when Y is N or S, p is zero or a positive integerType: GrantFiled: August 8, 2006Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventor: Weiming Qiu
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Patent number: 7754795Abstract: A coating composition having (i) an aqueous dispersion of fluoropolymer particles comprising a non-melt processible polymer of tetrafluoroethylene, (ii) a fluorinated surfactant, (iii) a non-ionic non-fluorinated surfactant and (iv) a non-fluorinated polymer, wherein the fluorinated surfactant is selected from fluorinated carboxylic acids or salts thereof of the general formula (I): [Rf—O-L-COO?]iXi+??(I) wherein L represents a linear partially or fully fluorinated alkylene group or an aliphatic hydrocarbon group, Rf represents a linear partially or fully fluorinated aliphatic group or a linear partially or fully fluorinated aliphatic group interrupted with one or more oxygen atoms, Xi+ represents a cation having the valence i and i is 1, 2 or 3.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2006Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Klaus Hintzer, Michael Jürgens, Harald Kaspar, Herbert Koenigsmann, Kai Helmut Lochhaas, Andreas R. Maurer, Werner Schwertfeger, Tilman Zipplies, Ludwig Mayer, Michael C. Dadalas, George G. I. Moore, Jay F. Schulz, Richard M. Flynn
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Patent number: 7754917Abstract: Fluoroalkyl amidoalkyl alcohols of the formula are disclosed and their corresponding (meth)acrylate esters. These fluoroalkyl amidoalkyl (meth)acrylate monomers can be copolymerized with a wide variety of conventional ethylenically unsaturated monomers. The resulting copolymers are useful as water, oil- and grease-proofing agents for paper, textiles and hard surfaces such as masonry and wood.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2007Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: Huntsman International LLCInventor: Shobha Kantamneni
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Patent number: 7728087Abstract: A method for polymerizing, in an aqueous medium, at least one fluorinated monomer in the presence of a non-copolymerizable, non-fluorinated surfactant. The surfactant is generally selected from a non-ionic surfactant, a primary anionic surfactant, or a combination thereof. Fluorinated surfactants are not utilized. The resulting partially fluorinated polymer in the aqueous medium is either a semi-crystalline polymer or a crystalline polymer.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2005Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Klaus Hintzer, Harald Kaspar, Helmut Traunspurger, Tilman Zipplies
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Publication number: 20100130690Abstract: A PTFE resin does not require the hot coining method and is more difficult to deform than conventional PTFE resins. A polytetrafluoroethylene molded body is obtained from a crosslinking polytetrafluoroethylene that possesses at least one type of reactive functional group selected from the group that comprises cyano group (—CN), a first functional group and a second functional group. The first functional group is represented by: The second functional group is represented by (where R1 and R2 are independently selected from a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, —OR3, —N(R3)2, and —R3, and where R3 is an alkyl group of from 1 to 10 carbon atoms that optionally contains fluorine or hydrogen atoms). The polytetrafluoroethylene substantially does not flow even when heated up to or above its melting point, and is baked after it is compression molded.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2006Publication date: May 27, 2010Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yoshinori Nanba, Meiten Koh
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Publication number: 20100099804Abstract: Disclosed herein are polymer compounds, a method for preparing thereof. More specifically, provided are polymer compounds with well-connected, narrow size distribution free-volume element and a method for preparing the polymer compounds by thermal rearrangement for aromatic polyimides containing ortho-positioned functional groups in the solid state.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2008Publication date: April 22, 2010Applicant: Industry-University Cooperation Foundation, HANYANG UNIVERSITYInventors: Young-Moo LEE, Ho-Bum Park, Chul-Ho Jung, Sang-Hoon Han
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Publication number: 20100060834Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel polyimide copolymer, a method of preparing the polyimide copolymer, a liquid crystal aligning layer including the polyimide copolymer, a method of producing the liquid crystal aligning layer, and a liquid crystal display including the liquid crystal aligning layer. The liquid crystal aligning layer that includes the polyimide copolymer according to the present invention is advantageous in that when ultraviolet rays are radiated on movable chains of the polyamic acid copolymer to perform alignment before a polyimide copolymer is imidized and heat treatment is then performed to conduct imidization, thermal stability is excellent, residual images are not formed, and alignment of liquid crystals is excellent.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2008Publication date: March 11, 2010Inventors: Xing-Zhong Fang, Kyung-Jun Kim, Byung-Hyun Lee, Jung-Ho Jo, Dong-Hyun Oh, Wan-Hee Goh, Sang-Kook Kim, Hye-Ran Seong, Hye-Won Jeong, Yun-Jeong Lee
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Publication number: 20100047660Abstract: Featured are novel heterocycle substituted hydroquinones, aromatic copolymers and homopolymers bearing main and side chain polar pyridine units. These polymers exhibit good mechanical properties, high thermal and oxidative stability, high doping ability and high conductivity values. These novel polymers can be used in the preparation and application of MEA on PEMFC type single cells. The combination of the above mentioned properties indicate the potential of the newly prepared materials to be used as electrolytes in high temperature PEM fuel cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2009Publication date: February 25, 2010Inventors: Maria Geormezi, Nora Gourdoupi
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Patent number: 7666949Abstract: A curative composition comprising a cation and an anion of the formula Anq?Qpm+, wherein m, n, p, and q are positive integers, wherein m*p=n*q, wherein Qm+ is an organo onium, and Aq? is an anion, provided that at least one Aq? is selected from the formula: wherein each R independently is H, halo, alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, or cycloalkyl, and which also may be halogenated, fluorinated, or perfluorinated, wherein two or more of R and R? groups may together form a ring, wherein each R group independently may contain one or more heteroatom(s), wherein R? can be the same as R, with the proviso that R? cannot be halo. Also provided are a fluoropolymer composition including this curative, a method of making a fluoropolymer, and fluoropolymer articles containing curable or cured fluoropolymer compositions.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2008Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Werner M. A. Grootaert, Eric W. Adair, Miguel A. Guerra
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Patent number: 7638575Abstract: Disclosed is a surface treating agent containing fluorine-containing polymer having: (A) a repeating unit derived from a fluorine-containing compound which is represented by the following formula: CH2?C(—X)—C(?O)—Y—[—(CH2)m-Z-]p—(CH2)n-Rf??(I) (wherein X is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group), (B) a repeating unit derived from a monomer containing no fluorine atom, if necessary and (C) a repeating unit derived from a crosslinkable monomer, if necessary. This surface treating agent has excellent water repellency, oil repellency and antifouling property.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2005Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Ikuo Yamamoto, Yutaka Ohira, Yoshio Funakoshi, Shinichi Minami
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Patent number: 7635527Abstract: A polymer light emitting material, wherein the material has a light emitting mechanism based on transition from an excited triplet state to a ground state or transition through an excited triplet state to a ground state of an electron energy level, and the material comprises a nonionic light emitting part which constitutes a part of the polymer or is bound to the polymer. The polymer light emitting material exhibits high light emission efficiency above 5%, which is the limit of external quantum efficiency of fluorescence and can be designed so as to have a large area and hence are suitable for mass production of organic light emitting devices.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2008Date of Patent: December 22, 2009Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.Inventors: Masataka Takeuchi, Shuichi Naijo, Naoko Ito, Koro Shirane, Takeshi Igarashi, Yoshiaki Takahashi, Motoaki Kamachi
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Patent number: 7632903Abstract: Crosslinked polymeric materials are described that contain pendant amine capture groups. The amine capture groups include N-sulfonylaminocarbonyl groups that can react with amine-containing materials by a nucleophilic displacement reaction. Reaction mixtures used to prepare the crosslinked polymeric materials, articles containing the crosslinked polymeric materials, methods of making articles, and methods of immobilizing an amine-containing material are also described.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2009Date of Patent: December 15, 2009Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Charles M. Leir, George G. I. Moore, Rahul R. Shah, Karl E. Benson
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Publication number: 20090269587Abstract: Provided herein are the polymers shown below. The value n is a positive integer. R1 is an organic group, and each R2 is H or a chemisorbed group, with at least one R2 being a chemisorbed group. The polymer may be a nanostructured film. Also provided herein is a method of: converting a di-p-xylylene paracyclophane dimer to a reactive vapor of monomers; depositing the reactive vapor onto a substrate held at an angle relative to the vapor flux to form nanostructured poly(p-xylylene) film; reacting the film with an agent to form hydrogen atoms that are reactive with a precursor of a chemisorbed group, if the film does not contain the hydrogen atoms; and reacting the hydrogen atoms with the precursor. Also provided herein is a device having a nanostructured poly(p-xylylene) film on a pivotable substrate. The film has directional hydrophobic or oleophobic properties and directional adhesive properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2009Publication date: October 29, 2009Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Walter J. Dressick, Melik C. Demirel, Alok Singh
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Patent number: 7560517Abstract: The present invention relates to a fluoropolymer comprising repeating units derived from one or more gaseous fluorinated olefins and having one or more cure sites comprising (a) a halogen capable of participating in a peroxide cure reaction or (b) a nitrile group, said fluoropolymer further comprising repeating units derived from one or more fluorinated allyl ethers of the formula: CF2?CF—CF(Z)—O—Rf??(I) wherein Z represents F or CF3 and Rf represents a fluorinated alkyl group that may contain one or more catenary oxygen atoms. The fluoropolymer can be cured to a fluoroelastomer. The invention also relates to a curable fluoroelastomer composition comprising the fluoropolymer and a curing agent.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2005Date of Patent: July 14, 2009Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Klaus Hintzer, Michael Jurgens, Harald Kaspar, Kai Helmut Lochhaas, Werner Schwertfeger
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Publication number: 20090163105Abstract: Ballistic resistant fabrics and articles that retain superior ballistic resistance performance after exposure to liquids such as sea water and organic solvents, such as gasoline and other petroleum-based products. The fabrics are formed from high performance fibers coated with a nitrile rubber binder polymer having an acrylonitrile content of from about 15 wt. % to about 50 wt. %, and are optionally coated with a binder that is a blend of a nitrile rubber and a fluorine-containing material.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2007Publication date: June 25, 2009Inventors: Henry G. Ardiff, Ashok Bhatnagar, David A. Hurst, Brian D. Arvidson, Loril Wagner
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Patent number: 7544754Abstract: Crosslinked polymeric materials are described that contain pendant amine capture groups. The amine capture groups include N-sulfonylaminocarbonyl groups that can react with amine-containing materials by a nucleophilic displacement reaction. Reaction mixtures used to prepare the crosslinked polymeric materials, articles containing the crosslinked polymeric materials, methods of making articles, and methods of immobilizing an amine-containing material are also described.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2005Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Charles M. Leir, George G. I. Moore, Rahul R. Shah, Karl E. Benson
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Patent number: 7544751Abstract: Polymerization products formed from a monomeric mixture comprising (a) one or more first monomers of the general formula I: A-L-R1—(X—CF?CF2)n??(I) wherein R1 represents one or more inertly substituted groups; X is independently a group which links the inertly substituted groups and the trifluorovinyl group; L is an optional linking group; A is CO2Z, SO2Z, PO3Z, or OPO3Z wherein Z is hydrogen or an alkali metal and n is an integer of 1 to about 1000; (b) one or more second crosslinking monomers comprising at least three trifluorovinyl groups and (c) one or more prepolymers comprising one or more trifluorovinyl groups are provided. Also provided are biomedical devices formed from such polymerization products.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2008Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Assignee: Bausch & Lomb IncorporatedInventors: Derek Schorzman, Joseph C. Salamone
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Publication number: 20090093602Abstract: A process for the polymerization of a true tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) copolymer of the fine powder type is provided, wherein the copolymer contains polymerized comonomer units of at least one comonomer other than TFE in concentrations of at least or exceeding 1.0 weight percent, and which can exceed 5.0 weight percent, wherein the copolymer is expandable, that is, the copolymer may be expanded to produce strong, useful, expanded TFE copolymeric articles having a microstructure of nodes interconnected by fibrils.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2007Publication date: April 9, 2009Inventor: Lawrence A. Ford
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Publication number: 20090092655Abstract: Provided are surface modified contact lenses formed from one or more fumaric- or itaconic-containing prepolymers having reactive functionality that is complimentary to surface modifying polymers.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2008Publication date: April 9, 2009Inventors: Weihong Lang, Yu-Chin Lai
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Publication number: 20090061353Abstract: Disclosed is a fluorine-containing polymer compound containing first and second repeating units respectively represented by formulas (a-1) and (a-2), wherein R3 represents a fluorine atom or fluorine-containing alkyl group, each of W and W1 independently represents a bivalent linking group, R2 represents an acid-labile protecting group, each of R4, R5 and R6 independently represents a hydrogen atom, fluorine atom or monovalent organic group, and at least two of R4, R5, R6 and W or W1 may be combined to form a cyclic structure in formula (a-1) or (a-2). This polymer compound has a weight-average molecular weight of 1,000 to 1,000,000 and can provide a resist composition capable of forming a pattern with no swelling and no pattern falling down.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2008Publication date: March 5, 2009Applicant: CENTRAL GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Yoshimi ISONO, Jonathan Joachim JODRY, Satoru NARIZUKA, Kazuhiro YAMANAKA
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Patent number: 7479530Abstract: A polymer comprising one or more macromonomer units selected from the group consisting of polysiloxane, perfluoroalkylpolyether (PFPE), fluorinated poly(meth)acrylate, polyalkyl (meth)acrylate, polyolefin and fluorinated polyolefin, and one or more charged units (such as an anionic, cationic or zwitter-ionic monomer), formed from a polymerization medium containing an aqueous solution of charged units and use of this polymer as an intraocular lens for the implantation into or onto the cornea. Another aspects relates to a process for coating the above polymer with an adhesive comprising covalently coupling co-reactive surface functional groups of a natural or synthetic polymer with functional groups present (or introduced) on the surface of the macromonomer containing polymer, followed by covalently coupling a multifunctionally activated compound having at least one functional group that is co-reactive to the reactive groups of the natural or synthetic polymer.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2003Date of Patent: January 20, 2009Assignee: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganisationInventors: Timothy Charles Hughes, Grace Yim Ngan Chan
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Patent number: 7473748Abstract: A superacidic ester group is useful in the production of ionomers for polymer electrolyte fuel cells. A polymer is produced from said vinyl monomer. A process produces a polymer containing a superacidic group. The vinyl monomer contains a haloalkyl ester group of a superacid, wherein the number of carbon atoms of the haloalkyl ester group is no more than 10, and the halogen in the haloalkyl group is chlorine and/or fluorine. A polymer containing said vinyl monomer as a repeating unit can be converted to a polymer containing a superacid group using at least one procedure of 1) heat treating at 50°C. to 350°C., and 2) contacting with a protic compound.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2005Date of Patent: January 6, 2009Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Nobuto Hoshi, Nobuyuki Uematsu, Oliver Gronwald, Takehiro Koga, Masanori Ikeda
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Patent number: 7470745Abstract: A composition which provides surface effects to substrates comprising a polymer containing at least one urea linkage prepared by (i) reacting (1) at least one organic diioscyanate, polyisocyanate, or mixture thereof, and (2) at least one fluorochemical compound of Formula I Rf—O(CF2CF2)r(CH2CH2)q(R1)sXH??Formula (I) wherein Rf is a linear or branched C1 to C7 perfluoroalkyl optionally interrupted by one to three oxygen atoms, r is 1 to 3, q is 1 to 3, s is 0 or 1, X is O, S, or NR2 wherein R2 is H, or C1 to C6 alkyl, and R1 is a divalent radical selected from —S(CH2)n—, p is 1 to 50, and R3, R4 and R5 are each independently H or C1 to C6 alkyl; (ii) and then reacting with (3) water, a linking agent, or a mixture thereof.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2006Date of Patent: December 30, 2008Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Sheng Peng, Stephen James Getty, Timothy Edward Hopkins, Ying Wang
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Publication number: 20080293888Abstract: A diamine compound of formula (I) is proposed as well as polymers, copolymers, polyamic acids, polyamic acid esters, or polyimides based on such compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2006Publication date: November 27, 2008Applicant: ROLIC AGInventors: Thomas Bachels, Zoubair Mohammed Cherkaoui, Guy Marck, Olivier Muller, Joachim Reichardt, Andreas Schuster, Hubert Seiberle, Peggy Studer, Thomas Peglow, Jean-Francois Eckert
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Publication number: 20080281065Abstract: The present invention provides a fluoropolymer capable of giving fluorine-containing molded materials and laminates excellent in moldability, productivity, interlaminar bonding and stress cracking resistance, in particular stress cracking resistance upon contacting with various liquid chemicals, without impairing such characteristics intrinsic in fluororesins as chemical resistance, solvent resistance, weathering resistance, antifouling properties, liquid chemical impermeability and nonstickiness. The present invention provides a fluoropolymer which is an oligomer-containing or oligomer-free fluoropolymer, wherein said oligomer has a molecular weight not higher than 10,000 and amounts to not more than 0.05% by mass relative to the fluoropolymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2008Publication date: November 13, 2008Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takahiro KITAHARA, Tomohiro Kino, Megumi Sato, Eiji Fujita
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Patent number: 7435785Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a perhalogenated elastomer comprising using an onium compound to coagulate a latex comprising polymer particles, the polymer particles consisting essentially of interpolymerized units of one or more perhalogenated comonomer(s) and at least one cure site monomer, wherein the coagulation is performed essentially free of metal ions and metal salts. Also provided is an elastomeric composition comprising a curable perhalogenated elastomer comprising interpolymerized units derived from a nitrogen-containing cure site monomer and coagulated with an onium compound, wherein the elastomer is capable of curing without adding further components and wherein the composition is essentially free of metal ions and metal salts. Also provided are fluoropolymer articles and methods of making fluoropolymer compositions and articles.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2007Date of Patent: October 14, 2008Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Guy Van Gool, Alain Verschuere, Werner M. A. Grootaert
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Patent number: 7435498Abstract: A method is provided for making a crosslinked polymer electrolyte, typically in the form of a membrane for use as a polymer electrolyte membrane in an electrolytic cell such as a fuel cell, by trimerization of nitrile groups contained on groups pendant from the polymer. The resulting polymer electrolyte membrane comprises a highly fluorinated polymer comprising: a perfluorinated backbone, first pendent groups which comprise sulfonic acid groups, and crosslinks comprising trivalent groups according to the formula: The first pendent groups are typically according to the formula: —R1—SO3H, where R1 is a branched or unbranched perfluoroalkyl or perfluoroether group comprising 1-15 carbon atoms and 0-4 oxygen atoms, most typically —O—CF2—CF2—CF2—CF2—SO3H or —O—CF2—CF(CF3)—O—CF2—CF2—SO3H.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2006Date of Patent: October 14, 2008Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Michael A. Yandrasits, Steven J. Hamrock, Werner M. Grootaert, Miguel A. Guerra, Naiyong Jing
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Patent number: 7425600Abstract: Polymerization products formed from a monomeric mixture comprising (a) one or more first monomers of the general formula I: A-L-R1—(X—CF?CF2)n??(I) wherein R1 represents one or more inertly substituted groups; X is independently a group which links the inertly substituted groups and the trifluorovinyl group; L is an optional linking group; A is CO2Z, SO2Z, PO3Z, or OPO3Z wherein Z is hydrogen or an alkali metal and n is an integer of 1 to about 1000; (b) one or more second crosslinking monomers comprising at least three trifluorovinyl groups and (c) one or more prepolymers comprising one or more trifluorovinyl groups are provided. Also provided are biomedical devices formed from such polymerization products.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2005Date of Patent: September 16, 2008Assignee: Bausch & Lomb IncorporatedInventors: Derek Schorzman, Joseph C. Salamone
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Patent number: 7304115Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a perhalogenated elastomer comprising using an onium compound to coagulate a latex comprising polymer particles, the polymer particles consisting essentially of interpolymerized units of one or more perhalogenated comonomer(s) and at least one cure site monomer, wherein the coagulation is performed essentially free of metal ions and metal salts. Also provided is an elastomeric composition comprising a curable perhalogenated elastomer comprising interpolymerized units derived from a nitrogen-containing cure site monomer and coagulated with an onium compound, wherein the elastomer is capable of curing without adding further components and wherein the composition is essentially free of metal ions and metal salts. Also provided are fluoropolymer articles and methods of making fluoropolymer compositions and articles.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2004Date of Patent: December 4, 2007Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Guy Van Gool, Alain Verschuere, Werner M. A. Grootaert
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Patent number: 7300985Abstract: A fluoropolymer having pendant amidoxime groups, pendant amidrazone groups, or combinations thereof is provided. Also provided are methods of making such fluoropolymers, and compositions and articles containing such fluoropolymers.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2004Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Werner M. A. Grootaert, Klaus Hintzer, Kai Helmut Lochhaas, Franz Maerz
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Patent number: 7271228Abstract: Ionic perfluorovinyl compounds and their uses as components of ionic conductors of the polymer type, of selective membranes or of catalysts. The compounds comprise at least one perfluorovinyl group and at least one group chosen from —O or one of the groups C?N, —C(C?N)2, —NSO2R or —C[SO2R]2 or a pentacyclic group comprising at least one N, C—C?N, CR, CCOR or CSO2R group. The compounds and/or their polymers are of use in the preparation of ionically conducting materials, electrolytes and selective membranes.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2005Date of Patent: September 18, 2007Assignees: ACEP Inc., Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Universite de MontrealInventors: Michel Armand, Christophe Michot
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Patent number: 7253241Abstract: In one aspect, the invention provides a water-based release coating composition comprising a mixture of (A.) from about 5 to about 100 wt % of a polymer comprising the reaction product of (a.) from 1 to about 15 wt % of a fluorinated monomer selected from the group consisting of monomers according to the general formula: RfX—OC(O)—C(R)?CH2, wherein Rf represents a perfluorinated aliphatic group having 3 or 4 carbon atoms, X is an organic divalent linking group, and R represents a hydrogen or methyl group, (b.) from about 40 to about 70 wt % of an alkyl (meth)acrylate, wherein the alkyl group contains from 16 to 22 carbon atoms, (c.) from about 3 to about 20 wt % of (meth)acrylic acid, (d.) from about 20 to about 40 wt % acrylonitrile, and (e.) from 0 to about 15 wt % of vinyl monomer, other than acrylonitrile, wherein the sum of (a.) through (e.) equals 100%; and (B.) from 0 to about 95 wt % of an extender polymer, wherein the sum of (A.) and (B.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2004Date of Patent: August 7, 2007Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: James P. DiZio, David J. Kinning, George G. I. Moore
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Patent number: 7247691Abstract: Fluoroalkyl amidoalkyl alcohols of the formula are disclosed and their corresponding (meth)acrylate esters. These fluoroalkyl amidoalkyl (meth)acrylate monomers can be copolymerized with a wide variety of conventional ethylenically unsaturated monomers. The resulting copolymers are useful as water, oil- and grease-proofing agents for paper, textiles and hard surfaces such as masonry and wood.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2004Date of Patent: July 24, 2007Assignee: Huntsman International LLCInventor: Shobha Kantamneni