With Nonphenolic Or Nonketone Reactant Patents (Class 528/128)
  • Patent number: 11746184
    Abstract: Disclosed is a bis-imide compound comprising two or more aryl moieties substituted with ethynyl moieties and the two or more aryl moieties each having one or more polar substituents. Further disclosed is a polymer composition comprising a copolymer polymerized from a monomer mixture of (a) one or more first monomers comprising a bis-imide compound comprising two or more aryl moieties substituted with ethynyl moieties and the two or more aryl moieties each having one or more polar substituents; and (b) one or more second monomers comprising two or more cyclopentadienone moieties. The polymer compositions exhibit favorable properties for use in electronics and displays applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: ROHM AND HAAS ELECTRONIC MATERIALS LLC
    Inventors: Aaron A. Rachford, Charles R. Kinzie, Michael K. Gallagher, Christopher Gilmore, Young-Seok Kim
  • Patent number: 11634542
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for a semicrystalline poly(aryl ether ketone) copolymers incorporating 2-benzimidazolinone and 4,4?-biphenol as comonomer units with 4,4?-dihalobenzophenone, and compositions and methods for semicrystalline poly(aryl ether ketone) copolymers incorporating 2-benzimidazolinone and 4,4?-biphenol as comonomer units with 1,4-bis(4-dihalobenzoyl)benzene are described herein. The Copolymers have advantageous properties, particularly in terms of high glass transition temperatures (Tg), high melting temperatures (Tm), crystallinity and chemical resistance. The copolymers are suitable for manufacturing high temperature and chemical resistance molded systems and other articles of manufacture via injection molding, extrusion, compression molding, coating, and additive manufacturing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: HT MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: YiFeng Wang
  • Patent number: 10610834
    Abstract: An asymmetric membrane including a crosslinked polyimide resin, the crosslinked polyimide resin being formed by crosslinking a polyimide resin by a crosslinking agent; the polyimide resin including a structural unit (A) derived from tetracarboxylic dianhydride and a structural unit (B) derived from diamine; the structural unit (A) including a structural unit (A-1) derived from a compound represented by Formula (a-1); the structural unit (B) including a structural unit (B-1) derived from Formula (b-1), and a proportion of the structural unit (B-1) per 100 mol % of the structural unit (B) being from 0.1 to 50 mol %; and the crosslinking agent being a compound having not less than two functional groups that bond with carboxy groups. In Formula (b-1), Q1 and Q2 are each independently a group including an aromatic group, an aliphatic hydrocarbon group, and/or an alicyclic hydrocarbon group; X is a single bond or a particular group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Ryuichiro Kawai, Takashi Yamamoto, Daisuke Ohno, Yohei Abiko, Hiroaki Oka, Shuya Suenaga, Takafumi Takada, Tomohiro Hariu
  • Patent number: 10537859
    Abstract: A gas separation membrane includes a gas separation layer containing a polyimide compound having a repeating unit represented by Formula (I), in Formula (I), RI represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or a halogen atom, Xa represents a sulfamoyl group, an alkoxysulfonyl group, a carboxy group, a hydroxy group, an acyloxy group, or a halogen atom, and R represents a mother nucleus having a specific structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Hironaka, Satoshi Sano, Yusuke Iizuka, Sotaro Inomata, Keisuke Kodama, Tetsu Kitamura
  • Patent number: 9889412
    Abstract: There is provided a composite gas separation membrane including a gas separation layer, which is formed to include a polyimide resin, on a support layer having gas permeability, in which the polyimide resin includes a repeating unit represented by the following Formula (I) in Formula (I), X represents a group having a specific structure represented by any of the following Formulae (I-a) to (I-h), in Formula (I), Y1 represents a group represented by the following Formula (II-a) or (II-b), and in Formulae (II-a) and (II-b), R3 represents a substituent group, A represents a dissociable group, p represents 0 or 1, p1 represents an integer of 0 to 2, and p2 represents an integer of 2 or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuusuke Iizuka, Satoshi Sano, Koji Hironaka, Takeshi Narita
  • Patent number: 9611560
    Abstract: Sulfonamide based polymers are reaction products of sulfonamides and epoxides. The polymers may be used as levelers in copper electroplating baths, to provide good throwing power. Such reaction products may plate copper or copper alloys with good surface properties and good physical reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials LLC
    Inventors: Weijing Lu, Zuhra I Niazimbetova, Maria Anna Rzeznik
  • Patent number: 9512267
    Abstract: A method can include immortal ring-opening homopolymerisation of cyclic carbonates or cyclic esters in the presence of a catalytic system, or sequential two-step ring-opening block copolymerisation of one or more cyclic monomers selected from cyclic carbonates or cyclic esters in the presence of the catalytic system. The catalytic system can include a phenolate supported metallic complex. The catalytic system can also include an alcohol or a primary amine containing aliphatic and/or aromatic moieties. The alcohol or primary amine can be present in a molar ratio with respect to the metallic complex that is larger than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: TOTAL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FELUY
    Inventors: Valentin Poirier, Jean-François Carpentier, Martine Slawinski, Yann Sarazin, Marion Helou
  • Patent number: 9403158
    Abstract: A method for producing an ester compound includes reacting a compound having at least one cyclic structure of a norbornene ring and a norbornadiene ring with an alcohol and carbon monoxide by using a palladium catalyst and an oxidizing agent, to thereby introduce ester groups to carbon atoms forming a double bond in the cyclic structure and obtaining the ester compound, wherein the palladium catalyst includes a palladium acetate having a nitrite ligand in an amount of 10% by mole or more in terms of metal, and the palladium acetate having a nitrite ligand is represented by the general formula (1): Pd3(CH3COO)5(NO2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Komatsu, Akira Shibashi, Takaya Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 9085661
    Abstract: Compositions of azobenzene-containing, photomechanically active, copoly(amic acids) and linear copolyimides comprising an azobenzenediamine, a rigid dianhydride, and a flexible dianhydride; and methods of making the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Loon-Seng Tan, David Huabin Wang, Kyung Min Lee, Timothy J. White
  • Patent number: 9045587
    Abstract: A naphthalene derivative having formula (1) is provided wherein Ar1 and Ar2 denote a benzene or naphthalene ring, and n is such a natural number as to provide a weight average molecular weight of up to 100,000. A material comprising the naphthalene derivative or a polymer comprising the naphthalene derivative is spin coated to form a resist bottom layer having improved properties. A pattern forming process in which a resist bottom layer formed by spin coating is combined with an inorganic hard mask formed by CVD is available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Kinsho, Daisuke Kori, Katsuya Takemura, Takeru Watanabe, Tsutomu Ogihara
  • Publication number: 20150148441
    Abstract: The present invention provides polymeric photoinitiators being co-polymers of photoinitiator monomers and at least one further monomer, as well as photoinitiator monomers being intermediates in the preparation of such polymeric photoinitiators. Additionally, there is provided polyacrylate obtained by radical polymerization of at least one acrylate monomer (Ac) in the presence of such polymeric photoinitiators. In the photoinitiator monomers and polymeric photoinitiators, a photoinitiator moiety, a hydrolytic stable linker and two polymerisable functional groups are incorporated into the photoinitiator structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Niels Joergen Madsen, Petr Sehnal, David George Anderson, Bo Rud Nielsen
  • Publication number: 20150144017
    Abstract: Optically sensitised binders which are energetic polyphosphazenes tailored at the molecular level to achieve enhanced absorption of electromagnetic radiation by having attached thereto a chromophore to absorb light and therefore ignite the binder in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Peter Golding, Anthony John Bellamy, Alessandro Enzo Contini
  • Patent number: 9006384
    Abstract: Fasteners, such as bolts, nuts and screws, rivets, pins, and retaining rings, made of a highly kinked rigid-rod polyarylene exhibiting outstanding characteristics, notably a high torque and a high tensile elongation, a measure of practical toughness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Solvay Specialty Polymers USA, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory C. Plithides, Suresh Sriram
  • Publication number: 20150086753
    Abstract: A norbornane-2-spiro-?-cycloalkanone-??-spiro-2?-norbornane-5,5?,6,6?-tetracarboxylic dianhydride represented by the following general formula (1): wherein the formula (1), n represents an integer of 0 to 12, and R1s, R2, R3 each independently represents a hydrogen atom or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiko MATSUMOTO, Shinichi KOMATSU
  • Patent number: 8981035
    Abstract: There is provided a production method of poly(phenylene ether ether ketone). The production method makes a cyclic poly(phenylene ether ether ketone) composition subjected to thermal ring-opening polymerization in the presence of a metal alkoxide and/or a metal phenoxide. The cyclic poly(phenylene ether ether ketone) composition includes 60% by weight or more of cyclic poly(phenylene ether ether ketone) and has a melting point of 270° C. or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Keiko Ichinose, Kohei Yamashita, Makito Yokoe, Koji Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 8846846
    Abstract: A naphthalene derivative having formula (1) is provided wherein Ar1 and Ar2 denote a benzene or naphthalene ring, and n is such a natural number as to provide a weight average molecular weight of up to 100,000. A material comprising the naphthalene derivative or a polymer comprising the naphthalene derivative is spin coated to form a resist bottom layer having improved properties. A pattern forming process in which a resist bottom layer formed by spin coating is combined with an inorganic hard mask formed by CVD is available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Kinsho, Daisuke Kori, Katsuya Takemura, Takeru Watanabe, Tsutomu Ogihara
  • Publication number: 20140275321
    Abstract: Photoactive additives, such as cross-linkable polycarbonate resins, are disclosed. The additive is formed from the reaction of a monohydroxybenzophenone, a dihydroxybenzophenone, a diol chain extender, and one or more linker moieties having functional groups that react with the phenolic groups on the other ingredients. If desired, a secondary linker moiety and/or an end-capping agent can be used. When added to a base polymeric resin, the photoactive additive permits crosslinking when exposed to ultraviolet light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: SABIC Innovative Plastics IP B.V.
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Morizur, Paul Dean Sybert
  • Patent number: 8816038
    Abstract: Disclosed is a polymer which is useful for the preparation of an epoxy resin composition or a cured product thereof in film or sheet exhibiting high heat resistance, high thermal conductivity, low thermal expansion, high gas barrier property, and high toughness. The polymer is a thermoplastic aromatic ether polymer comprising a unit represented by the following general formula (1) at a ratio of 10 to 100 mol % and having a weight average molecular weight of 3,000 or more; in formula (1), X is an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, R1 and R2 each is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group of 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an aryl group, an alkoxy group, an aralkyl group, or a halogen atom, and n is a number of 1 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Kaji, Koichiro Ogami
  • Publication number: 20140235787
    Abstract: Polymers comprising polyetheretheretherketone and polyetherdiphenyletherketone and polymers comprising polyetheretheretherketone and polyetheretherethersulphone are described which have advantageous Tn and/or Tg properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventors: Carlo Capra, Christoper Peter Tyler, Brian Wilson
  • Patent number: 8802147
    Abstract: The present invention relates to biodegradable polymers (e.g., polyesters and polyester amides) derived from functionalized biologically active compounds that can provide site specific delivery of bioactive compounds upon biodegradation in a controlled manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Bezwada Biomedical, LLC
    Inventor: Rao S Bezwada
  • Patent number: 8779086
    Abstract: An electrochromic material containing a ?-electron based conjugated polymer that changes from a desired color developed state to a decolored state, and a method for producing the electrochromic material, are provided. The electrochromic material contains a?-electron based conjugated polymer as shown in chemical formula (1). In formula (1), each X is any one selected from —S—, —O—, —Se— and —Te—; each Y is any one selected from a hydrogen atom and an organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; W is an arylene group or divalent heteroaromatic ring group; and n is a number of 2 to 1,000. Repetition of this structure forms a structure of random copolymers, graft copolymers, block copolymers and/or dendrimers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshirou Kondou, Tomiaki Otake
  • Patent number: 8754186
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polyimide precursor composition that can be cured at low temperatures (250° C. or lower), while having a low viscosity even at a high concentration, and a method of producing the same. Another object of the present invention is to provide a polyimide coating film obtained from the polyimide precursor composition and having good physical properties, and a method of producing the same. Furthermore, another object of the present invention is to provide a photosensitive resin composition containing the polyimide precursor composition, and a method of producing the same. These objects can be achieved by the polyimide precursor composition containing an imidized tetracarboxylic acid having a specific structure and a diamine having a specific structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Kan Fujihara, Tetsuya Kogiso, Yoshihide Sekito
  • Publication number: 20140163192
    Abstract: Poly(aryletherketone)s comprising fluoride end groups having improved melt stability, lower gel content and lower color are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: SOLVAY ADVANCED POLYMERS, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Chantal Louis, Satchit Srinivasan, William Gandy
  • Patent number: 8742064
    Abstract: Medical tubing (T), such as a guidewire, a stent, a catheter or a hollow needle, made of a kinked rigid-rod polyarylene exhibiting a outstanding characteristics including high torqueability, high pushability and high flexibility and which can be easily thin-wall extruded under especially harsh conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Solvay Advanced Polymers, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Mohammad Jamal El-Hibri, Brian Baleno, Nikica Maljkovic, Bianca Sadicoff Shemper, Jean-Baptiste Bonnadier, Daniel J. Ireland, Henri N. J. Massillon
  • Patent number: 8722842
    Abstract: The present invention provides an optical film exhibiting wavelength dispersion such that a retardation value is smaller on the shorter wavelength side, and capable of being also formed comparatively thinly. The optical film of the present invention is an optical film including a polyimide-based polymer represented by the following general formula (I). In the formula (I), m is 40% by mol or more and 100% by mol or less. R1 and R2 each independently denote a substituent having a carbon-carbon double bond or a triple bond. A, A?, B, B?, E, G, and H each denote a substituent, and small letters corresponding to these alphabets denote substitution number thereof. X and Y each independently denote bond part such as a covalent bond. The substituents having a carbon-carbon double bond or a triple bond represented by R1 and R2 are a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted vinyl group, and a substituted or unsubstituted ethynyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Iida, Yutaka Ohmori, Miyuki Kurogi
  • Publication number: 20140128566
    Abstract: A polymeric material includes phenyl moieties, ketone moieties and ether moieties in the polymeric backbone of said polymeric material, wherein the difference between the nucleation temperature (Tn) and the glass transition temperature (Tg) of said polymeric material is greater than 23° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Victrex Manufacturing Limited
    Inventors: Simon Jonathon Grant, John Russell Grasmeder, Michael John Percy, Brian Wilson
  • Publication number: 20140099370
    Abstract: The present invention relates to biodegradable polymers (e.g., polyesters and polyester amides) derived from functionalized biologically active compounds that can provide site specific delivery of bioactive compounds upon biodegradation in a controlled manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: BEZWADA BIOMEDICAL, LLC
    Inventor: Rao S Bezwada
  • Publication number: 20140072739
    Abstract: A polyaryletherketone polymeric material, for example polyetheretherketone and composite materials comprising said polymeric material are described. The polymeric material has a melt viscosity (MV) in the range 0.05 to 0.12 kNsm?2, preferably in the range 0.085 to 0.095 kNsm?2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Victrex Manufacturing Limited
    Inventors: Craig Meakin, Dianne Flath, Brian Wilson
  • Patent number: 8609801
    Abstract: Polymers and copolymers containing 1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-one units have been synthesized under conditions generally used for the synthesis of poly(aryl ether)s. 1H- benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-one behaves like a biphenol in the polymerization reaction. The soluble homopolymer has a very high glass transition temperature (348° C.), good thermal stability, and forms flexible transparent films. Because of the low molecular weight (134.14) of the benzoimidazolone monomer in the copolymer formed with 4,4?-biphenol that contains 30 mole % of the benzimidazolone unit, only 8.9 weight % is required to raise the Tg of the poly(arlyl ether)sulfone from 220° C. to 269° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning/McGill University
    Inventors: Allan S. Hay, Aabid Mir, Antisar R. Hlil, Sumiko Matsumura
  • Patent number: 8592548
    Abstract: Bis(halophthalimides) are prepared in mixture in an organic liquid such as ortho-dichlorobenzene or anisole, by a reaction at a temperature of at least 150° C. between at least one diamine compound and at least one halophthalic anhydride in the presence of imidization catalyst. The reaction mixture is maintained at about 15% by weight solids content and rich in the halophthalic anhydride by constantly monitoring the reaction mixture using analytical methods such as high performance liquid chromatography. The product mixture may be directly employed in the direct preparation of polyetherimides, and similar slurries may be employed to prepare other polyether polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Sabic Innovative Plastics IP B.V.
    Inventors: John Yupeng Gui, Norman Enoch Johnson, Thomas Link Guggenheim, David Winfield Woodruff, James Manio Silva, Farid Fouad Khouri
  • Publication number: 20130288120
    Abstract: To provide a resin composition that contains a solvent-soluble polyimide and can provide a film exhibiting high viscoelasticity and flexibility at high temperatures. To attain this, a polyimide resin composition is provided that includes a polyimide having a polycondensation unit of a tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride and a diamine, wherein the tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride includes an (?1) tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride represented by general formula (1), or the diamine includes an (?1) aromatic diamine represented by general formula (2), the diamine includes an (?2) aliphatic diamine represented by general formula (3) or (4), a total amour of the (?1) tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride and the (?1) aromatic diamine is 5 to 49 mol % with respect to a total amount of the tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride and the diamine, and an amine equivalent of the polyimide is 4,000 to 20,000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS INC.
    Inventors: Kenji Iida, Yusuke Tomita, Kiyomi Imagawa, Shigeo Kiba
  • Patent number: 8530109
    Abstract: Solid anion exchange polymer electrolytes include chemical compounds comprising a polymer backbone with side chains that include guanidinium cations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Los Alamos National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Yu Seung Kim, Dae Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 8507571
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a macro-photoinitiator comprising a photoinitiator covalently bound to a polymer. Also disclosed herein is a process for the enzymatic polymerization of monomers and photoinitiators performed at atmospheric pressure and relatively low temperatures to form the macro-photoinitiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Santiago Faucher
  • Patent number: 8501896
    Abstract: A poly(phthalazinone sulfone) composition for molded articles having such characteristics as high temperature resistance, good electrical properties, good chemical and solvent resistance and toughness consists essentially of a polymer of formula (I): Cp-ZxA-Zy??(I) wherein Z is a bisphenyl sulfone moiety of formula: (II): A is a phthalazinone moiety of formula (III): Cp is A, as defined above, or a biphenol moiety of formula (IV): x is an integer of at least 1; y is an integer of at least 1; and x+y=n, where n is an integer such that the polymer has a weight average molecular weight of about 20,000 to about 170,000, the composition comprising less than 5%, by weight, of low molecular weight oligomers; and having a glass transition temperature (Tg) from 225 to 305° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: HT Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Allan S. Hay, Xigao Jian, Yi-Feng Wang
  • Patent number: 8487025
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aromatic branched polycarbonate, produced via melt transesterification of a bisphenol with a diaryl carbonate in the presence of a branching agent, wherein the aromatic branched polycarbonate comprises branching point structures and structures of formula (D) wherein X is a single bond, C1- to C6-alkylene, C2- to C5-alkylidene or C5- to C6-cycloalkylidene, optionally substituted by C1- to C6-alkyl; wherein the amount of D in the aromatic branched polycarbonate is in the range of from 5 to 450 mg per kg of the aromatic branched polycarbonate; and wherein the ratio of the total branching point structures to the total structures of the formula D in the aromatic branched polycarbonate is in the range of from 8 to 200.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Bayer Material Science AG
    Inventors: Stephan Konrad, Helmut-Werner Heuer, Karl-Heinz Köhler, Christian Münnich, Rolf Wehrmann
  • Publication number: 20130172513
    Abstract: Disclosed is a polyimide polymerized by x molar parts of a first diamine, y molar parts of a second diamine, and 100 molar parts of a first dianhydride, wherein the first diamine has a formula of the second diamine has a formula of the first dianhydride has a formula of a+b=100, 50?x?80, and 20?y?50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Industrial Technology Research Institute
  • Publication number: 20130164629
    Abstract: A polyimide blend nanofiber and its use in battery separator are disclosed. The polyimide blend nanofiber is made of two kinds of polyimide precursors by high pressure electrostatic spinning and then high temperature imidization processing, wherein one of the polyimide precursor does not melt under high temperature ,and the other is meltable at a temperature of 300-400° C. The polyimide blend nanofiber of present invention has high temperature-resistance, high chemical stability, high porosity, good mechanical strength and good permeability, and can be applied as battery separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: JIANGXI ADVANCE NANOFIBER S&T CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haoqing Hou, Chuyun Cheng, Shuiliang Chen, Xiaoping Zhou, Xiaoyi Lv, Ping He, Xiaoming Kuang, Jinsheng Ren
  • Patent number: 8415448
    Abstract: This invention relates to the polymerisation of five-, six- or seven-membered cyclic carbonates by ring-opening polymerisation in the presence of a system comprising a metal salt such as triflate, triflimidate, acetylacetonate or carboxylate and an alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignees: Total Petrochemicals Research Feluy, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Marion Helou, Sophie Guillaume, Jean-François Carpentier, Olivier Miserque
  • Publication number: 20130085251
    Abstract: Polymers and copolymers containing 1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-one units have been synthesized under conditions generally used for the synthesis of poly(aryl ether)s. 1H- benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-one behaves like a biphenol in the polymerization reaction. The soluble homopolymer has a very high glass transition temperature (348° C.), good thermal stability, and forms flexible transparent films. Because of the low molecular weight (134.14) of the benzoimidazolone monomer in the copolymer formed with 4,4?-biphenol that contains 30 mole % of the benzimidazolone unit, only 8.9 weight % is required to raise the Tg of the poly(arlyl ether)sulfone from 220° C. to 269° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: THE ROYAL INSTITUTION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING / MCGILL UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: The Royal Institution For The Advancement of Learning / MCGILL University
  • Publication number: 20130079490
    Abstract: A norbornane-2-spiro-?-cycloalkanone-??-spiro-2?-norbornane-5,5?,6,6?-tetracarboxylic dianhydride represented by the following general formula (1): [in the formula (1), n represents an integer of 0 to 12, and R1s, R2, R3 each independently represents a hydrogen atom or the like].
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicants: TOKYO POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiko Matsumoto, Shinichi Komatsu
  • Patent number: 8349994
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode electrolyte for solid polymer fuel cells, which uses a polymer electrolyte containing a polyarylene copolymer containing a nitrogen-containing aromatic ring having a substituent represented by —SO3H, —(O(CH2)hSO3H or —O(CF2)hSO3H (wherein h represents an integer of 1-12). By having such a constitution, the electrode electrolyte for solid polymer fuel cells can be produced at a low cost, while being excellent in proton conductivity, dimensional stability, hydrothermal resistance and mechanical strength. In addition, this electrode electrolyte for solid polymer fuel cells enables to recover a catalyst metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignees: JSR Corporation, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Kadota, Yoshitaka Yamakawa, Fusao Nakagawa, Nagayuki Kanaoka, Takaki Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20120322911
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a new type of polyimide membrane with high permeances and high selectivities for gas separations and particularly for CO2/CH4 and H2/CH4 separations. The polyimide membranes have CO2 permeability of 50 Barrers or higher and single-gas selectivity for CO2/CH4 of 15 or higher at 50° C. under 791 kPa for CO2/CH4 separation. The polyimide membranes have UV cross-linkable functional groups and can be used for the preparation of UV cross-linked polyimide membranes having CO2 permeability of 20 Barrers or higher and single-gas selectivity for CO2/CH4 of 35 or higher at 50° C. under 791 kPa for CO2/CH4 separation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: UOP LLC.
    Inventors: Chunqing Liu, Travis C. Bowen, Emily G. Harbert, Raisa Minkov, Syed A. Faheem, Zara Osman
  • Publication number: 20120316313
    Abstract: The invention provides halogen-free, bisphenol triazole resins and polymers having exceptional flame retarding properties, related compositions and methods of making and use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventors: Todd Emrick, Beom-Young Ryu
  • Patent number: 8309678
    Abstract: Provided is a solid polymer electrolyte having increased heat resistance and high proton conductivity and a proton conductive membrane composed of the electrolyte. Also provided is a copolymer having a sulfonic acid group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki Kadota, Yoshitaka Yamakawa
  • Patent number: 8153753
    Abstract: A polyamide having at least an alicyclic or aromatic group exhibiting a light transmittance of 80% or more in the wavelength region of 450 to 700 nm is produced by using an aramide polymer comprising specific structural units at an amount of 50 mol % or more. Colorless transparent alicyclic or aromatic polyamide films having high rigidity and high thermal resistance are provided by using the polyamide. Further, the invention provides various optical members made by using the polyamide or the polyamide films, and polyamide copolymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Hideki Moriyama, Akimitsu Tsukuda
  • Publication number: 20120064725
    Abstract: A naphthalene derivative having formula (1) is provided wherein An and Art denote a benzene or naphthalene ring, and n is such a natural number as to provide a weight average molecular weight of up to 100,000. A material comprising the naphthalene derivative or a polymer comprising the naphthalene derivative is spin coated to form a resist bottom layer having improved properties. A pattern forming process in which a resist bottom layer formed by spin coating is combined with an inorganic hard mask formed by CVD is available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Kinsho, Daisuke Kori, Katsuya Takemura, Takeru Watanabe, Tsutomu Ogihara
  • Patent number: 8119764
    Abstract: Medical device (?) comprising at least one part (?) consisting of a polymer material (M) comprising at least one kinked rigid-rod polyarylene (P) of which more than 50 wt. % of the recurring units are recurring units (R) of one or more formulae consisting of an optionally substituted arylene group which is linked by each of its two ends to two other optionally substituted arylene groups via a direct C—C linkage. The recurring units (R) are a mix (?) consisting of (i) between 0 and 75 mole %, of rigid rod-forming arylene units (Ra) and (ii) between 25 and 100 mole % of kink-forming arylene units (Rb), both contents being based on the total number of moles of the recurring units (R). Arylene units (Ra) and/or (Rb) may be optionally substituted by at least one monovalent substituting group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Solvay Advanced Polymers, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Nikica Maljkovic, Bianca Sadicoff Shemper, Mohammad Jamal El-Hibri
  • Patent number: 8110636
    Abstract: Improved multi-block sulfonated poly(phenylene) copolymer compositions, methods of making the same, and their use as proton exchange membranes (PEM) in hydrogen fuel cells, direct methanol fuel cells, in electrode casting solutions and electrodes. The multi-block architecture has defined, controllable hydrophobic and hydrophilic segments. These improved membranes have better ion transport (proton conductivity) and water swelling properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Sandia Corporation
    Inventors: Cy H. Fujimoto, Michael Hibbs, Andrea Ambrosini
  • Patent number: 8106142
    Abstract: Polyacetylinic oligomers suitable for high-temperature polymer-matrix composites are provided. The polyacetylinic oligomers have the formula: D-A-D wherein D is an endcap including at least one crosslinking functionality; and A is backbone selected from the group consisting of imidesulfone; ether; ethersulfone; amide; imide; ester; estersulfone; etherimide; amideimide; oxazole; oxazole sulfone; thiazole; thiazole sulfone; imidazole; and imidazole sulfone. At least one ethynyl functional group, however, is incorporated into the backbone such that crosslinking is not only realized at the endcaps but also at the ethynyl groups within the backbone of the oligomer itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Thomas K. Tsotsis, Norman R. Byrd
  • Patent number: RE43880
    Abstract: This invention relates to the composition and a solvent-free process for preparing novel imide oligomers and polymers specifically formulated with effective amounts of a dianhydride such as 2,3,3?,4-biphenyltetra carboxylic dianydride (a-BPDA), at least one aromatic diamine and an endcapped of 4-phenylethynylphthalic anhydride (PEPA) or nadic anhydride to produce imide oligomers that possess a low-melt viscosity of 1-60 poise at 260-280° C. When the imide oligomer melt is cured at about 371° C. in a press or autoclave under 100-500 psi, the melt resulted in a thermoset polyimide having a glass transition temperature (Tg) equal to and above 310° C. A novel feature of this process is that the monomers; namely the dianhydrides, diamines and the endcaps, are melt processable to form imide oligomers at temperatures ranging between 232-280° C. (450-535° F.) without any solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventor: Chun-Hua Chuang