Derived From An Ethylenically Unsaturated Alcohol Patents (Class 526/322)
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Patent number: 12077649Abstract: The present teachings contemplate a method comprising coating an polymeric material with a composition including a dicarbonyl compound and having a viscosity of from about 50 cps to about 500 cps, wherein the coating initiates either: (i) spontaneous polymerization (e.g., in less than about one minute) at room temperature of the composition without the addition of an initiator; or (ii) polymerization at room temperature at a selected later time with or without the addition of an initiator; and wherein the composition adheres or facilitates adhesion of the polymeric material to a substrate.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2021Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: Zephyros, Inc.Inventors: Yuan Lu, Kenneth Mazich, Kevin Hicks, Austin O'connor, Michael Czaplicki
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Patent number: 11015034Abstract: The present teachings contemplate a method comprising coating an polymeric material with a composition including a dicarbonyl compound and having a viscosity of from about 50 cps to about 500 cps, wherein the coating initiates either: (i) spontaneous polymerization (e.g., in less than about one minute) at room temperature of the composition without the addition of an initiator; or (ii) polymerization at room temperature at a selected later time with or without the addition of an initiator; and wherein the composition adheres or facilitates adhesion of the polymeric material to a substrate.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2017Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: Zephyros, Inc.Inventors: Yuan Lu, Kenneth Mazich, Kevin Hicks, Austin O'Connor, Michael Czaplicki
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Patent number: 9914851Abstract: A composition for a window film includes a siloxane resin represented by Formula 1, and an initiator. A flexible window film is manufactured using the same, and has a pencil hardness of about 7H or higher, a radius of curvature of about 5.0 mm or lower, and a difference in yellow index before and after irradiation (?Y.I.) of about 5.0 or less. A flexible display includes the flexible window film.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2015Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.Inventors: Chang Soo Woo, Kyoung Ku Kang, Min Hye Kim, Ji Sun Im, Seung Woo Jang, Dong Il Han
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Patent number: 8961823Abstract: The compound represented by formula (1). For example, the rings A1, A2, A3 and A4 are 1,4-phenylene, Z1 and Z2 are alkylene having 1 to 10 carbons in which at least one —CH2— may be replaced by —O— or —CH?CH—; L1, L2 and L3 are a single bond, —COO— or —CH?CH—; G1 and G2 are —O—; s, t and u are 0 or 1; and P1 and P2 is the group (P-1), the group (P-2) or the group (P-3). M1 and M2 are hydrogen or methyl.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2012Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignees: JNC Corporation, JNC Petrochemical CorporationInventors: Yasuyuki Gotoh, Mayumi Goto
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Patent number: 8921447Abstract: The invention provides a process for manufacturing a polymeric material having a compositional gradient, comprising: forming a mixture comprising a first photopolymerizable polymer precursor and a second photopolymerizable precursor, and subjecting said mixture to an intensity gradient of electromagnetic radiation, wherein said first precursor has a greater reactivity ratio than said second precursor, and/or said first precursor is mono-functional and said second precursor is di-functional, and/or said first precursor is less inhibited by oxygen than said second precursor.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2011Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: The University of Iowa Research FoundationInventors: Clinton J. Cook, C. Allan Guymon
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Publication number: 20140346399Abstract: A liquid crystal composition and a liquid crystal display device which includes the composition are provided. The liquid crystal composition contains a specific compound having a polymerizable group as a first component, and may contain a specific compound having a large negative dielectric anisotropy and a low minimum temperature as a second component, or a specific compound having a small viscosity or a large maximum temperature as a third component. The liquid crystal composition satisfies at least one of the following characteristics: a high maximum temperature of a nematic phase, a low minimum temperature of the nematic phase, a small viscosity, a suitable optical anisotropy, a large negative dielectric anisotropy, a large specific resistance, a high stability to ultraviolet light and a high stability to heat. Alternatively, a liquid crystal composition having a suitable balance regarding at least two of the aforementioned characteristics is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2012Publication date: November 27, 2014Inventors: Yukihiro Fujita, Yoshimasa Furusato, Maiko Matsukuma
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Patent number: 8853312Abstract: A quick curing resin composition, which can be used in conventionally used ovens, and a semiconductor device, which is excellent in reliability such as solder crack resistance or the like when the resin composition, is used as a die attach material for semiconductor. The resin composition has a sufficient low stress property, good adhesion and excellent bleeding property. The resin composition includes a filler (A), compound (B) having the structure represented by the formula (1) and a functional group represented by the formula (2) and a thermal radical initiator (C), and substantially not containing a photo polymerization initiator.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2012Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Sumitomo Bakelite Co., LtdInventors: Hikaru Okubo, Nobuki Tanaka, Itaru Watanabe
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Patent number: 8809447Abstract: Acetoacetate-functional monomers are disclosed that correspond to the following formula 1: in which R is hydrogen, or a methylgroup; X is a branched alkyl or a branched cyclic alkyl having from 5 to 8 carbon atoms; and Y1 and Y2 are independently hydrogen or methyl. Also disclosed are emulsion, suspension, and solution polymers comprising residues from the acetoacetate-functional monomer of formula 1 and one or more additional ethylenically unsaturated monomers. Self-curing coating compositions are likewise disclosed that comprise the acetoacetate-functional monomer of formula 1, and optionally one or more additional ethylenically unsaturated monomers. Latex formulations are also disclosed that comprise a polymer having residues from the acetoacetate-functional monomer of formula 1 dispersed in an evaporable aqueous carrier.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2010Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: John Thorton Maddox, Stacey James Marsh
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Patent number: 8809446Abstract: Substituted 3-oxopentanoates are disclosed that correspond to the following formula 1: in which R is hydrogen, or a methyl group; X is a straight-chain, branched, or cyclic alkyl or alkyl ether group having from 1 to 15 carbon atoms or aromatic group having from 6 to 15 carbon atoms; and Y1 and Y2 are independently hydrogen or an alkyl having 1 to 2 carbon atoms. Also disclosed are emulsion polymers, suspension polymers, and solution polymers that comprise residues from the substituted 3-oxopentanoate monomers, and that may also include one or more additional ethylenically unsaturated monomers. Also disclosed are coating compositions that include a latex emulsion polymer and the substituted 3-oxopentanoate monomer of formula 1 provided as a coalescent.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2010Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: John Thorton Maddox, Robert Lee Eagan
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Patent number: 8703892Abstract: A curable composition for imprints, comprising a polymerizable monomer (Ax) represented by the following formula: wherein Ar represents a divalent or trivalent aromatic group, X represents a single bond or an organic linking group, R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, and n represents 2 or 3. The content of the polymerizable monomer (Ax) is 45% by mass or more, or the total content of solid polymerizable monomers and liquid polymerizable monomers with high viscosity is less than 50% by mass.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2009Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Kunihiko Kodama, Akinori Fujita
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Patent number: 8628855Abstract: Presently described are articles, such as optical displays and protective films, comprising a (e.g. light transmissive) substrate having a surface layer comprising the reaction product of a mixture comprising a non-fluorinated binder precursor (e.g. of a hardcoat composition) and at least one polymerizable perfluoropolyether polymer. The resulting cured surface layer can advantageously exhibit low lint attraction in combination with low surface energy. Also described are one-step and two-step methods of synthesizing perfluoropolyether polymers having polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated groups.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2008Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Encai Hao, Zai-Ming Qiu, Yu Yang, Thomas P. Klun
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Publication number: 20140008572Abstract: The compound represented by formula (1). For example, the rings A1, A2, A3 and A4 are 1,4-phenylene, Z1 and Z2 are alkylene having 1 to 10 carbons in which at least one —CH2— may be replaced by —O— or —CH?CH—; L1, L2 and L3 are a single bond, —COO— or —CH?CH—; G1 and G2 area single bond or —O—; s, t and u are 0 or 1; and P1 and P2 is the group (P-1), the group (P-2) or the group (P-3). M1 and M2 are hydrogen or methyl.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2012Publication date: January 9, 2014Applicants: JNC PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION, JNC CORPORATIONInventors: YASUYUKI GOTOH, MAYUMI GOTO
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Patent number: 8609745Abstract: The invention provide a new lens curing method for making hydrogel contact lenses. The new lens curing method is based on actinically-induced step-growth polymerization. The invention also provides hydrogel contact lenses prepared from the method of the invention and fluid compositions for making hydrogel contact lenses based on the new lens curing method. In addition, the invention provide prepolymers capable of undergoing actinically-induced step-growth polymerization to form hydrogel contact lenses.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2012Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Arturo Norberto Medina, Dawn Alison Smith, Robert Scott
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Patent number: 8513364Abstract: A production method of a water-absorbent resin includes the steps of: obtaining a hydrogel by supplying monomer liquid to a reaction device so that the monomer liquid is polymerized; and detaching the hydrogel from the reaction device, wherein the reaction device's surface in contact with the monomer liquid at a position where polymerization occurs is made of a fluororesin having a melt viscosity of less than 1×108 poise at 380° C. On this account, it is possible to obtain a water-absorbent resin having less amounts of an extractable content with high productivity and it is possible to carry out continuous production for an extended period of time.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2006Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masazumi Sasabe, Sumio Okuda, Yorimichi Dairoku, Shuji Kanzaki, Yoshihiro Kita, Motohiro Imura
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Patent number: 8309649Abstract: The present invention relates to silylated amino resins, to processes for preparing them, to their use, and to coating compositions comprising them.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2011Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Bastian Martin Noller, Reinhold Schwalm, Christine Roesch, Thomas Breiner, Jean-Francois Stumbe, Christina Haaf
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Patent number: 8163869Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a purification method of separating impurities from a carboxyl group-containing polyoxyethylene derivative having a molecular weight of 2,000 to 100,000. The purification method according to the invention includes the following steps. The polyoxyethylene derivative is dissolved to form a solution using toluene, xylene, benzene, ethyl acetate, or butyl acetate in an amount 5 times by mass or more the amount of the polyoxyethylene derivative. A slurry is formed by adding to the solution an inorganic adsorbent containing at least one of an oxide and a hydroxide of one or more elements selected from the group consisting of magnesium, silicon, and aluminum in an amount 0.5 to 10 times by mass the amount of the polyoxyethylene derivative. The slurry is stirred at a temperature of 25° C. or higher. Toluene, xylene, benzene, ethyl acetate, or butyl acetate is added to a filtration cake obtained by filtration of the slurry, and further filtration is performed.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2010Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: NOF CorporationInventors: Shuichi Yoshimura, Ken-ichiro Nakamoto, Satoshi Matsuo, Takashi Ichikawa
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Patent number: 8124229Abstract: A process for preparing water-absorbing polymer beads with high permeability by polymerizing droplets of a monomer solution in a gas phase surrounding the droplets, wherein the monomer solution comprises at least 0.5% by weight of a crosslinker, based on the monomer, the polymerization in the droplet takes place in homogeneous phase, and the polymer beads have a mean diameter of at least 150 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2007Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Uwe Stueven, Matthias Weismantel, Wilfried Heide, Marco Krüger, Volker Seidl, Stefan Blei, Dennis Loesch, Rüdiger Funk, Annemarie Hillebrecht
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Patent number: 8097692Abstract: A purification method in which, from a specific polyoxyalkylene derivative having a molecular weight of 8,800 to 100,000, an impurity differing in the number of hydroxyl groups is separated, the method including steps (A), (B), (C), and (D). Step (A): a step in which an aprotic organic solvent is used in an amount at least 5 times by weight the amount of the polyoxyalkylene derivative to dissolve the polyoxyalkylene derivative therein and give a solution; step (B): a step in which an adsorbent comprising an oxide containing at least one of aluminum and silicon is added to the solution in an amount 0.5 to 5 times by weight the amount of the polyoxyalkylene derivative to thereby yield a slurry; step (C): a step in which the slurry is stirred at 25° C. or higher; step (D): a step in which the polyoxyalkylene derivative is recovered from the slurry.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2010Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignee: NOF CorporationInventors: Shuichi Yoshimura, Ken-ichiro Nakamoto, Chika Itoh
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Patent number: 8088308Abstract: A resin composition which is excellent in quick curing and can be used for curing in conventionally used ovens, and a semiconductor device which is excellent in reliability such as solder crack resistance or the like when the resin composition is used as a die attach material for semiconductor. Further preferably, a resin composition which has a sufficient low stress property, good adhesion and excellent bleeding property. A resin composition comprising a filler (A), the compound (B) comprising a structure represented by the formula (I) and a functional group represented by the formula (2) and a thermal radical initiator (C), and substantially not containing a photo polymerization initiator.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2005Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: Sumitomo Bakelite Company, Ltd.Inventors: Hikaru Okubo, Nobuki Tanaka, Itaru Watanabe
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Patent number: 8067526Abstract: A method for producing a polyoxyalkylene derivative including: step (A) in which a polyoxyalkylene derivative having hydroxyl group(s) is reacted with a phthalimide derivative in the presence of an azo reagent and a phosphine reagent; step (B) in which the phthalimide groups of the compound obtained in step (A) are deprotected using a compound having a primary amino group; and step (C) in which impurities derived from the phthalimide derivative and the deprotection reagent are removed by adsorption or extraction.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2010Date of Patent: November 29, 2011Assignee: NOF CorporationInventors: Hiroki Yoshioka, Takashi Matani, Shuichi Yoshimura, Kazuhiro Hashimoto
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Patent number: 7928166Abstract: There is disclosed a polyvinyl alcohol having a 1,2-glycol bond in a side chain, and a process for preparing the polyvinyl alcolnol wherein there is no generation of dimethyl carbonate hence no need of a process of eliminating dimethyl carbonate in the recovering process of waste liquid after hydrolysis. Also, even when an introduction amount of 1,2-glycol bonds is increased, there is no deterioration of solubility in a hydrolyzing solution (methanol) of a copolymer (paste) before hydrolysis. Further, water-insolubility is not lowered even in experiencing thermal history. Specifically, there is provided a polyvinyl alcohol having a 1,2-glycol bond in a side chain obtained by hydrolyzing a copolymer of a vinyl ester monomer and a compound shown in the formula (1) wherein the hydrolysis degree of the polyvinyl alcohol is at least 60% by mol.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2004Date of Patent: April 19, 2011Assignee: The Nippon Synthetic Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Mitsuo Shibutani
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Patent number: 7789959Abstract: A description is given of coating compositions comprising at least one strongly basic agent to set a pH of at least 10, at least one selected vinyl ester copolymer, if desired, pigment and/or filler, and, if desired, further additives customary per se. The coating compositions can be stored without use of additional preservatives and can be used to coat substrates of all kinds.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2005Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignee: Celanese Emulsions GmbHInventors: Thomas Fichtner, Ivan Cabrera, Bernhard Momper
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Patent number: 7759408Abstract: The present invention relates to polymeric compositions useful in the manufacture of biocompatible medical devices. More particularly, the present invention relates to certain cationic monomers capable of polymerization to form polymeric compositions having desirable physical characteristics useful in the manufacture of ophthalmic devices. Such properties include the ability to extract the polymerized medical devices with water. This avoids the use of organic solvents as is typical in the art. The polymer compositions comprise polymerized silicon-containing monomers end-capped with polymerizable cationic hydrophilic groups.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2006Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignee: Bausch & Lomb IncorporatedInventors: Derek Schorzman, Joseph C. Salamone, Jay Kunzler, Jeffrey G. Linhardt
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Patent number: 7741242Abstract: The present invention discloses 1) a catalyst composition consisting of a crosslinked organic polymer compound and a palladium catalyst, wherein said catalyst is physically carried on said crosslinked organic polymer compound, 2) a manufacturing method of the above catalyst composition 1), characterized by homogenizing a straight chain organic polymer compound, having a crosslinkable functional group, and a palladium catalyst in a solvent dissolving said straight chain organic polymer compound, then depositing a composition thus formed and subjecting the crosslinkable functional group in said deposit to a crosslinking reaction, 3) a method for substitution reaction at an allyl position, characterized by reacting an allyl carbonate and a neucleophilic agent in the presence of the above catalyst composition 1), and 4) a method for oxidizing an alcohol, characterized by subjecting the above catalyst composition 1) to reaction with an alcohol.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2003Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignees: Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd., Japan Science and Technology CorporationInventors: Shu Kobayashi, Atsunori Sano, Keiji Oono
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Patent number: 7498391Abstract: Cationic polyvinyl acetals are prepared by copolymerizing one or more cationic N-alkyldiallylammonium salt monomers with one or more vinyl esters of branched or unbranched carboxylic acids having 1 to 15 carbon atoms, hydrolyzing the resulting copolymers to copolymers containing ?50 mol % vinyl alcohol units, and acetalizating the vinyl alcohol units with one or more aliphatic aldehydes having 1 to 15 carbon atoms, their acetals, and/or hemiacetals, wherein the copolymerization takes place in a mixture of water and monovalent aliphatic alcohol having a water content of 2% to 35% by weight.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2006Date of Patent: March 3, 2009Assignee: Kuraray Europe GmbHInventors: Abdulmajid Hashemzadeh, Bernhard Glaser
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Patent number: 7429423Abstract: Silicone-modified polyvinyl acetal copolymers are prepared by copolymerization of at least one vinyl ester monomer and a copolymerizable silicone macromer followed by hydrolysis to a partly or fully hydrolyzed polyvinyl alcohol copolymer and subsequent acetalation with at least one aldehyde. The copolymers have numerous uses in sectors where polyvinyl acetals are useful.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2004Date of Patent: September 30, 2008Assignee: Wacker Chemie AGInventor: Kurt Stark
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Patent number: 7262230Abstract: A process that includes (a) providing a mixture including i) a halocatechol diacrylate, a haloresorcinol diacrylate, or a halohydroquinone diacrylate component, ii) a charge transporting component having a radical polymerizable group, and iii) a radical initiator and b) initiating a radical polymerization.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2005Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: Lumera CorporationInventor: Dan L. Jin
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Patent number: 7230062Abstract: An acrylic copolymer consisting of a first acrylic monomer represented by the following general formula (1): [where each of R1 and R2 represents an aliphatic hydrocarbon group whose main chain is composed of 3 or less carbon atoms, and each of R3 and R4 represents a hydrocarbon atom], and a second acrylic monomer represented by the following general formula (2): [where at least one of R5 and R6 represents an aliphatic hydrocarbon group whose main chain is composed of 4 to 60 carbon atoms, in the case where one of the R5 and R6 does not represent the aliphatic hydrocarbon group, it represents an aliphatic hydrocarbon group whose main chain is composed of 3 or less carbon atoms, and each of R7 and R8 represents a hydrogen atom], wherein the first acrylic monomer makes up 50 to 99 % of total monomer units in the copolymer.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2005Date of Patent: June 12, 2007Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo KenkyushoInventors: Makoto Mouri, Hisato Takeuchi
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Patent number: 7220528Abstract: The invention is directed to amphipathic polymeric particles that serve as both the dispersant and the binder in water based inks, ink compositions containing these particles, and methods for making the particles. The polymeric particles contain both hydrophilic and hydrophobic moieties with a pre-determined structure, and have an average diameter of 50 to 500 nm. The amphipathic polymeric particles may be prepared by a side-chain conversion method or a polymerization process involving an ATRP step, with or without a cross-linking agent. This invention improves the stability of polymer and inks by both ionic and steric stabilization of the suspended polymer particles.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2003Date of Patent: May 22, 2007Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventor: Sivapackia Ganapathiappan
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Patent number: 6982309Abstract: It has been discovered that improved polystyrene products may be obtained by polymerizing styrene in the presence of p-t-butyl styrene (TBS) and optionally at least one di-olefinic substituted aromatic compound, such as isopro-penyl styrene, sec-butenyl styrene, m-isobutenyl styrene, p-diisopropenyl benzene, diallyl benzene, and/or diallyl phthalate. The resulting copolymers have a higher glass transition temperature (Tg), a higher molecular weight distribution (MWD), a higher Mz, and a lower melt flow index (MFI) as compared with a polymerized product made by an otherwise identical method except that TBS and/or the di-olefinic substituted aromatic compound are not used. These copoly-mers are also more highly branched as compared with a polymerized product made by an otherwise identical method in the absence of TBS and/or a di-olefinic substituted aromatic compound.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2003Date of Patent: January 3, 2006Assignee: Fina Technology, Inc.Inventors: Jose M. Sosa, Kenneth P. Blackmon
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Patent number: 6962965Abstract: A functionalized poly(arylene ether) having a pendant carbon—carbon double bond is prepared by reacting the hydroxy end group of a poly(arylene ether) with a polyisocyanate compound to produce a urethane-capped poly(arylene ether) having pendant isocyanate functionality, which is then reacted with a polyfunctional compound having a carbon—carbon double bond and a hydroxy, thiol, or amino group. The functionalized poly(arylene ether) is useful as a component of a curable composition in which its carbon—carbon double bond copolymerizes with one or more olefinically unsaturated comonomers.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2004Date of Patent: November 8, 2005Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventor: Gary William Yeager
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Patent number: 6849703Abstract: Water-soluble polymers of esters made from acrylic acid and alkylpolyalkylene glycols, obtainable by azeotropic esterification of a mixture of acrylic acid and alkylpolyalkylene glycol in a molar ratio of from 2 to 3:1 in the presence of at least 85% by weight, based on the alkylpolyalkylene glycol, of an organic solvent which forms an azeotrope with water, followed by free-radical polymerization, in an aqueous medium, of the mixture obtained during the esterification, where the organic solvent is distilled off azeotropically from the reaction mixture during the polymerization, and the water removed by distillation is returned to the mixture or replaced by a feed of fresh water, and preparation and use of these polymers as an additive to cementitious systems.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2002Date of Patent: February 1, 2005Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Matthias Kroner, Karl-Heinz Büchner, Gregor Brodt
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Patent number: 6846564Abstract: The invention relates to cross-linked acrylic microparticles, a method for the production thereof by polymerization in a dispersion in a non aqueous medium and to the uses thereof in covering or moulding compositions involving a favourable compromise between hardness, flexibility and adhesion. The micropparticles are obtained from a composition comprising: 50-99% mols of a constitutent (A) consisting of Cardura E 10 (meth)acrylate and optionally alkyl (meth)acrylate in C2-C8; a compound (B) consisting of at least one monomer or oligomer having at least 2 ethylenic unsaturations; a compound (C) consisting of at least one monomer or oligomer having in addition to one ethylenic unsaturation at least one second function (F1) with the possibility of at least partial chemical modification of the initial functions f1 into final functions f2.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2000Date of Patent: January 25, 2005Assignee: Cray Valley, S.A.Inventors: Jean-Pierre Pascault, Ludovic Valette, Philippe Barbeau, Benoit Magny
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Patent number: 6765079Abstract: Novel cross linked polymer films prepared from poly4-[(4-cardanylazo]benzoic acid and poly4-[(4-acryloylcardanylazo]benzoic acid are disclosed. The invention also relates to novel monomers 4-[(4-cardanylazo] benzoic acid and 4-[(4-acryloylcardanylazo] benzoic acid and polymers thereof as well processes for the preparation thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2003Date of Patent: July 20, 2004Assignee: Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchInventors: Muthusamy Saminathan, Chennakkattu Krishna Sadasivan Pillai
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Patent number: 6759481Abstract: A shape memory polymer which is a reaction product of styrene, a vinyl compound, a multifunctional crosslinking agent and an initiator. The shape memory polymer has particular application as a contact lens mold.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2002Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Inventor: Tat Hung Tong
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Publication number: 20040097638Abstract: The invention relates to a polymer synthesizedType: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2003Publication date: May 20, 2004Applicant: BASF AkiengesellschaftInventors: Alexander Centner, Karl-Heinz Schumacher, Oliver Hartz, Martin Jung
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Patent number: 6727314Abstract: A composition comprising a polymer, wherein the polymer comprises at least one of: i) a blend of a first polymer comprising a reaction product of acetoacetoxyethyl (meth)acrylate monomer and a second polymer comprising a reaction product of castor oil (meth)acrylate monomer, and ii) a third polymer comprising a reaction product of acetoacetoxyethyl (meth)acrylate monomer and castor oil (meth)acrylate monomer. These polymer compositions can be cured by at least one of auto-oxidation and actinic radiation. Optionally, at least a portion of the acetoacetoxyethyl (meth)acrylate moieties in the polymer can be converted to a corresponding enamine by reaction with at least one of ammonia and an amine.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2001Date of Patent: April 27, 2004Assignee: BASF AGInventors: Armin Burghart, Robert Shane Porzio, Dieter Urban
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Patent number: 6716949Abstract: The invention is directed to amphipathic polymeric particles that serve as both the dispersant and the binder in water based inks, ink compositions containing these particles, and methods for making the particles. The polymeric particles contain both hydrophilic and hydrophobic moieties with a pre-determined structure, and have an average diameter of 50 to 500 nm. The amphipathic polymeric particles may be prepared by a side-chain conversion method or a polymerization process involving an ATRP step, with or without a cross-linking agent. This invention improves the stability of polymer and inks by both ionic and steric stabilization of the suspended polymer particles.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2001Date of Patent: April 6, 2004Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventor: Sivapackia Ganapathiappan
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Patent number: 6667378Abstract: A reshapable hair styling composition comprising heterogeneous (meth)acrylic copolymer particles, said particles being the same or different and comprising at least one (meth)acrylic copolymer comprising: (a) units derived from at least one monomer chosen from (meth)acrylate esters of branched and straight chain alkyl alcohols, (b) units derived from at least one monomer chosen from (meth)acrylate esters of saturated and unsaturated cyclic alcohols containing 6 to 20 carbon atoms, (c) optionally units derived from at least one monomer chosen from hydrophilic monomers, and (d) optionally units derived from at least one monomer other than (a), (b), and (c) monomers, wherein said composition provides a reshapable effect.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2001Date of Patent: December 23, 2003Assignee: L'Oreal, S.A.Inventors: Isabelle Rollat, Henri Samain, Olivier Morel
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Patent number: 6653428Abstract: The invention relates to a copolymer which can be obtained by radical copolymerisation of at least two components A and B. According to the invention, a) at least one ester of one at least difunctional carboxylic acid which has at least one olefinically unsaturated double bond is used with an alkyl oxide addition compound as component A and b) at least one additional monomer which can be subjected to radical polymerisation is used as component B. The invention also relates to a method for producing copolymers of this type and to the use thereof, in particular, to their use as a binding agent in adhesives.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2002Date of Patent: November 25, 2003Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien (Henkel KGaA)Inventors: Johann Klein, Kai Boege, Thomas Moeller, Klaus Friedrich
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Patent number: 6635732Abstract: A high refractive index, foldable polymer suitable for use in ophthalmic devices, such as intraocular lenses, is provided. The polymer may be produced from a polymerization reaction of first, second and third monomeric components and a crosslinking agent. The first monomeric component includes an aryl acrylate or an aryl methacrylate. The second monomeric component, which is not an acrylate, includes a monomer having an aromatic ring with a substituent having at least one site of ethylenic unsaturation. The third monomeric component includes a high water content hydrogel-forming monomer. The resulting high refractive index copolymer is durable enough to be cut and polished when dry, and becomes soft and foldable when hydrated.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2001Date of Patent: October 21, 2003Assignee: Surgidev CorporationInventor: Khalid Mentak
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Publication number: 20030195319Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing solid polyvinyl ester resins using a bulk or solution polymerization process in the presence of a chain transfer agent, wherein one or more vinyl esters of unbranched or branched alkyl carboxylic acids having 1 to 15 carbon atoms are polymerized in the presence of a compound selected from the group consisting of monovalent aliphatic alcohols having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, esters of aliphatic monocarboxylic acids and aliphatic alcohols each having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or aliphatic ketones having 3 to 6 carbon atoms.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2003Publication date: October 16, 2003Applicant: Wacker Polymer Systems GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Peter Tschirner, Andreas Lumpp, Robert Singer, Guenter Braunsperger
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Patent number: 6548601Abstract: An ambient oxidative cure composition based on an acrylate functionalized alkyd resin is described. A method of preparing an ambient oxidative cure composition based on an acrylate functionalized alkyd resin is also described. Such ambient oxidative cure compositions may be used in, for example, fast drying, high solid paint or enamel compositions or formulations.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2000Date of Patent: April 15, 2003Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: Thauming Kuo, Mark D. Clark
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Publication number: 20030023017Abstract: The invention relates to positional isomer diethyloctandioldicarbamates and diethyloctandioldiallophanates, to a method for the production thereof and to the use thereof as synthetic building blocks and constituents of adhesives, luting compounds and coating materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2002Publication date: January 30, 2003Inventors: Heinz-Peter Rink, Jochem Henkelmann, Werner-Alfons Jung, Paul J Harris, Swaminathan Ramesh
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Patent number: 6476136Abstract: The present invention relates generally to compositions prepared by polymerizing vinyl neo C9-C13 carboxylic acid esters. Such compositions include latex compositions that are formed by polymerizing vinyl neo C9-C13 carboxylic acid esters with ethylenically unsaturated comonomers such as acrylic acid esters and vinyl acetate. The polymer compositions of the present invention are particularly suitable for use in applications such as architectural (both interior and exterior), direct-to-metal and marine coatings and transportation maintenance applications.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2001Date of Patent: November 5, 2002Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Vijay Swarup, Peter S. Ellis, Henry W. Yang, Oliver W. Smith, Thomas H. Henry
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Patent number: 6458174Abstract: Copolymers containing A) from 45 to 54 mol % of divalent structural units of the formula 1 in which a and b=0 or 1 and a+b=1, B) from 35 to 53 mol % of divalent structural units of the formula 2 —H2C—CHR2— (2) and C) from 1 to 25 mol % of divalent structural units derived from polyolefins, where the polyolefins can be derived from monoolefins having 3 to 5 carbon atoms, wherein a) R1 is an alkyl or alkenyl radical having 10 to 40 carbon atoms or an alkoxyalkyl radical having 1 to 100 alkoxy units and 1 to 30 carbon atoms in the alkyl radical, and b) R2 is an alkyl radical having 10 to 50 carbon atoms, c) the alkylvinylidene content of the polyolefins on which the structural units C) are based is at least 50 mol %, and d) the number of carbon atoms in the polyolefin molecules on which the structural units C) are based is from 35 to 350.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2000Date of Patent: October 1, 2002Assignee: Clariant GmbHInventors: Matthias Krull, Waltraud Nagel
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Patent number: 6437069Abstract: A curable resin composition comprising (A) at least one aromatic diallyl compound, (B) at least one maleate diester and/or fumarate diester, (C) at least one (meth)allyl carbonate compound and (D) at least one radical chain transfer agent gives a cured material having excellent optical and mechanical properties.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2000Date of Patent: August 20, 2002Assignee: Daiso Co., Ltd.Inventor: Katsutoshi Yokoyama
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Patent number: 6429235Abstract: An energy-curable polymer-forming composition for making a pressure sensitive adhesive includes an unsaturated oligomer resin and an adhesive promoter which increases the peel strength of the adhesive without reducing its tack. The composition also includes a tackifier and various other optional components such as photoinitiator, chain extender, reactive diluent and the like.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 1999Date of Patent: August 6, 2002Assignee: Cognis CorporationInventors: Ulrike Varlemann, Ning Chen, Arifin Marzuki, Ramesh Narayan
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Publication number: 20020042486Abstract: Described are methacrylate or acrylate binders e.g. obtainable by the steps of (i) generating OH-precursors from at least one aromatic polyester, and (ii) reacting said OH-precursors of step (i) with methacrylic acid and/or acrylic acid to form a respective ester, whereby step (i) comprises reacting an aromatic polyester, or a mixture of aromatic polyesters with at least one polyol and/or at least one aminopolyol to generate hydroxy terminated oligomers.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2001Publication date: April 11, 2002Inventors: Dally Moya, Ria De Cooman, Werner Meyer
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Publication number: 20020007029Abstract: A polymerizable vinylester composition is described which comprises at least three monomers and oligomers, said composition comprising:Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2001Publication date: January 17, 2002Inventor: Boris A. Zaitsey