Three Or More Nitrogen Atoms In A Single Ring Patents (Class 526/261)
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Patent number: 8198387Abstract: Provided is a proton-conducting compound which provides proton conductivity without humidification and is suitable for electrochemical device materials such as solid electrolytes for fuel cells and electrolytes for batteries. Provided also is a proton-conducting polymer. The proton-conducting compound is composed of a melamine compound salt obtained from a melamine compound represented by the following formula (1) and a Bronsted acid and the proton-conducting polymer is obtained by homopolymerizing or copolymerizing the melamine compound salt. In formula (1), R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 each is independently an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkenyl group, a heterocyclic group, or a hydrogen atom; at least one of them is a group other than hydrogen; R2 and R3 or R4 and R5 may join together to form a heterocyclic structure; and the alkyl group, the aryl group, the alkenyl group, or the heterocyclic group may have a substituent.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2007Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Nippon Steel Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsushi Kawada, Aya Tashiro
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Publication number: 20120142878Abstract: A resin with a favorable index of refraction and transparency even without using heavy atoms or inorganic oxide fine particles by means of a polymerizable monomer having a 1,3,5-triazine ring represented by formula 1. (In formula 1: A is a group represented by formula 2, (in formula 2: R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, T represents an alkylene having 1-10 carbon atoms, and R2 represents O or NH), and B1 and B2 are each independently groups represented by formula 3, formula 4, or formula 5 (in formulas 3-5: R3, R4, and R5 represent an alkyl group having 1-10 carbon atoms, an aryl group, or an aryloxy group, n1 and n3 are integers from 0-5, and n2 is an integer from 0-7, however when there are at least two of each of R3, R4, and R5, these may be the same or different from each other).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2010Publication date: June 7, 2012Inventors: Kenichi Osawa, Takuro Oda
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Publication number: 20120142846Abstract: The present invention provides novel 4- and 5-substituted 1,2,3-triazole moieties, with at least one remote polymerizable moiety. The novel mixtures of 4- and 5-substituted regioisomers of 1,2,3-triazole moieties can be separated by chromatography to provide the purified 4- and 5-substituted 1,2,3-triazole moieties. The novel mixtures of 4- and 5-substituted regioisomers of 1,2,3-triazole moieties, and the purified 4- and 5-substituted 1,2,3-triazole moieties, with at least one remote polymerizable moiety, can be converted to a wide variety of useful polymers. The novel compounds of the invention can be employed in a wide variety of compositions. E, Q, Z, X, a, and R1-R4, in the structures below, are defined herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2010Publication date: June 7, 2012Inventor: Osama M. Musa
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Patent number: 8173756Abstract: Provided are a novel photopolymerizable monomer having at least one unsaturated double bond and epoxide, and a photocurable composition comprising the photopolymerizable monomer and an initiator, which is polymerizable with good efficiency using light and/or heat, provides reduced shrinkage, and has superior mechanical strength including adhesion and transparency.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2008Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei UniversityInventors: Eunkyoung Kim, Jeonghun Kim, Hyunjin Oh
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Publication number: 20120100344Abstract: The present invention provides a composite optical element including a resin layer that is less susceptible to yellowing and has small cure shrinkage during formation. The present invention is a composite optical element including a resin layer obtained by polymerizing a resin composition containing a (meth)acrylate compound of a saturated aliphatic epoxy compound, a multifunctional isocyanurate compound, and a photopolymerization initiator.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2010Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventor: Nobuyuki Kobayashi
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Patent number: 8153703Abstract: Benzotriazole UV/Visible light-absorbing monomers are disclosed. The UV/Vis absorbers are particularly suitable for use in intraocular lens materials.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2009Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Novartis AGInventor: Walter R. Laredo
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Publication number: 20120082840Abstract: The invention relates to a thermally reversible hot melt adhesive that is isocyanate-free, moisture independent, crosslinkable and thermally reversible. The thermally reversible hot melt adhesive may be repeatedly heated and cooled without negatively affecting the performance of the adhesive. The thermally reversible composition may also be used as a primer layer. The thermally reversible hot melt adhesive and primer are particularly well suited for end use applications such as packaging, graphic arts, construction, footwear, textiles, general assembly, automotive and consumer goods.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2011Publication date: April 5, 2012Applicant: Henkel CorporationInventors: Donald Herr, Laxmisha M. Sridhar, Andrew Slark
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Patent number: 8124701Abstract: The invention is directed to novel 1,2,3-triazoles containing (meth)acrylate monomers of formulae (I) and (II) Wherein R, R1, R2, X and p defined herein and the process of making said monomers and (co)polymers formed from.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2008Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: BASF SEInventor: Liliana Craciun
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Patent number: 8119039Abstract: A transparent conductive substrate using allyl ester heat-curable resin, including a compound having a group represented by formula (2) as terminus and a group represented by formula (3) as repeating unit, where R3, A2, and A3 in the formulae have the same meanings as defined in the specification.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2007Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.Inventors: Yasushi Kadowaki, Kazufumi Kai
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Publication number: 20120041040Abstract: The present invention provides novel functionalized mixtures 4- and 5-vinyl substituted regioisomers of 1,2,3-triazoles via 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition. Functionalized alkyne moieties with a terminal alcoholic functionality are reacted with functionalized organic moieties with a terminal leaving group and an azide to provide an alcoholic functionalized mixture of 4- and 5-substituted regioisomers of 1,2,3-triazole moieties. The mixture may be converted to a wide variety of useful functionalized mixtures of 4- and 5-vinyl substituted regioisomers of 1,2,3-triazole moieties, which in turn can be converted to a wide variety of useful polymers The novel alcoholic functionalized mixtures of 4- and 5-substituted regioisomers can be separated by chromatography to provide the purified 4- and 5-alcoholic functionalized substituted 1,2,3-triazole moieties. The novel compounds of the invention can be employed in a wide variety of compositions (Formulae (I), (II)); wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4, are defined herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2010Publication date: February 16, 2012Applicant: ISP Investments Inc.Inventors: Osama M. Musa, Brian Marr
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Publication number: 20110284829Abstract: A polymer compound having a repeating unit represented by the following formula (1): (wherein Ar1 and Ar2 represent an arylene group or a di-valent aromatic heterocyclic group, Ar3 represents a single bond, an unsubstituted or substituted (a+1)-valent aromatic hydrocarbon group or (a+1)-valent aromatic heterocyclic group, R1 and R2 represent an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryl group, an aryloxy group, a mono-valent heterocyclic group, an amino group, a silyl group, a halogen atom, a carboxyl group or a cyano group. a represents an integer of 1 or more, with the proviso that a is 1 when Ar3 is a single bond. b and c represent an integer of 0 to 4).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2010Publication date: November 24, 2011Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Daisuke Fukushima, Osamu Goto, Kohei Asada, Nobuhiko Akino
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Publication number: 20110269866Abstract: The present invention relates to a photo-curable and thermo-curable resin composition and a dry film solder resist make it possible to provide the dry film solder resist having superior heat-resistance and dimensional stability while exhibiting more improved alkali developing property. The resin composition may comprises an acid-modified oligomer having carboxyl group (—COOH) and photo-curable functional group; a photo-polymerizable monomer comprising a compound having a structure of that 3- or more functional epoxy acrylate groups are bonded to a heterocyclic structure containing nitrogen, and a functional group having carboxyl group is bonded to at least one epoxy acrylate group; a thermo-curable binder having thermo-curable functional group; and a photo-initiator.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2011Publication date: November 3, 2011Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Woo-Jae JEONG, Byung-Ju CHOI, Bo-Yun CHOI, Kwang-Joo LEE, Min-Su JEONG
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Patent number: 8034420Abstract: Disclosed is a composition containing a compound having a benzotriazole ring structure and a phosphorescent compound.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2008Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventor: Nobuhiko Akino
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Patent number: 7972693Abstract: Disclosed are enamel varnish compositions for an enamel wire and an enamel wire using the same. The present invention relates to enamel varnish compositions for an enamel wire in which a polymeric resin component is included in an organic solvent, wherein the polymeric resin component includes a first polyamideimide resin, presented in the Chemistry FIG. 1; and a second resin having polyamideimide in which a triazine ring is introduced into a major chain. The enamel wire, in which such a coating pigment composition is applied to the innermost insulated coating layer contacted with the conducting wire, shows the increased adhesivity of the insulated coating layer to the conducting wire without forming an additional bonding layer, as well as the excellent physical properties such as the wear resistance and flexibility, etc.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2005Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: LS Cable Ltd.Inventor: Joon-Hee Lee
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Patent number: 7968650Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising a polymeric substrate comprising at least one volume excluding polymer. In one embodiment, the present invention provides polymeric articles that are capable of acting as osmotic drivers. The articles are capable of maintaining a desired water balance by moving water in or out of a substrate to maintain cation concentration equilibrium between the substrate and its environment.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2007Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.Inventors: Brian J. Tighe, Muriel Nasso, Beverley Benning, Frank F. Molock, Jr.
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Publication number: 20110130534Abstract: The invention relates to a polyHIPE material provided with high mechanical strength, which material comprises at least one N-alkenyltriazole monomer and a cross-linking monomer in a weight ratio of cross-linking monomer/N-alkenyltriazole monomer of 1/100 to 60/100. It also relates to a process and an emulsion allowing this emulsion to be prepared, and to an article formed in whole or in part of this material, and notably a catalyst support for heterogeneous catalysis, a particle filter, metal ion adsorbent, or gas sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2009Publication date: June 2, 2011Applicant: Commissariat A L'Energie AtomiqueInventors: Oliver Besnard, Eric Pasquinet, Herve Deleuze, Marc Birot, Fabrice Audouin
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Patent number: 7935771Abstract: There is provided a polymer including a unit represented by Chemical Formula (1): wherein R represents -A1-SO2R1; R1w and R1x are each independently a halogen atom or a hydrogen atom; R1y is a CH3 group, a halogen atom or a hydrogen atom; A01 is a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic ring structure or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic structure; A1 is a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic hydrocarbon structure, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic ring structure or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic structure; R1 is OH, a halogen atom, ONa, OK or OR1a; R1a is a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic hydrocarbon structure, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic ring structure or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic structure.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2006Date of Patent: May 3, 2011Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tatsuki Fukui, Akiko Tominaga, Takashi Kenmoku, Masato Minami, Tetsuya Yano, Takeshi Ikeda, Atsushi Tani, Norikazu Fujimoto
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Publication number: 20110097419Abstract: A process of the present invention is directed toward conducting highly selective, high yield post-polymerization reactions on polypeptides to prepare functionalized polypeptides. In certain embodiments, the polypeptides can be prepared by ring opening polymerization of N-carboxyanhydrides. In certain embodiments, the post-polymerization reaction is a “click chemistry” reaction. In certain embodiment, the “click chemistry” reaction is a triazole-forming reaction involving an alkyne on the polypeptide and an azide.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2009Publication date: April 28, 2011Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Paula T. Hammond, Amanda C. Engler, Hyung-il Lee
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Publication number: 20100327738Abstract: The present invention provides a polymer material capable of preparing organic EL elements having low driving voltage and high durability. The polymer compound of the present invention includes a constituting unit derived from a monomer represented by the formula (1); (in the formula (1), each of A1's is independently a condensed polycyclic aromatic group optionally having a heteroatom as a ring-constituting atom; the condensed polycyclic aromatic group links to A2 at the meta position to the bonding position of the ring represented by the following formula; each of A2's is independently a six-membered ring aromatic group optionally having a heteroatom as a ring-constituting atom; at least one of A1 and A2 has a substituent having a polymerizable functional group; at least one of X's is a nitrogen atom, and n's are independently 1 or 2).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Masahiko Toba, Tsuyoshi Kato
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Publication number: 20100201257Abstract: The polymer compound of the present invention is characterized by comprising a constitutional unit derived from a compound represented by the formula (1): wherein A1, A3 and A5 are each independently a monovalent aromatic group which may have a hetero atom as a ring-constituting atom, A2, A4 and A6 are each independently a divalent aromatic group which may have a hetero atom as a ring-constituting atom, at least one of A1 to A6 has a substituent having a polymerizable functional group, A1 to A6 may have a substituent other than a substituent having a polymerizable functional group, m is an integer of 1 to 2, n is an integer of 0 to 2, and p is an integer of 0 to 2.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2008Publication date: August 12, 2010Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventor: Masahiko Toba
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Publication number: 20100137539Abstract: A visible light-absorbing complex includes an electron acceptor and an electron donor, the electron donor having a triazine-based dendritic polymer formed of a core group (C) and branch groups, each of the branch groups being composed of terminal groups (P) and a triazine-based moiety group. The triazine-based dendritic polymer is represented by the following formula (I): wherein G indicates the generation number, “G-1” indicating the layer number of the branch groups, n being the number of the terminal groups, m being the number of the branch groups, wherein Z1 is a divalent group containing O or N, and an atom of Z1 bonding to the triazine group should be O or N; and wherein, when G is 1, the core group should be a triazine-based core group having a triazine ring, and an atom of each of the terminal groups bonding to the triazine ring should be O or N.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2009Publication date: June 3, 2010Inventors: Long-Li Lai, Shun-Ju Hsu, Hui-Chu Hsu
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Publication number: 20100087611Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a urethane compound capable of providing a cured product which is excellent in surface hardness, scratch resistance, flexibility and bending property, has reduced curling property and also has good transparency, a curable composition containing the same and a cured product thereof. The curable composition of the present invention is characterized by containing a specific urethane compound having an isocyanurate ring skeleton and a polymerization initiator.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2008Publication date: April 8, 2010Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Yoshifumi Urakawa, Nobuaki Ishii, Nobuyuki Mitarai, Yotaro Hattori, Hiroko Oi, Katsumi Murofushi
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Publication number: 20100076147Abstract: PCT The present invention relates to a supramolecular polymer comprising 1-50 4H-units, said supramolecular polymer being obtainable by reacting at least one monomeric building block with a prepolymer. The present invention further relates to articles or compositions comprising the supramolecular polymer, in particular articles or compositions selected from the group consisting of decorative, thermo-reversible, or self-healing coatings, adhesive compositions, sealing compositions, thickeners, gelators and binders.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2007Publication date: March 25, 2010Applicant: SUPRAPOLIX B.V.Inventors: Gaby Maria Leonarda Hoorne-Van Gemert, Henricus Marie Janssen, Egbert Willem Meijer, Anton Willem Bosman
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Publication number: 20100056710Abstract: A conjugated diene polymer is provided that comprises a conjugated diene-based constituent unit and a constituent unit of formula (I) below, at least one terminus of the polymer being modified by a silicon compound having a linkage of formula (II) below and/or a linkage of formula (III) below, wherein X1, X2, and X3 independently denote a group as defined in the specification.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2009Publication date: March 4, 2010Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventor: Mayumi OSHIMA
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Publication number: 20100035053Abstract: A hard coat layer on which adhered fingerprints are inconspicuous is provided. The hard coat layer 1 consists of a cured product. The cured product is formed by curing a curable composition by irradiating it with an ultraviolet ray. The curable composition contains a curable resin. The curable resin contains reactive monomers. The reactive monomers contain an isocyanuric acid derivative. The isocyanuric acid derivative is preferably tri(meth)acrylate of an ethylene oxide and ?-caprolactone adduct of isocyanuric acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2008Publication date: February 11, 2010Inventors: Yukio Kishi, Masuo Koyama, Masato Saito
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Patent number: 7608658Abstract: This invention discloses a process for manufacturing an elastomeric article by liquid injection molding, said process comprising the steps of: (I) heating a curable composition comprised of (1) a liquid polymer comprised of repeat units that are derived from a conjugated diolefin monomer, wherein said liquid polymer has a weight average molecular weight which is within the range of 5,000 to 100,000, and wherein the liquid polymer is functionalized with an amine moiety, (2) a carbonyl inhibited platinum catalyst, and (3) a tetrakis(dialkyl siloxy) silane crosslinking agent, to a temperature which is within the range of 30° C. to 100° C.; (II) injecting the heated curable composition into a mold at a temperature which is within the range of 100° C. to 210° C. to produce the elastomeric article; and (III) removing the elastomeric article from the mold.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2008Date of Patent: October 27, 2009Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Michael Joseph Rachita, Vanessa Marika Guscoff, Lawson Gibson Wideman
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Publication number: 20090191634Abstract: A synthetic cell culture surface, prepared from a polymerized blend of at least two (meth)acrylate monomers is provided, which supports the growth of undifferentiated human embryonic stem cells in defined media augmented with fetal bovine serum. The cell culture surface forms a uniform layer over the growth area of a typical cell culture vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2009Publication date: July 30, 2009Inventors: Arthur W Martin, Zara Melkoumian, Christopher B. Shogbon, Yue Zhou
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Publication number: 20090171008Abstract: The invention is directed to novel 1,2,3-triazoles containing (meth)acrylate monomers of formulae (I) and (II) Wherein R, R1, R2, X and p defined herein and the process of making said monomers and (co)polymers formed from.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2008Publication date: July 2, 2009Inventor: Liliana Craciun
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Publication number: 20090167166Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds according to formula (1) and/or according to formulae (4) to (10) and their use in organic electroluminescent devices, in particular as a matrix material in phosphorescent devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2007Publication date: July 2, 2009Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Ingrid Bach, Arne Buesing, Susanne Heun, Philipp Stoessel, Michael Holbach, Jonas Kroeber, Amir Hossain Parham
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Publication number: 20090163683Abstract: Provided are a novel photopolymerizable monomer having at least one unsaturated double bond and epoxide, and a photocurable composition comprising the photopolymerizable monomer and an initiator, which is polymerizable with good efficiency using light and/or heat, provides reduced shrinkage, and has superior mechanical strength including adhesion and transparency.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2008Publication date: June 25, 2009Inventors: EunKyoung KIM, Jeonghun Kim, Hyunjin Oh
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Publication number: 20090068380Abstract: The present invention provides uniaxially stretched polymer films that have a refractive index profile suitable for use as negative A-plates or biaxial birefringent plates in a liquid crystal display (LCD) device. These wave plates can be used to compensate for the phase retardations existing in various modes of LCDs including TN (twisted nematic), VA (vertically aligned), IPS (in-plane switching), and OCB (optically compensated bend), and therefore improving the viewing quality of the displays.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2008Publication date: March 12, 2009Inventors: Xiaoliang Joe Zheng, Frank W. Harris, Ted Calvin Germroth, Jiaokai Alexander Jing, Dong Zhang, Thauming Kuo, Brian Michael King
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Publication number: 20090039018Abstract: Compositions comprising a cross-linked isocyanurate homopolymer or other cross-linked triazine homopolymers in the form of a microbead that is porous or non-porous; methods of making; and methods of using the compositions are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2008Publication date: February 12, 2009Inventors: Howard C. Jordi, Mark A. Jordi
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Publication number: 20090009061Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a composition for conductive materials from which a conductive layer having a high carrier transport ability can be made, a conductive material formed of the composition and having a high carrier transport ability, a conductive layer formed using the conductive material as a main material, an electronic device provided with the conductive layer and having high reliability, and electronic equipment provided with the electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2005Publication date: January 8, 2009Inventors: Yuji Shinohara, Koichi Terao, Takashi Shinohara
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Publication number: 20080311072Abstract: The present invention describes a method for synthesis of relatively low molecular weight imprinted polymers using living polymerization, and their application in analytical chemistry, pharmacology, medicine and the food industry. Specifically the low-molecular weight polymers are synthesized by the polymerization of functional monomers in the presence of a template, such as a biological receptor, enzyme, nucleic acid, cell, virus, microorganism, tissue sample or drug using living initiator. The conditions of living polymerization ensure a relatively small size of synthesized molecules. Synthesized in this way molecules (dimers, oligomers, polymers, or their mixture) have a higher affinity to the template than the original monomers and can rebind it in vitro and/or in vivo.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2006Publication date: December 18, 2008Inventors: Khalku Karim, Sergey Anatoliyovich Piletsky, Olena Volodimirivna Piletska, Anthony Peter Francis Turner, Iva Chianella, Antonio Ricardo Leonardo Guerriero
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Patent number: 7323532Abstract: The present invention concerns a process for producing low-viscosity polyisocyanates or secondary products thereof, which carry activated, radiation-curable double bonds and can optionally also cure thermally, and low-viscosity polyisocyanate mixtures or secondary products thereof and their use in coating compounds.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2003Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience AGInventors: Thomas Fäcke, Jan Weikard, Wolfgang Fischer
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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: 7214752Abstract: Homopolymers suitable for storage of information provided optically are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2004Date of Patent: May 8, 2007Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience AGInventors: Horst Berneth, Uwe Claussen, Serguei Kostromine, Ralf Neigl, Hans-Joachim Vedder
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Patent number: 7211368Abstract: Photocurable resin compositions are provided that are most useful in stereolithography. A photocurable resin includes a urethane acrylate oligomer, an acrylate monomer, and a polymerization modifier. The resin after curing provides a solid product that has characteristics that can depend on the resin composition.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2003Date of Patent: May 1, 2007Assignee: 3 Birds, Inc.Inventors: Alma L. Coats, James P. Harrison, James Scott Hay, Manuel Jacinto Ramos
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Patent number: 7157146Abstract: A primer composition comprises (A) a vinyl copolymer obtained through copolymerization of (a-1) a UV-absorbing vinyl monomer, (a-2) an alkoxysilyl group-containing vinyl monomer, and (a-3) another copolymerizable monomer, (B) a curing agent, and (C) a thermoplastic vinyl resin having a Tg of at least 80° C. Polycarbonate resin articles, when covered with an undercoat of the primer composition and an overcoat of an organopolysiloxane composition, exhibit improved transparency, mar resistance, weather resistance, and chemical resistance and find outdoor use as vehicle and building windows and windshields.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2003Date of Patent: January 2, 2007Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koichi Higuchi, Masahiro Furuya, Masaaki Yamaya
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Patent number: 7071240Abstract: A method for preparing synthetic polymerized resins for ion exchange, namely, carboxylic cationites, which are suitable as sorbents for preparative separation and purification of biologically active compounds by low pressure liquid chromatography (LPLC). The directional polymerization conditions enable such cationites to be prepared with polymeric structures which can be used for the separation of macromolecules, such as proteins, with high molecular mass from various microbiological raw materials and physiological liquids. Depending upon the embodiment of the method of manufacture according to the present invention, the resultant carboxylic cationites are obtained in one of three forms: a swollen block, if no pre-polymerization or dispersion stages are performed; and, if such stages are performed, depending upon the dispersion conditions, the resultant structures can be either irregular particles or spherical granules.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 1999Date of Patent: July 4, 2006Assignee: Polygran Ltd.Inventor: Karina Rozhetsky
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Patent number: 6995224Abstract: This invention discloses a process for synthesizing an amine functionalized monomer that comprises (1) reacting a secondary amine with a 2,3-dihalopropene to produce a vinyl halide containing secondary amine having a structural formula selected from the group consisting of wherein R and R? can be the same or different and represent allyl, alkoxyl or alkyl groups containing from 1 to about 10 carbon atoms, and wherein X represents a halogen atom, and wherein m represents an integer from 4 to about 10, and wherein X represents a halogen atom; and (2) reacting the vinyl halide containing secondary amine with a vinyl magnesium halide to produce the monomer having a structural formula wherein R and R? can be the same or different and represent alkyl, allyl or alkoxyl groups containing from 1 to about 10 carbon atoms, and wherein m represents an integer from about 4 to about 10.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2005Date of Patent: February 7, 2006Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Adel Farhan Halasa, Wen-Liang Hsu, Jin-Ping Zhou, Chad Aaron Jasiunas
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Patent number: 6903175Abstract: Disclosed are methods of preparing solution polymers and compositions derived therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2001Date of Patent: June 7, 2005Assignee: Shipley Company, L.L.C.Inventors: Robert H. Gore, Michael K. Gallagher, Yujian You
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Patent number: 6875833Abstract: Disclosed are monomers which contain groups that are at least trinuclear, which are capable of absorbing the electromagnetic radiation of visible light, and which are structured such that in their thermodynamically stable state they are distended and strongly anisometric. Homopolymers prepared from such monomers, a process of preparing such homopolymers, and articles comprising such homopolymers are also disclosed. The trinuclear groups of the monomers include at least one electron-attracting substituent which gives rise to a dipole moment which forms an angle of at least 20° with the longitudinal axis of the trinuclear groups.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2002Date of Patent: April 5, 2005Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Horst Berneth, Uwe Claussen, Serguei Kostromine, Ralf Neigl, Hans-Joachim Vedder
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Patent number: 6858691Abstract: 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: July 1, 2003Date of Patent: February 22, 2005Assignees: Acep Inc., Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Universite de MontrealInventors: Michel Armand, Christophe Michot
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Patent number: 6824891Abstract: A light-emitting device comprising a pair of electrodes formed on a substrate, and organic compound layers comprising a light-emitting layer provided in between the electrodes, wherein at least one of the organic compound layers comprises a heterocyclic compound having at least two hetero atoms and a phosphorescent compound.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2001Date of Patent: November 30, 2004Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hisashi Okada, Toshihiro Ise, Masayuki Mishima, Toshiki Taguchi
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Patent number: 6812307Abstract: This invention is based upon the unexpected finding that random copolymers of 1,3-butadiene monomer and 3-(2-pyrrolidinoethyl) styrene and/or 4-(2-pyrrolidinoethyl) styrene having a low vinyl content can be synthesized by anionic polymerization at normal polymerization temperatures without the need for a conventional polar modifier. The subject invention more specifically discloses a process for synthesizing a rubbery polymer that comprises copolymerizing at least one conjugated diolefin monomer and at least one functionalized monomer in an organic solvent at a temperature which is within the range of 20° C. to about 100° C., wherein the polymerization is initiated with an anionic initiator, wherein the functionalized monomer is of the structural formula: wherein n represents an integer from 4 to about 10, and wherein the polymerization is conducted in the absence of conventional polar modifiers.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2003Date of Patent: November 2, 2004Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Adel Farhan Halasa, Wen-Liang Hsu
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Patent number: 6806321Abstract: There is provided a process for producing a modified polymer rubber, which comprises the steps of: (1) polymerizing a conjugated diene monomer, or the conjugated diene monomer and an aromatic vinyl monomer in the presence of an alkali metal catalyst in a hydrocarbon solvent to produce an active polymer having an alkali metal at its end(s), and (2) reacting the active polymer with a ketone compound represented by a specific formula to produce a modified polymer rubber.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2003Date of Patent: October 19, 2004Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Mayumi Oshima, Seiichi Mabe, Katsunari Inagaki
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Patent number: 6803438Abstract: A polymer comprising the unit (I) wherein R is selected form the group consisting of hydrogen, C1-C18 alkyl, C1-C18 aralkyl, C1-C18 alkaryl, carboxylic acid, carboxy-C1-6alkyl, or any one of the C1-C18 alkyl, C1-C18 alkenyl, C1-C18 aralkyl, C1-C18 alkaryl substituted with a heteroatom within, or attached to, the carbon backbone; R1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C1-C6 alkyl groups; X is an acylating agent and wherein the polymer has a polydispersity of less than 1.4, preferably less than 1.2 and a molecular weight (Mw) of less than 100,000, the polymer is preferably made by controlled radical polymerization and is useful in the production of polymer drug conjugates with desirable biological profiles.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2002Date of Patent: October 12, 2004Assignee: Polytherics LimitedInventors: Stephen James Brocchini, Antony Godwin
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Patent number: 6794474Abstract: The invention is a composition comprising: 40 to 95 parts by weight of one or several monomers (I) of formula (a) wherein: R1 and R2 represent H or CH; A represents a divalent radical of formula (b) or (c) wherein m1 and m2 represent each an integer ranging between 2 and 6; and 5 to 50 parts by weight of a monomer (II) comprising at least a urethane unit and at least two (meth)acrylate functions. The invention is useful for making optical and ophthalmic articles.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2003Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Essilor International Compagnie Generale d'OptiqueInventors: Gilles Richard, Odile Primel, Leanirith Yean
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Patent number: 6784266Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing copolymer hydrogels with controlled molecular weights and having both thermo- and pH-responsive properties, wherein the process comprises the steps of (a) providing sulfonamide type styrenic or (meth)acrylamide-based monomers exhibiting different pKa values; (b) providing poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) or crosslinked poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-methylene bisacrylamide) hydrogels having thermo-responsive properties; and (c) providing several hydrogels exhibiting pH-sensitive properties and random or block copolymerizations of the sulfonamide type styrenic or (meth)acrylamide-based monomers prepared in step (a) with N-isopropylacrylamide and/or methylene bisacrylamide monomers used in step (b) in a polar or non-polar solvent; wherein said steps (b) and (c) are carried out by controlled/living radical polymerization using alkyl halides as the initiators and the transition metals with phosphine or amine ligands as the catalysts.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2002Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignees: Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Youl Chon Chemical Co., Inc.Inventors: Jungahn Kim, Kwang Ung Kim, Sang Seob Kim, Keon Hyeong Kim, Dong-Youn Shin, Soon-Geun Hwang, Jang Seop Kim