With Nonhydrocarbon Monomer Patents (Class 526/348.8)
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Patent number: 8927668Abstract: To provide a fluorinated elastic copolymer which is excellent in crosslinking reactivity and extrusion moldability and which is curable to obtain a rubber excellent in permanent compression set resistance, base resistance and oil resistance and particularly suitable as a covering material for electric wires. A fluorinated elastic copolymer obtained by copolymerizing tetrafluoroethylene, propylene and optionally another monomer, wherein the molar ratio (a)/(b) of repeating units (a) derived from tetrafluoroethylene to repeating units (b) derived from propylene in the fluorinated elastic copolymer is from 60/40 to 75/25, and repeating units (c) derived from said another monomer is from 0 to 10 mol % in the fluorinated elastic copolymer.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2012Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Takehiro Kose, Mitsuru Seki, Go Mizuno
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Patent number: 8835551Abstract: Iodine containing amorphous fluoropolymers having at least one fluoropolymer with a cure site, where the fluoropolymer has a Mooney viscosity of 2 or less (ML 1+10) at 100° C. according to ASTM D1646, and a peel strength to a roll mill of 10 dN/cm or less and methods for making such iodine containing amorphous fluoropolymers are described. Articles derived from the cured product of such iodine containing amorphous fluoropolymers are also described. Solutions, dispersions and coatings derived from such iodine containing amorphous fluoropolymers are also described.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2008Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Tatsuo Fukushi, Peter J. Scott, Cynthia N. Ferguson, Werner M. A. Grootaert, Denis Duchesne, Yeng Moua, Larry A. Last, Terri A. Shefelbine, Luke M. B. Rodgers
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Patent number: 8829132Abstract: To provide an ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer which is excellent in heat resistance and flexibility. An ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer comprising repeating units (A) based on tetrafluoroethylene and repeating units (B) based on ethylene in a ratio of repeating units (A)/repeating units (B)=66/34 to 75/25 (molar ratio) and as an optional component, repeating units (C) based on a monomer represented by CH2?CX(CF2)nY (wherein each of X and Y which are independent of each other is a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom, and n is from 2 to 8) in an amount of from 0 to 1 mol % based on the total number of moles of the repeating units (A) based on tetrafluoroethylene and the repeating units (B) based on ethylene, and having a volume flow rate measured at 297° C. of from 4 to 1,000 mm3/sec and an elastic modulus of at most 500 MPa.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2012Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Daisuke Taguchi, Shigeru Aida
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Patent number: 8629220Abstract: Thermoplastic molding compositions comprising A) from 10 to 99.9% by weight of a thermoplastic polyamide, B) from 0.1 to 20% by weight of a terpolymer obtainable via copolymerization of (B1) from 1 to 70% by weight of at least one electron-deficient olefin, (B2) from 0 to 85% by weight of at least one olefin which, at its olefinic double bond, bears only hydrogen atoms and/or carbon atoms without electron-withdrawing substituents, and (B3) from 1 to 99% by weight of at least one alkoxyvinylsilane, C) from 0 to 50% by weight of a fibrous or particulate filler or a mixture of these, D) from 0 to 50% by weight of other additives, where the total of the percentages by weight of components A) to D) is 100%.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2012Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Manoranjan Prusty, Arno Lange, Claus Gabriel, Matthias Scheibitz
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Patent number: 8623983Abstract: The application provides a terpolymer obtainable by copolymerizing (A) 1% to 70% by weight of at least one electron-deficient olefin, an example being an anhydride of a monoethylenically unsaturated C4 to C6 dicarboxylic acid, (B) 1% to 85% by weight of at least one olefin which on its olefinic double bond carries only hydrogen atoms and/or carbon atoms without electron-withdrawing substituents, an example being an isobutene homopolymer or copolymer having a number-average molecular weight of 100 to 500 000, and (C) 1% to 70% by weight of at least one alkoxyvinylsilane, and also derivatives of this terpolymer that are obtainable by modification or crosslinking.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2011Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Arno Lange, Matthias Scheibitz, Manoranjan Prusty
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Patent number: 8552128Abstract: A process for the preparation of a fluoroolefin polymer from an azeotropic mixture of monomers having a constant composition, the process including the step of: contacting in a reaction zone: (i) an initiator; and (ii) an azeotropic mixture of monomers including at least one fluoroolefin and, optionally, at least one ethylenically unsaturated comonomer capable of copolymerizing therewith; wherein the contacting is carried out at a temperature, pressure and length of time sufficient to produce the fluoroolefin polymer.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2007Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: George J Samuels, Gregory J Shafer, Hang T Pham
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Patent number: 8236910Abstract: Cycloolefin copolymers which are distinguished by the presence of racemic diads of repeating polycyclic units and additionally by racemic triads of repeating polycyclic units are described. These copolymers can be prepared by copolymerization of polycyclic olefins with linear olefins in the presence of metallocene catalysts which have no Cs symmetry in relation to the centroid-M-centroid plane. The novel copolymers can be used for the production of shaped articles, in particular of films.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2008Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Topas Advanced Polymers GmbHInventors: Dieter Ruchatz, Anne-Meike Schauwienold, Peter Jörg
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Publication number: 20120172564Abstract: A process is provided for producing an ethylene/vinyl alcohol copolymer by which impurities such as catalyst residue and by-products and solvent are removed to a high degree. A high-quality, homogeneous product can be efficiently produced by including a washing step including: introducing a paste containing an ethylene/vinyl alcohol copolymer and an alcohol into a washing tank; applying a shear force to the paste to knead the paste while contacting the paste with washing water so that a surface of the paste is repeatedly displaced by an inner part thereof; and discharging the alcohol to an outside of the tank together with the washing water to obtain a water-containing ethylene/vinyl alcohol copolymer composition having a small alcohol content.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2010Publication date: July 5, 2012Applicant: THE NIPPON SYNTHETIC CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Keisuke Fujimura, Nobuaki Sato, Satoshi Matsunuma, Yasufumi Beniya
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Patent number: 8138286Abstract: Cycloolefin copolymers which are distinguished by the presence of racemic diads of repeating polycyclic units and additionally by racemic triads of repeating polycyclic units are described. These copolymers can be prepared by copolymerization of polycyclic olefins with linear olefins in the presence of metallocene catalysts which have no Cs symmetry in relation to the centroid-M-centroid plane. The novel copolymers can be used for the production of shaped articles, in particular of films.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2008Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Topas Advanced Polymers GmbHInventors: Dieter Ruchatz, Anne-Meike Schauwienold, Peter Jörg
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Patent number: 8092821Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, implantable or insertable medical devices are provided, which contain at least one polymeric region in contact with a metallic region. The polymeric region contains at least one block copolymer that contains at least one low Tg block and at least one high Tg block. The polymeric region contains at least one polymer that contains at least one adhesion promoting group selected from one or more of halo-silane, alkoxy-silane, epoxy, anhydride, phenoxy, hydroxyl, amino, sulfonate and carboxyl groups, which at least one polymer may correspond to the block copolymer, a supplemental polymer, or both.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2007Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventor: Frederick H. Strickler
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Publication number: 20110294971Abstract: Olefin metathesis polymerization reactions are disclosed, and more particularly ring-opening metathesis polymerization of cyclic olefins with olefinic compounds, such as are derived from seed oils and the like, to form telechelic polymers. In one aspect, a method is provided for carrying out a catalytic ring-opening metathesis polymerization reaction, comprising contacting at least one olefinic compound with at least one cyclic olefin, in the presence of a ruthenium alkylidene olefin metathesis catalyst under conditions effective to allow ring-opening metathesis polymerization of the cyclic olefin, whereby the cyclic olefin polymer formed is terminated with the olefinic compound. The invention has utility in the fields of catalysis, organic synthesis, polymer chemistry, and industrial chemistry.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2009Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: MATERIA, INC.Inventors: Simon C. Jones, Farshad J. Motamedi, Li-Sheng Wang, Brian Edgecombe, Michael A. Giardello
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Patent number: 8039544Abstract: A composition includes a first cylcoolefin substituted with at least one epoxy group and an aromatic amine. The composition is capable of bonding to a filler having a corresponding binding site. The composition is compatible with a metathesis catalyst capable of catalyzing a ring-opening metathesis polymerization reaction when contacted with the first cycloolefin. An associated method is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2007Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Xiaolan Wei, Wendy Wen-Ling Lin
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Patent number: 8039543Abstract: A composition includes a first cylcoolefin substituted with at least one epoxy group and an aromatic amine. The composition is capable of bonding to a filler having a corresponding binding site. The composition is compatible with a metathesis catalyst capable of catalyzing a ring-opening metathesis polymerization reaction when contacted with the first cycloolefin. An associated method is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2007Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Xiaolan Wei, Wendy Wen-Ling Lin, Warren Rosal Ronk
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Publication number: 20110220534Abstract: The use of composite foils, comprising barrier layers based on polyvinyl alcohols, as packaging material for polymers susceptible to oxidation, processes for packaging said polymers, and packaging composed of said composite foils for packaging the polymers susceptible to oxidation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2009Publication date: September 15, 2011Inventors: Bernhard Fussnegger, Karl-Hermann Strube, Reinhold Dieing
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Patent number: 7989566Abstract: An emulsion polymerization process for the production of non-elastomeric fluoropolymers is disclosed wherein at least one fluorosurfactant is employed as dispersant, said fluorosurfactant being a fluoroalkylphosphoric acid ester of the formula X-Rf-(CH2)n—O—P(O)(OM)2, wherein n is 1 or 2, X?H or F, M=a univalent cation, and Rf is a C4-C6 fluoroalkyl or fluoroalkoxy group. Optionally, a second dispersing agent may be employed in the polymerization, said second agent being a perfluoropolyether having at least one endgroup selected from the group consisting of carboxylic acid, a salt thereof, sulfonic acid and a salt thereof, phosphoric acid and a salt thereof.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2009Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: DuPont Performance Elastomers LLCInventors: Michael Cregg Coughlin, Ming-Hong Hung
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Publication number: 20110156041Abstract: A polymer substrate having a weight loss of less than about 1% based on an initial weight at a temperature ranging from about 420° C. to about 600° C., a method for forming the polymer substrate, a display device including the polymer substrate, and a method for manufacturing the display device. The method for forming the polymer substrate includes preparing the polymer layer and performing an annealing process to the polymer layer at a temperature greater than about 350° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2010Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicant: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO. LTD.Inventors: Sung-Guk An, Dong-Un Jin, Kie Hyun Nam, Sang-Joon Seo, Tae-Woong Kim, Jae-Seob Lee
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Publication number: 20100286354Abstract: The invention relates to an allyl alcohol copolymer comprising structures represented by formula (1) and (2) as monomer units. (In the formula, R represents an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, which may be branched or include a cyclic structure). The copolymer of the invention is excellent in compatibility with various resins, adhesiveness, electric insulation, low water absorption, thermal stability and surface active effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2008Publication date: November 11, 2010Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Nobuyuki Kibino, Yukiharu Hetsugi, Kazufumi Kai
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Publication number: 20100047586Abstract: Ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymers have superior gas barrier properties, but are inferior in bending fatigue resistance. The present invention improves bending fatigue resistance without reducing the gas barrier property and heat resistance. An ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer having an ethylene content of 20 to 50 percent by mole is modified by incorporating 0.01 to 1% mol of a structural unit expressed by the following formula (3): wherein, n indicates an integer of 2 to 5, m indicates an integer of 10 to 20, and R1 indicates a C1 to C20 aliphatic hydrocarbon group provided that R1 may contain a mercapto group, thioester group, sulfenamide, vinyl group, methacryloxy group, or acryloxy group. The modified ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer may be used as a gas barrier resin and this gas barrier resin may be shaped or laminated and used in various applications such as in pneumatic tires and hoses.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2009Publication date: February 25, 2010Applicant: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventor: Naoyuki Morooka
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Publication number: 20090318647Abstract: This invention relates to a process to functionalize propylene co-oligomer comprising contacting an alkene metathesis catalyst with a heteroatom containing alkene, and a propylene a co-oligomer having an Mn of 300 to 30,000 g/mol comprising 10 to 90 mol % propylene and 10 to 90 mol % of ethylene, wherein the oligomer has at least X % allyl chain ends, where: 1) X=(?0.94 (mol % ethylene incorporated)+100), when 10 to 60 mol % ethylene is present in the co-oligomer, and 2) X=45, when greater than 60 and less than 70 mol % ethylene is present in the co-oligomer, and 3) X=(1.83*(mol % ethylene incorporated)?83), when 70 to 90 mol % ethylene is present in the co-oligomer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2009Publication date: December 24, 2009Inventors: John R. Hagadorn, Matthew W. Holtcamp, Andrew G. Narvaez, JR., Donna J. Crowther, Patrick Brant
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Publication number: 20090291881Abstract: A polymer coating for medical devices based on a polyolefin derivative. A variety of polymers are described to make coatings for medical devices, particularly, for drug delivery stents. The polymers include homo-, co-, and terpolymers having at least one olefin-derived unit and at least one unit derived from vinyl alcohol, allyl alcohol and derivatives thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2009Publication date: November 26, 2009Inventor: Stephen Dirk Pacetti
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Publication number: 20090291882Abstract: A polymer coating for medical devices based on a polyolefin derivative. A variety of polymers are described to make coatings for medical devices, particularly, for drug delivery stents. The polymers include homo-, co-, and terpolymers having at least one olefin-derived unit and at least one unit derived from vinyl alcohol, allyl alcohol and derivatives thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2009Publication date: November 26, 2009Inventor: Stephen Dirk Pacetti
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Publication number: 20090258300Abstract: The invention provides a fiber which is excellent in electrolyte absorption and retentivity and oxidation resistance and is suitable for use as a separator for alkaline secondary batteries. The invention is an ethylene/vinyl alcohol-derived copolymer fiber comprising an ethylene/vinyl alcohol-derived copolymer (A) having the following structural unit (1): (wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an organic group; X represents a bonding chain other than ether bond; n represents 0 or 1; and R2 to R4 each represent a hydrogen atom or an organic group).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2006Publication date: October 15, 2009Applicant: The Nippon Synthetic Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takamasa Moriyama, Kaoru Inoue
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Patent number: 7579409Abstract: A micropowder composition containing a granular PTFE micropowder, a fine powder PTFE micropowder, and a fine powder molding resin provides mixtures with fluoroelastomers containing copolymerized and alternating units of tetrafluoroethylene and propylene that provide molded articles having improved surface smoothness characteristics and tear resistance on molding. Processes for mixing additives with fluoroelastomers by adding or mixing the fluoroelastomer with the additives in the presence of micropowder PTFE compositions.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2005Date of Patent: August 25, 2009Assignee: AGC Chemicals Americas, Inc.Inventors: David J. Lavanga, Richard DeLucca
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Patent number: 7576164Abstract: Compositions of fluoroelastomers containing copolymerized units of tetrafluoroethylene, propylene, a first cure site selected from the group consisting of i) trifluoroethylene, ii) 3,3,3-trifluoropropene-1, iii) 1,2,3,3,3-pentafluoropropylene, iv) 1,1,3,3,3-pentafluoropropylene, and v) 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, and a second cure site selected from the group consisting of i) copolymerized units of a brominated cure site monomer, ii) copolymerized units of an iodinated cure site monomer, iii) copolymerized units of a chlorinated cure site monomer, iv) brominated endgroups, v) iodinated endgroups and vi) a combination of any of i)-v) are readily curable with polyhydroxy curing systems. The resulting cured articles have a combination of excellent resistance to alkaline fluids, superior tensile properties and compression set resistance, and excellent adhesion to metal substrates. Optionally, the fluoroelastomers may be dual cured by both a polyhydroxy system and an organic peroxide system.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2007Date of Patent: August 18, 2009Assignee: Du Pont Performance Elastomers LLC.Inventors: John G. Bauerle, Christopher J. Bish, Theresa M. Dobel, Phan L. Tang
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Patent number: 7524905Abstract: Substantially linear copolymers derived from at least one acyclic aliphatic olefin monomer and at least one nitrogen containing vinyl monomer, wherein the at least one nitrogen containing vinyl monomer is according to Formula (I) wherein R19 is selected —C?C; and —C(O)—C?C; wherein R20 and R21 are independently selected from H, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aryl group, a biphenyl group, a carboxylate group, a carboxyalkyl group, a carboxyarylalkyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkenyloxy group, an alkynyloxy group, an aryloxy group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, and derivatives thereof. Also disclosed are methods of making such copolymers using late transition metal catalyst complexes.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2008Date of Patent: April 28, 2009Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: David M. Conner, Brian Leslie Goodall, Lester Howard McIntosh, III
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Publication number: 20080213917Abstract: The present invention provides a novel class of macrocyclic compounds as well as complexes formed between a metal (e.g., lanthanide) ion and the compounds of the invention. Preferred complexes exhibit high stability as well as high quantum yields of lanthanide ion luminescence in aqueous media without the need for secondary activating agents. Preferred compounds incorporate hydroxy-isophthalamide moieties within their macrocyclic structure and are characterized by surprisingly low, non-specific binding to a variety of polypeptides such as antibodies and proteins as well as high kinetic stability. These characteristics distinguish them from known, open-structured ligands.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2007Publication date: September 4, 2008Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIAInventors: Kenneth N. Raymond, Todd M. Corneillie, Jide Xu
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Publication number: 20080169023Abstract: An encapsulation material for a solar cell element containing an ethylene-polar monomer copolymer having polar monomer unit content of 10-40 wt % and melting point of not lower than 75° C. and HAZE of not more than 10% and meeting the condition of ?3.0X+125?T??3.0X+109, wherein T is melting (° C.) and X is polar monomer unit content (mol %). The encapsulation material for a solar cell element does not require the use of any organic peroxide, consequently bringing about an improvement in the efficiency in the production of solar cell modules. The encapsulation material can also exhibit excellent transparency, heat resistance and flexibility as will make a reduction in the thickness of solar cell elements adequately possible. A solar cell module using the encapsulation material is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2006Publication date: July 17, 2008Applicants: Du Pont-Mitsui Polychemicals Co., Ltd., E.I.Du Pont de Nemours & CompanyInventors: Koichi Nishijima, Bernard Rioux
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Publication number: 20080051542Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, implantable or insertable medical devices are provided, which contain at least one polymeric region in contact with a metallic region. The polymeric region contains at least one block copolymer that contains at least one low Tg block and at least one high Tg block. The polymeric region contains at least one polymer that contains at least one adhesion promoting group selected from one or more of halo-silane, alkoxy-silane, epoxy, anhydride, phenoxy, hydroxyl, amino, sulfonate and carboxyl groups, which at least one polymer may correspond to the block copolymer, a supplemental polymer, or both.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2007Publication date: February 28, 2008Inventor: Frederick H. Strickler
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Patent number: 7026417Abstract: Herein are disclosed modified vinyl alcohol polymers (mPVOH), wherein the mPVOH can comprise structure VII: and at least one structure comprising structure IX: or structure X: wherein —R can independently comprise an unsubstituted hydrocarbon moiety comprising at least one alpha hydrogen or a substituted hydrocarbon moiety comprising at least one alpha hydrogen. The mPVOH can be useful in oxygen barrier applications, such as a forming an oxygen barrier layer of a packaging article. Also disclosed are methods of forming mPVOH and methods of using mPVOH to make packaging articles with a superior barrier to entry by atmospheric oxygen.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2003Date of Patent: April 11, 2006Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Co., LPInventors: Hu Yang, Ta Yen Ching
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Patent number: 7015292Abstract: A silicon-containing olefin copolymer is provided which comprises (a) a constituent unit derived from —CH2—CH2— such as ethylene, (b) a constituent unit derived from —CH2—CHR— where R is a hydrocarbon group of 1 to 18 carbon atoms, and (c) a constituent unit containing a specific silicon-containing group. A silicon-containing olefin copolymer is also provided which is obtainable by co-polymerizing ethylene, an a-olefin of 3 to 20 carbon atoms and a specific silicon-containing ethylene monomer.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2002Date of Patent: March 21, 2006Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Keiji Okada, Hidetatsu Murakami, Takashi Hakuta, Masaaki Kawasaki
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Patent number: 7001967Abstract: A transparent heat-resistant resin optical materials having excellent heat resistance and dynamic characteristics, having negative birefringence and exhibiting a high refractive index and a high Abbe number, especially optical compensating members such as films, sheets and retardation films for LCD display element. The transparent heat-resistant resin optical material is made of a copolymer containing a specific olefin residue unit and a specific N-phenyl-substituted maleimide residue unit and having a weight average molecular weight, as reduced into standard polystyrene, of from 5×103 to 5×106, the transparent heat-resistant resin optical material exhibiting negative birefringence; and a retardation film having a relationship of three-dimensional refractive indexes of nz?ny>nx, nz>ny?nx, or nz>nx?ny.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2003Date of Patent: February 21, 2006Assignee: Tosoh CorporationInventors: Shinsuke Toyomasu, Yojiro Ikai
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Patent number: 6927258Abstract: Improved thermoplastic polymer blend compositions comprising an isotactic polypropylene component and an alpha-olefin and propylene copolymer component, said copolymer comprising crystallizable alpha-olefin sequences. In a preferred embodiment, improved thermoplastic polymer blends are provided comprising from about 35% to about 85% isotactic polypropylene and from about 30% to about 70% of an ethylene and propylene copolymer, wherein said copolymer comprises isotactically crystallizable propylene sequences and is predominately propylene. The resultant blends manifest unexpected compatibility characteristics, increased tensile strength, and improved process characteristics, e.g., a single melting point.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2003Date of Patent: August 9, 2005Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Sudhin Datta, Charles Cozewith, Periagaram Ravishankar, Edmund J. Stachowski
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Patent number: 6787617Abstract: A process for preparing olefinic living polymers having a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of 1 to 1.3, comprising polymerizing an olefinic monomer having 2 to 20 carbon atoms at low temperatures in the presence of a catalyst comprising (A) a hafnium or zirconium-containing compound having one or two cyclopentadienyl backbones, (B) a triphenyl boron compound or a tetraphenyl borate compound and optionally (C) a specific mono-, di- or trialkylaluminum compound. When the catalyst comprising the zirconium-containing compound is prepared by further using a titanium-containing compound (D), the polymerization temperature can be raised.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2001Date of Patent: September 7, 2004Assignees: Japan as represented by Director General of the Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, Japan Chemical Innovation InstituteInventors: Kazuo Soga, Takeshi Shiono, Michihiko Asai, Yasuzo Suzuki, Akira Miyazawa, Kenji Tsuchihara, Masahide Murata, Hiroyuki Ozaki, Masanao Kawabe, Toshio Kase, Jizhu Jin, Hideaki Hagiwara, Yoshifumi Fukui
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Patent number: 6762253Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of terpolymers of ethylene and at least 2 further olefinically unsaturated compounds by polymerization in a tubular reactor fitted with at least one side branch, wherein the fresh monomer components, which are introduced into the tubular reactor via the reactor inlet (the primary stream) or via the side branch or side branches (secondary stream or secondary streams), in each of the streams contain ethylene and at most one further olefinically unsaturated compound.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2001Date of Patent: July 13, 2004Assignee: Clariant GmbHInventors: Matthias Krull, Werner Reimann, Wilhelm Zoller, Heinz Dieter Bühnen, Gerhard Bettermann
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Patent number: 6753393Abstract: A fluorocopolymer which comprises (A) polymerized units based on tetrafluoroethylene, (B) polymerized units based on ethylene and (C) polymerized units based on a compound represented by CH2═CX(CF2)2Y (wherein each of X and Y which are independent of each other, is a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom), wherein the molar ratio of (A)/(B) is from 20/80 to 80/20, and the molar ratio of (C)/((A)+(B)) is from 1/1000 to 15/100, and which has a volume flow rate of from 1 to 1000 mm3/sec. The fluorocopolymer has a low fuel permeability coefficient and is excellent in the fuel barrier properties.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2003Date of Patent: June 22, 2004Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Atsushi Funaki, Tatsuya Miyajima, Naoko Sumi, Eiichi Nishi, Hiroki Kamiya
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Patent number: 6683148Abstract: The present invention provides methods for producing an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer and a saponified product thereof, in which defective appearances at the time of molding (e.g. fish eye or coloring) can be inhibited while using a recovered solvent. In the present invention, a recovered alcohol-based solvent is supplied for reuse after decreasing the concentration of an aldehyde compound contained in the solvent. The concentration of an aldehyde compound can be decreased by acetalizing it with an acid such as a cation exchange resin. For example, the concentration of an aldehyde compound in the solvent is not more than 100 ppm, and the concentration of an acetal compound in the solvent is at least 0.1 ppm but not more than 10,000 ppm.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2001Date of Patent: January 27, 2004Assignee: Kuraray Co., Ltd.Inventor: Noboru Yanagida
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Patent number: 6642328Abstract: The invention is related to non-linear olefin-carbon monoxide copolymer composition which is derived from an olefin feedstream and a synthesis gas feedstream. The invention is also related to a method for preparing olefin-carbon monoxide copolymers by heating an olefin feed and a synthesis gas feed in the presence of a free radical polymerization initiator. More particularly, the synthesis gas feed comprises predominantly carbon monoxide and hydrogen. The copolymers of the invention are useful as polyvinyl chloride plasticizers.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2002Date of Patent: November 4, 2003Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering CompanyInventors: Abhimanyu O. Patil, Manika Varma-Nair
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Patent number: 6583228Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compositions useful in coating, adhesive, structural, film, sheet, pipe, toys, house siding, asphalt, thermoplastic, elastomer and other applications. The novel compositions comprise copolymers of at least one vinyl and/or vinylidene monomer and at least one high reactivity polyolefin. The copolymers are produced by polymerizing at least one high reactivity polyolefin and at least one vinyl monomer in the presence of a free radical initiator.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 1998Date of Patent: June 24, 2003Assignee: BP Corporation North America Inc.Inventors: Asare Nkansah, Vahid Bagheri, Lionel Moore
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Publication number: 20030114566Abstract: The invention is a film of a vinyl alcohol polymer that contains from 0.01 to 20 mol % of cationic group-containing units and contains from 0.5 to 24 mol % of &agr;-olefin units having at most 4 carbon atoms. The polyvinyl alcohol film gives polarizing films and polarizer which are resistant to water and have good polarizing properties and which are free from a problem of irregular coloration.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2002Publication date: June 19, 2003Applicant: KURARAY CO. LTD,Inventors: Tetsushi Hayashi, Takanori Isozaki, Naoki Fujiwara
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Patent number: 6579956Abstract: A method for producing a polymer by coordination polymerization, comprising the steps of (a) reacting an unsaturated polar monomer having a functional group releasing a proton or a salt of the unsaturated polar monomer, with a masking agent comprising a halogenated organometallic compound or a organoaluminum compound capable of masking the functional group to form a corresponding masked monomer; and (b) polymerizing the masked monomer either alone or in combination with another monomer in the presence of the coordination polymerization catalyst to obtain the polymer.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2001Date of Patent: June 17, 2003Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho, University of MassachusettsInventors: Hiromitsu Tanaka, Bruce M. Novak
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Patent number: 6579960Abstract: A tetrafluoroethylene/ethylene copolymer and a film excellent in flexibility, durability, light transmittance, strength and non-tackiness, and applications thereof. Such a copolymer has a ratio of the polymerized units based on tetrafluoroethylene/the polymerized units based on ethylene, of from 35/65 to 65/35 (molar ratio), contains from 1 to 10 mol % of polymerized units based on an alkyl vinyl ester (the carbon number of the alkyl group is from 5 to 17, and when branched, from 9 to 17), is crystalline and has a volumetric flow rate of from 1 to 1000 mm3/sec.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2002Date of Patent: June 17, 2003Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Hiroki Kamiya, Shinji Okada
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Patent number: 6576684Abstract: Disclosed are compositions from which radically initiated oligomers/polymers having a controlled molecular weight, low polydispersity and a vinyl or dienyl end group are prepared. Further subjects of the invention are a process for controlled radical polymerization, oligomers/polymers obtainable by said process and the use of specific addition fragmentation agents for the polymerization process. The addition fragmentation agents are new in part and these are also subject of the present invention. The addition fragmentation agents are of the formula (Ia), (Ib) or (Ic) where Y is a group which activates the double bond towards Michael addition.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2001Date of Patent: June 10, 2003Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals CorporationInventors: Vincent Desobry, Peter Murer, Anne Schuwey
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Patent number: 6538084Abstract: A tetrafluoroethylene copolymer comprising 30 to 81 mole % of tetrafluoroethylene and a 70 to 19 mole % of at least one other monomer, and having terminal carbonate groups at polymer chain ends, which has a melt flow rate of 0.1 to 100 g/10 min. at 200° C. under a load of 5 kg, and a melting point of 90 to 200° C., a laminate comprising a layer of the above tetrafluoroethylene copolymer, and a layer of other material, and a surface film or a transparent filler material for a solar cell, which comprises the above tetrafluoroethylene copolymer is disclosed. The fluororesin can be firmly adhered directly to other materials such as resins, metals, glass, crystalline silicon, polycrystalline silicon and amorphous silicon, while maintaining characteristics such as chemical resistance, solvent resistance, non-tackiness, electrical insulation properties, stain-proofing properties and flame retardance.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2001Date of Patent: March 25, 2003Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Takahiro Kitahara, Kozo Asano, Kazuo Ishiwari, Yoshihide Higashihata, Tatsuya Higuchi
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Publication number: 20020161156Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compositions useful in coating, adhesive, structural, film, sheet, pipe, toys, house siding, asphalt, thermoplastic, elastomer and other applications. The novel compositions comprise copolymers of at least one vinyl and/or vinylidene monomer and at least one high reactivity polyolefin. The copolymers are produced by polymerizing at least one high reactivity polyolefin and at least one vinyl monomer in the presence of a free radical initiator.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 1998Publication date: October 31, 2002Inventors: ASARE NKANSAH, VAHID BAGHERI, LIONEL MOORE
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Patent number: 6472491Abstract: There is desribed a novel process for preparing interpolymers comprising ethylene and at least two monomer units selected from heteroatom substituted olefin monomer units derived from a compound of the formula XV wherein E and G represent the same or different heteroatoms selected from oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur, which are bound to a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbyl group, or a substituted hydrocarbyl group, or are joined by a linking group; and n is 0 or an integer from 1-20; or 2,3-dihydrofuran, or vinylcyclopropane, and interpolymers prepared thereby, including novel interpolymers having melting peak temperatures (Tm) equal to or greater than 50° C.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2000Date of Patent: October 29, 2002Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: Jose Pedro Martinez, Jeffrey James Vanderbilt
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Patent number: 6455658Abstract: A fluorine-containing copolymer comprising ethylene, tetrafluoroethylene, a fluorovinyl compound of the formula: CH2═CFRf in which Rf is a fluoroalkyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, and hexafluoropropylene, in which a molar ratio of tetrafluoroethylene to ethylene is from 40:60 to 90:10, the content of the above fluorovinyl compound of the formula: CH2═CFRf is from 0.1 to 10 mole % based on the whole copolymer, and the content of hexafluoropropylene is from 0.1 to 30 mole % based on the whole copolymer. This fluorine-containing copolymer can provide films having good transparency and high tear strength, and such films are useful as weather-resistant protective films, films for agricultural housings, films for constructions, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 1999Date of Patent: September 24, 2002Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Ken Okanishi, Keizo Shiotsuki, Ryoichi Fukagawa
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Patent number: 6451953Abstract: A rigid crosslinked polymer having effective levels of chain entanglement crosslinking produced by a rapid rate polymerization procedure which comprises the steps of creating a radical flux by providing monomer units with an effective amount of an initiator to initiate polymer growth. dispersing the monomers and initiator to form an aqueous dispersion, and heating the aqueous dispersion to a temperature greater than the ten-hour half-life temperature of the initiator.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 1997Date of Patent: September 17, 2002Assignee: Sun Drilling Products, Corp.Inventor: Robert L. Albright
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Patent number: 6437066Abstract: Disclosed herein is a novel class of fluorovinyl ether monomers which are useful as cure site monomers in fluoroelastomers, a process for the preparation of these fluorovinyl ether monomers, and fluoroelastomer copolymer compositions that contain copolymerized units of these fluorovinyl ether monomers.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2001Date of Patent: August 20, 2002Assignee: DuPont Dow Elastomers, L.L.C.Inventors: Ming-Hong Hung, Walter W Schmiegel
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Patent number: 6399671Abstract: This invention relates to rubber polymers based on polymerizable monomers and having an elevated gel content together with an elevated degree of swelling, to the production of the stated rubber polymers and to the use thereof for the production of moldings of all kinds.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 1999Date of Patent: June 4, 2002Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Martin Hoch, Hermann Meisenheimer, Lothar Sesterhenn
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Patent number: 6372870Abstract: A tetrafluoroethylene copolymer comprising 30 to 81 mole % of tetrafluoroethylene and a 70 to 19 mole % of at least one other monomer, and having terminal carbonate groups at polymer chain ends, which has a melt flow rate of 0.1 to 100 g/10 min. at 200° C. under a load of 5 kg, and a melting point of 90 to 200° C. This copolymer can be firmly adhered directly to other materials such as general-purpose resins while maintaining the good properties of fluororesins such as chemical resistance, weather resistance, solvent resistance, non-tackiness, electrical insulation, stain-proofing properties, and flame retardance, molded at a lower temperature than conventional fluororesins, and heat bonded or co-extruded with general-purpose resins having low heat resistance.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 1999Date of Patent: April 16, 2002Assignee: Daikin Industries Ltd.Inventors: Takahiro Kitahara, Kozo Asano, Kazuo Ishiwari, Yoshihide Higashihata, Tatsuya Higuchi