Material Contains A Metal Atom Patents (Class 528/275)
  • Patent number: 7279545
    Abstract: The present invention provides a production method of biodegradable plastic in which polylactic acid is directly synthesized from lactic acid without employing the conventional route of polylactic acid synthesis from lactic acid via lactide, and apparatus for use in production thereof. In this way, time required for the synthesis of polylactic acid is strikingly shortened and the production cost is reduced. In the production method of biodegradable plastic, polylactic acid, the main component of biodegradable plastic, is obtained by means of condensation polymerization by dehydration of the raw material, lactic acid, under high temperature and reduced pressure in the presence of a metal catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha J-Corporation
    Inventors: Takatsugu Takamura, Kim Dong Baek, Jyunji Yamada
  • Patent number: 7256241
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and formulations involving the use of promoters that accelerate the polymerization of macrocyclic polyester oligomers (MPOs). For example, in certain embodiments, the invention provides blends of macrocyclic polyester oligomer (MPO), catalyst, and promoter that are substantially stable at ambient temperature for a period of time. The blend material may be stored without premature polymerization of MPO or deactivation of catalyst. The invention also provides processes employing one-part, ready-to-polymerize blends that contain MPO, catalyst, and promoter, as well as processes in which the catalyst and promoter are used in separate streams and are contacted when it is desired to accelerate polymerization of MPO. Methods of the invention offer advantages in the manufacture of thermoplastic parts and composites, due at least in part to the unique properties of MPO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Cyclics Corporation
    Inventors: Tohru Takekoshi, Peter D. Phelps, Yi-Feng Wang, Steven J. Winckler
  • Patent number: 7241855
    Abstract: A method is described for the manufacture of polyesters of aromatic dicarboxylic acids with aliphatic and/or cycloaliphatic dials, in which an aromatic dicarboxylic acid in the presence of a monocarboxylic acid or a mixture of a monocarboxylic acid present in a saturated solution with water or another suitable solvent is converted with an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic dial to a dicarboxylic acid alkanediolestercarboxylate and/or its oligomers, which are polycondensed in further process steps to the polyester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Zimmer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stefan Deiss, Michael Reisen, Karl-Heinz Heldmann, Eckhard Seidel
  • Patent number: 7232602
    Abstract: A multilayer card has (i) an opaque polyester film substrate (1) containing 0.2 to 30% by weight, relative to the total weight of the substrate, of at least one copolyesterether, (ii) an ink-receptive layer (2) on at least one surface of the substrate, and (iii) a cover layer (4) on the surface of the ink-receptive layer and/or surface of the substrate. The presence of the copolyesterether in the substrate reduces the tendency of the card to delaminate in use. Suitable for use, inter alia, in identification, magnetic, credit, pre-paid and smart cards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: DuPont Teijin Films U.S. Limited Partnership
    Inventors: William James Brennan, Gary Victor Rhoades, Paul David Lawrence
  • Patent number: 7208565
    Abstract: This invention provides a novel polycondensation catalyst using no antimony compound, polyester produced by using the same, and a process for producing polyester. A novel catalyst comprising an aluminum compound and a phosphorus compound is used as the polycondensation catalyst in producing polyester. The polyester of this invention can be applied to fibers for clothes, fibers for industrial materials, various films, sheets and molded articles such as bottles and engineering plastics, as well as coatings and adhesives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takahiro Nakajima, Ken-ichi Tsukamoto, Shoichi Gyobu, Mitsuyoshi Kuwata
  • Patent number: 7205357
    Abstract: A polyester resin composition for a toner comprising a titanium compound in an amount of from 0.005 to 4% by weight, and an inorganic phosphorus compound in an amount of from 0.001 to 5% by weight; a toner comprising the polyester resin composition as defined above; and a process for preparing the polyester resin composition for a toner as defined above, comprising the step of polycondensing the raw material monomers for the polyester in the presence of a titanium compound and an inorganic phosphorus compound. The polyester resin composition for a toner is suitably used as a resin binder for a toner for developing a latent image formed in electrophotography, electrostatic recording method, electrostatic printing method or the like, a process for preparing the same, and a toner comprising the polyester resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Kubo, Katsutoshi Aoki, Eiji Shirai
  • Patent number: 7199212
    Abstract: A novel polymerization catalyst for polyesters, which does not contain any germanium or antimony compound as the main component; polyesters produced with the catalyst; and a process for producing polyesters. This polymerization catalyst is excellent in catalytic activity, little causes thermal degradation of polyesters in melt molding even when neither deactivated nor removed, and can give thermally stable polyesters which little generate foreign matter and are excellent in transparency and color. The polymerization catalyst is one which contains as the first metal-containing component at least one member selected from the group consisting of aluminum and aluminum compounds and which gives polyethylene terephthalate (PET) having a thermal stability parameter (TS) satisfying the relationship: (1) TS<0.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takahiro Nakajima, Kenichi Tsukamoto, Shoichi Gyobu, Maki Sato
  • Patent number: 7196159
    Abstract: A process for the production of polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTT), wherein the process comprises: (i) one or more esterification steps, wherein terephthalic acid (TPA) or an alkyl diester of terephthalic acid is reacted with 1,3-propanediol (PDO); and (ii) one or more subsequent polycondensation steps, wherein the process further comprises the addition of a protic acid, other than terephthalic or isophthalic acid, before and/or during the one or more esterification steps, wherein the protic acid has a dissociation constant of at most 4 (pKa measured in water at 25° C.), and wherein the total amount of protic acid added before and/or during the one or more esterification steps is in the range of from 0.001 to 10 millimole of acid per kilogram of polytrimethylene terephthalate produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Donald Ross Kelsey, Cecilia Zuqi Tse, Emery Don Johnson
  • Patent number: 7148293
    Abstract: Process for preparing essentially uncrosslinked hyperbranched, water-soluble or water-dispersible polyesters from dicarboxylic acids and polyether polyols having at least 3 OH groups. Water-soluble hyperbranched polyesters which are obtainable by such a process and their use for producing printing inks, adhesives, coatings, paints and varnishes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Stumbe, Bernd Bruchmann, Dietmar Häring
  • Patent number: 7144974
    Abstract: In a polyester production method, a titanium compound having a radical selected from a carbonyl group, a carboxyl group, or an ester group, and a phosphorous compound having a structure illustrated in Formula (I), are added This yields a polyester composition which does not exhibit increased filter pressure when forming, which has excellent filament and film forming properties, and which has a polymer color tone superb to that of conventional products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Keisuke Honda, Kunihiro Morimoto, Masatoshi Aoyama, Tatsuya Nagano, Minoru Fujimori
  • Patent number: 7144614
    Abstract: This invention provides a novel polymerization catalyst other than antimony compounds, polyester produced by using the same and a process for producing polyester. The polycondensation catalyst of this invention is a polyester polymerization catalyst comprising an aluminum compound and a phosphorus compound having a specific structure. Further, this invention relates to polyester produced by using this polyester polymerization catalyst and a process for producing polyester. Further, this invention relates to fibers, films and hollow molded articles comprising the polyester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takahiro Nakajima, Ken-ichi Tsukamoto, Shoichi Gyobu, Nobuo Moriyama, Mitsuyoshi Kuwata, Yoshinao Matsui, Seisyu Hayashi, Katsuya Ito, Masaou Matsuda
  • Patent number: 7129317
    Abstract: The present invention relates to slow-crystallizing polyethylene terephthalate resins that possess a significantly higher heating crystallization exotherm peak temperature (TCH) as compared with those of conventional antimony-catalyzed polyethylene terephthalate resins. The polyethylene terephthalate resins of the present invention are especially useful for making hot-fill bottles having exceptional clarity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Wellman, Inc.
    Inventors: Tony Clifford Moore, David Eugene Thompson, Sharon Sue Griffith, Carl S. Nichols, Billy Mack Humelsine, Robert Joseph Schiavone
  • Patent number: 7052765
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing antibacterial polyester master batches and fibers containing nano-silver particles, the method includes the acts of: mixing a reducing agent, glycol and a silver precursor together to compose a first mixture; esterifying terephthalic acid and glycol to compose a second mixture containing block polymers; mixing the first and second mixtures to make the block polymers further polymerize to achieve a polyester liquid containing nano-silver particles; optionally, cooling the polyester liquid to solidify; and selectively, granulating the solidified polyester to obtain a polyester master batches or melting spinning the polyester to obtain polyester fibers. By reducing the silver ions during polymerizing reaction, the reduced silver particles are separated by polymerized polyester molecules so that the silver particles are evenly distributed inside the polyester master batches without coagulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Taiwan Textile Research Institute
    Inventors: Jia-Peng Lin, Yu-Chi Tseng, Huan-Sheng Chien
  • Patent number: 7049390
    Abstract: A melt polymerization process for the preparation of poly(1,3-propylene-co-isosorbide) terephthalate (3GIT), new 3GITs and products made from the 3GITs. The process comprises (a) providing a mixture comprising terephthalic acid or its alkyl ester, 1,3-propanediol and isosorbide in a molar ratio of diols to terephthalic acid or its alkyl ester of from about 1.1:1 to about 1.6:1 and a molar ratio of 1,3-propanediol to isosorbide of from about 2:1 to about 10:1; (b) reacting the mixture in an inert atmosphere at a temperature of about 180 to about 245° C., with concurrent removal of a distillate comprising at least 80% of the water or alkanol volatile reaction product, wherein the distillate contains less than about 5 weight % 1,3-propanediol and less than 1 weight % isosorbide; and (c) continuing the reaction in the presence of a polycondensation catalyst at a pressure of about 0.25 to about 2 mm Hg and about 245 to about 260° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: E. I.du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Douglas J. Adelman, Robin N. Greene, Donald E. Putzig
  • Patent number: 7048995
    Abstract: A polyester resin produced by polycondensing a dicarboxylic acid component containing an aromatic dicarboxylic acid or its ester-forming derivative as the main component and a diol component containing ethylene glycol as the main component in the presence of at least an antimony compound and a phosphorus compound, via an esterification reaction or an ester exchange reaction, which is characterized in that the amount of antimony eluted when immersed in hot water of 95° C. for 60 minutes in the form of particles having a number average particle weight of 24 mg, is not more than 1 ?g per 1 g of the polyester resin, as antimony atoms (Sb).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Fujimori, Kiyotoshi Fujioka, Masahiro Nukui, Yutaka Yatsugi, Kazuya Nakamichi, Noboru Satou, Toshio Kambe, Hirotsugu Niwa
  • Patent number: 7026035
    Abstract: There is provided a laminated film for optical use comprising a polyester film which has a lubricity layer containing globular particles in at least one side thereof, wherein the laminated film has a thickness irregularity of 0.5 to 7.0%, and wherein the polyester film contains inert particles derived from catalysts and the amount of the inert particles determined by a dark-field microscopy satisfies the following conditions: the number of inert particles having a particle size of from 1 to 10 ?m is 200 to 20,000/mm2; and the number of inert particles having a particle size of greater than 10 ?m is 10/mm2 or less. The laminated film for optical use which is improved in uniformity, transparency, lubricity, color tone and scratch resistance, which deposits only a reduced amount of low molecular materials, and which is excellent in the adhesion to a layer adopted for various optical purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Teijin DuPont Films Japan Limited
    Inventors: Shinji Yano, Kouji Kubo, Makoto Handa, Tetsuo Ichihashi, Kei Mizutani, Shigeyuki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7026434
    Abstract: A composition and a process for producing the composition are disclosed. The composition comprises (1) repeat units derived from a carbonyl compound and a glycol and (2) one or more ultrafine metal oxides. The process can comprise (1) contacting, in the presence of a catalyst and optionally one or more ultrafine metal oxides, a carbonyl compound such as dicarboxylic acid with a glycol under a condition sufficient to produce polyester wherein the glycol can be pretreated with a metal oxide or (2) incorporating an ultrafine metal oxide into or onto polyester. Also disclosed is a process for substantially removing, or reducing the content of, an aldehyde in a glycol which comprises contacting the glycol with at least one metal oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Donald Edward Putzig
  • Patent number: 6995232
    Abstract: Processes for the preparation of polyol fatty acid polyesters comprise heating a mixture of polyol, fatty acid ester, emulsifying agent and catalyst. In one embodiment, the fatty acid chains of the fatty acid ester have from about 6 to about 14 total carbon atoms and the emulsifying agent comprises a fatty acid soap having fatty acid chains of from about 16 to about 22 total carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Procter & Gamble
    Inventors: John Keeney Howie, Jared John Schaefer, James Earl Trout
  • Patent number: 6927252
    Abstract: The process consists of making react (i) an alkylene oxide polyether polyol, (ii) an organic compound which has an ethylenic unsaturation and a hydroxyl, carboxyl, anhydride, isocyanate or epoxy group and (iii) an alkylene oxide selected from ethylene oxide, propylene oxide and mixtures thereof, in the presence of an effective quantity of a potassium naphthenate catalyst. The unsaturated polyester polyols produced have a reduced degree of unsaturation and are useful in the synthesis of polymeric polyols with good viscosity, filterability and particle size properties, suitable for the production of cellular polyurethane compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Repsol Quimica, S.A.
    Inventors: Mariano Malaga Mellado, Julian Gonzalez Rivero
  • Patent number: 6905774
    Abstract: Biaxially-drawn polyester film for fabrication which is characterized in that it is a film comprising polyester in which ethylene terephthalate units and/or ethylene naphthalate units are the chief structural component, and the melting point of said film is 180-270° C., the angle of contact to water is 70°-120°, and the planar orientation coefficient is 0.08-0.15. This film shows outstanding release properties following repeated use, use after fabrication and use in an aqueous environment and, furthermore, it exhibits stable properties with little variation and, in particular, following lamination to metal sheet such as steel or aluminium, when used as the inner face of a fabricated metal can, it is outstanding in its non-stick properties to the contents, and provides a combination of heat resistance and processability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kohzo Takahashi, Ryosuke Matsui, Masahiro Kimura
  • Patent number: 6887947
    Abstract: This invention relates to processes for the production of purified, partially esterified polyol fatty acid polyesters and the compositions derived from those processes. The purified, partially esterified polyol fatty acid polyesters of the present invention are particularly well suited for use in a variety of food, beverage, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic applications and comprise less than about 5% polyol; less than about 5 ppm of residual solvent; less than about 700 ppm of lower alky esters; less than about 5% of a soap and free fatty acid mixture; less than about 3% of ash; and have an acid value of less than about 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jared John Schaefer, James Earl Trout
  • Publication number: 20040266977
    Abstract: The process consists of making react (i) an alkylene oxide polyether polyol, (ii) an organic compound which has an ethylenic unsaturation and a hydroxyl, carboxyl, anhydride, isocyanate or epoxy group and (iii) an alkylene oxide selected from ethylene oxide, propylene oxide and mixtures thereof, in the presence of an effective quantity of a potassium naphthenate catalyst. The unsaturated polyester polyols produced have a reduced degree of unsaturation and are useful in the synthesis of polymeric polyols with good viscosity, filterability and particle size properties, suitable for the production of cellular polyurethane compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: Repsol Quimica, S.A., Paseo de la Castellana
    Inventors: Mariano Malaga Mellado, Julian Gonzalez Rivero
  • Publication number: 20040260053
    Abstract: A polyimide polymer made from a dianhydride of 3,3′,4,4′-Biphenyltetracarboxylic dianhydride and diamines of p-phenylenediamine and oxydianiline, having similar coefficient of thermal expansion, useful for producing polyimide cast-on-copper laminate, which having an excellent dimensional stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2003
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Hsu Yen-Huey, Huang Chuan-Yi
  • Publication number: 20040254330
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process that comprises contacting, in the presence of an esterification or transesterification or polycondensation catalyst composition, a toner, and a phosphorus compound, a carbonyl compound and an alcohol under a condition suitable for esterification, transesterification, or polymerization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Inventors: Jiwen F. Duan, Donald Edward Putzig
  • Publication number: 20040236063
    Abstract: The amorphous polyester chip of the present invention is characterized by a moisture content of not more than 300 ppm and a fine particle content of not more than 500 ppm. According to the amorphous polyester chip of the present invention, a formed product having a uniform polymer composition can be produced with superior processing operability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Applicant: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keisuke Suzuki, Hiroki Fukuda, Hideki Shimizu, Tsuyoshi Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 6822054
    Abstract: A random polytrimethylene ether ester prepared by polycondensation of 1,3-propanediol reactant and about 10 to about 0.1 mole % of aliphatic or aromatic diacid or diester, as well as its manufacture and use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Howard C. Ng
  • Patent number: 6812265
    Abstract: Liquid composition which can be polymerized into organic glasses, by means of radical polymerization with low shrinkage, comprising the product obtained from the trans-esterification of a diallycarbonate (A) with a mixture of one or more linear or branched aliphatic diols (B), containing from three to ten carbon atoms in the molecule, with a linear or branched aliphatic polyol (C), containing from four to twenty carbon atoms and from three to six hydroxyl groups in the molecule. The molar ratio A/(B+C) in the above polymerizable liquid composition ranges from 2/1 to 5/1 and the quantity of (C) in the mixture (B+C) is equal to or less than 25% by weight with respect to the total weight of this mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Great Lakes Chemical (Europe) GmbH
    Inventors: Fiorenzo Renzi, Andrea Bendandi, Roberto Forestieri, Nereo Nodari
  • Patent number: 6797394
    Abstract: The invention relates to resin intermediates and their preparation. The invention also relates to hydroxyl-functional, water-dispersible polymers formed from the intermediates and compositions containing the water-dispersible polymers. A preferred composition of the invention is a zero volatile organic content (VOC), ambient-cure enamel composition which contains a hydroxyl-functional, water-dispersible polyester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Thauming Kuo, Jeffery E. G. Powell
  • Patent number: 6783827
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for decreasing the cyclic oligomer content level in the manufacturing process of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and in the PET products produced from said process by adding calcium phosphate at least one selected from the group consisting of a Ca3(PO4)2 structure and a Ca5OH(PO4)3 structure, and a carboxy phosphonic acid having a structure (1) as follows: wherein R1, R2, and R3 are alkyls or hydrogen atoms and R is an alkyl. The method of the prevent invention restrains the production of cyclic oligomers in the polyester chips produced and also decreases the cyclic oligomers regenerated in the rear-end melting process stage of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Nan Ya Plastics Corporation
    Inventor: Zo-Chun Jen
  • Patent number: 6780962
    Abstract: 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. Optionally, a modified product can be obtained by performing a further reaction in step (i), namely by reacting said hydroxy terminated oligomer with at least one polycarboxylic acid and/or at least one polycarboxylic anhydride to generate said hydroxy terminated binder precursor oligomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Sika Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Dally Moya, Ria De Cooman, Werner Meyer
  • Patent number: 6774204
    Abstract: A composition and a process for producing the composition are disclosed. The composition comprises (1) repeat units derived from a carbonyl compound and a glycol and (2) one or more ultrafine metal oxides. The process can comprise (1) contacting, in the presence of a catalyst and optionally one or more ultrafine metal oxides, a carbonyl compound such as dicarboxylic acid with a glycol under a condition sufficient to produce polyester wherein the glycol can be pretreated with a metal oxide or (2) incorporating an ultrafine metal oxide into or onto polyester. Also disclosed is a process for substantially removing, or reducing the content of, an aldehyde in a glycol which comprises contacting the glycol with at least one metal oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Donald Edward Putzig
  • Publication number: 20040122206
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for decreasing the cyclic oligomer content in polyester product; during the manufacturing process of polyethylene terephthalate, adding at least one selected from the group consisting of calcium phosphate having Ca3(PO4)2 or Ca5OH(PO4)3 structure and of carboxy phosphonic acid having a structure (1) as follows: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventor: Zo-Chun Jen
  • Patent number: 6743855
    Abstract: A polyester of general formula 1 RO&Brketopenst;(A)(B)&Brketclosest;nCox  1 and its use as Association Thickener in aqueous media such as paints and inks; wherein R is hydrogen or a polymerization terminating group; A is a residue of a poly-C2-6-alkyleneglycol containing not less than 80% by weight polyethyleneglycol such as polyethyleneglycol with number average MW from 200 to 35,000; B is the residue of C4-50-alk(en)yl succinic acid such as C14-alkylsuccinic acid; X is hydroxy, a group ROA—, a group —OR1, —NHR1 or —O− M+, R1 is C1-18-alk(en)yl; M+ is a metal cation, and n is from 2 to 100.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Avecia Limited
    Inventors: Dean Thetford, Stuart Barnett
  • Patent number: 6739720
    Abstract: An alicyclic (meth)allyl ester monomer obtained by a specific production process. An alicyclic (meth)allyl ester compound for plastic lenses, which can be obtained by a simple and easy production process and which can endure a long-term storage, is produced using the monomer, and a plastic lens is obtained using the compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Ooga, Tsuneo Tajima, Hiroshi Uchida
  • Patent number: 6733873
    Abstract: A polyester film for dry film resists, which satisfies requirements for transparency, particularly transmittance of radiation having a wavelength around 365 nm, slipperiness, winding properties, resolution and recyclability. A polyester film for dry film resists which has a thickness of 10 to 25 &mgr;m, a haze value of 3% or less and a residual polycondensation metal catalyst content of less than 150 ppm, and a metal antimony content of 15 mmol % or less based on the total of all the acid components, and a laminated polyester film comprising a lubricating layer on at least one side of the above film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Kei Mizutani, Koji Kubo
  • Publication number: 20040077486
    Abstract: A catalyst composition for producing polyesters comprises: a) an organometallic compound obtained by reacting an orthoester or condensed orthoester of titanium, zirconium or aluminum, an alcohol containing at least two hydroxyl groups, a 2-hydroxy carboxylic acid and a base; and b) at least one compound comprising germanium, antimony or tin. Polyesters obtained by esterification reaction in the presence of the catalyst compositions according to the present invention exhibit improved melt properties and are particularly suitable for production of textile and commercial fibers, films and rigid packaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventors: Andrew Martin Bellamy, Charles Mark Lindall, Calum Harry McIntosh, Martin Graham Partridge, John Armstrong Young, Steven Charles Davies
  • Patent number: 6710158
    Abstract: The invention is a polyester resin that includes between about 20 and 200 ppm of an inert particulate additive, preferably selected from the group consisting of surface-modified talc and surface-modified calcium carbonate. The invention is also a method of making the polyester resin, which is capable of being formed into low-haze, high-clarity bottles possessing reduced coefficient of friction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Wellman, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter Lee Edwards, Robert Joseph Schiavone, Carl Steven Nichols, Tony Clifford Moore
  • Patent number: 6706396
    Abstract: The present invention provides processes for producing certain very low inherent viscosity polyesters. Also provided are the low inherent viscosity polyesters in discrete particulate form, and processes for producing the particulate polyesters. The discrete particulate materials are desirable for use in further processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Richard Allen Hayes, Gregory W. Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 6706843
    Abstract: For separation and recovery of dimethyl terephthalate (DMT) and ethyiene glycol (EG) from polyester waste containing foreign materials, the polyester waste is treated in EG containing a polyester depolymerization catalyst, a solid foreign material fraction floated on the surface of the resultant reaction solution is removed and the residual solid foreign material fraction is removed from the remaining solution fraction. The remaining solution fraction is distilled and concentrated and the distilled EG is recovered. A transesterification reaction catalyst and methanol are mixed into the distillation residue. The resultant reaction mixture is recrystallized and subjected to centrifugal separation to separate the reaction mixture into the DMT cake and a mixture solution, and then the cake is distilled whereby high-purity DMT is recovered. The residual mixture solution is subjected to distillation treatment for recovery of the methanol, and the distillation residue is distilled to recover EG.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Kenichi Ishihara, Kenji Ishida, Masanori Miyamoto, Minoru Nakashima, Kazuhiro Sato, Hideo Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 6706852
    Abstract: A process for producing a partially ester-exchanged SIPM such as an alkali metal bis(2-hydroxyethyl) 5-sulfoisophthalate produced from an alkali metal dimethyl 5-sulfoisophthalate in an alcohol is disclosed. The partially ester-exchanged SIPM in an alcohol can be used to copolymerize with oligomer of terephthalic acid or dimethyl terephthalate and an alcohol. Also disclosed is a process for controlling the color of a dyeable polyester using a phosphorous compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Jiwen F. Duan, Xianyin Ma
  • Patent number: 6703474
    Abstract: A polyester resin produced by polycondensing a dicarboxylic acid component containing an aromatic dicarboxylic acid or its ester-forming derivative as the main component and a diol component containing ethylene glycol as the main component in the presence of at least an antimony compound and a phosphorus compound, via an esterification reaction or an ester exchange reaction, which is characterized in that the amount of antimony eluted when immersed in hot water of 95° C. for 60 minutes in the form of particles having a number average particle weight of 24 mg, is not more than 1 &mgr;g per 1 g of the polyester resin, as antimony atoms (Sb).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Fujimori, Kiyotoshi Fujioka, Masahiro Nukui, Yutaka Yatsugi, Kazuya Nakamichi, Noboru Satou
  • Patent number: 6699545
    Abstract: This invention concerns a method for increasing the polymerization rate of polyester polymers in the solid state by adding a catalytic amount of zinc p-toluenesulfonate to a polyester polymer melt that is essentially free of antimony and germanium, before solid state polymerization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Anju Parthasarathy
  • Patent number: 6686401
    Abstract: Liquid composition polymerizable, by means of radicalic polymerization, into organic glass, comprising the product obtained from the transesterification of a mixture of diallyl carbonate (A) and a phthalic ester (B), with one or more polyols (C), linear or branced, containing from two to eight carbon atoms in the molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Great Lakes Chemical (Europe) GmbH
    Inventors: Fiorenzo Renzi, Andrea Bendandi, Roberto Forestieri
  • Patent number: 6670033
    Abstract: A process for the formation of a purified anhydrosugar alcohol is disclosed, whereby the resultant purified anhydrosugar alcohol has a purity of at least 99.8% and is substantially colorless. The anhydrosugar alcohol is purified by distillation, recrystallization from methanol, ethanol or ethylene glycol, melt recrystallization, or a combination thereof. Preferably, the purification is by distillation followed by recrystallization from methanol, ethanol or ethylene glycol. A test for determining the purity of the anhydrosugar alcohol is disclosed, wherein the color of the anhydrosugar alcohol after annealing at a temperature of at least 260° C. for at least four hours is examined. Alternatively, purity can be determined by examination of ultraviolet (UV) transmittance of the purified anhydrosugar alcohol at various wavelengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Michael A. Hubbard, Michael Wohlers, Helmut B. Witteler, Edward G. Zey, George Kvakovszky, Thomas H. Shockley, Larry F. Charbonneau, Norbert Kohle, Jochen Rieth
  • Patent number: 6667383
    Abstract: A polyester resin is prepared by polycondensing a dicarboxylic acid component containing terephthalic acid or its ester-forming derivative as the main component, and a diol component containing ethylene glycol as the main component in the presence of (1) a compound of at least one member selected from the group consisting of titanium group elements in Group 4A of the Periodic Table, via an esterification reaction or an ester exchange reaction, wherein the content of copolymerized components other than the terephthalic acid component and the ethylene glycol component, is not more than 4 mole % based on the total dicarboxylic acid component, and in a molded product with a thickness of 3.5 mm injection-molded at 280° C., the difference between the absorbance at a wavelength of 395 nm and the absorbance at a wavelength of 800 nm is at least 0.08, and the difference between the absorbance at a wavelength of 500 nm and the absorbance at a wavelength of 800 nm is at most 0.05.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Fujimori, Masahiro Nukui, Yutaka Yatsugi, Kenichi Matsui
  • Patent number: 6664363
    Abstract: The present invention relates to low viscosity aromatic polyester polyols having an average functionality of two and methods for preparing such polyols. In particular, the invention relates to low viscosity aromatic polyester polyols prepared by reacting a phthalic acid based material with diethylene glycol, a higher functional polyol having an average functionality of greater than two and a long chain alkyl acid, ester or oil. The resulting aromatic polyester polyol has an average functionality of two and has a lower dynamic viscosity as compared to the esterification product of a phthalic acid based material with diethylene glycol alone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Stepan Company
    Inventor: James A. Faunce
  • Patent number: 6663961
    Abstract: This invention is related to a process for preparing polyester polymers using a composite catalyst comprises the steps of 1) esterifying naphthalene dicarboxylic acid or a dicarboxylic acids containing NDCA or ester derivatives thereof, with ethylene glycol or glycols containing ethylene glycol or derivatives thereof to produce esterified compounds or its low molecular weight polymers; and then 2) continuously polycondensing the obtained esterification product to produce polyester polymers; and wherein the process includes using a composite polymerization catalyst which was prepared by reacting titanium compounds and cobalt compounds in the solution containing at least one alcohol. The process yields high quality polyester polymers having a good color and excellent physical properties. The process can considerably reduce both the esterification time and the polycondensation time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignees: Oil Corporation, Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Hyun Nam Cho, Sang Ho Bae, Il Seok Choi
  • Patent number: 6657036
    Abstract: The invention relates to polycondensation resins which are prepared by polycondensation of compounds having a low molecular weight and separation of small molecules in the presence of at least one hetergeneous catalyst. The invention also relates to polyaddition resins which are prepared by polyaddition in the presence of at least one heterogeneous catalyst. The invention further relates to the use of said polycondensation resins and polyaddition resins for the preparation of moulded parts, adhesives and coating materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: BASF Coatings AG
    Inventors: Werner-Alfons Jung, Heinz-Peter Rink, Eberhard Fuchs, Wolfgang Straehle
  • Patent number: 6657044
    Abstract: An improved process for the polymerization of polytrimethylene terephthalate by esterification of terephthalic acid or dimethylterephthalate with 1,3-propanediol (PDO), precondensation of the esterification product to produce a precondensation product, and polycondensation of the precondensation product to produce polytrimethylene terephthalate wherein excess PDO is removed from the esterification and/or polycondensation stages and PDO vapor is separated from the high boiling fraction (solid byproduct). The improvement comprises: (a) heating the solid byproduct in the presence of about 5 ppm to about 5000 ppm, based on metal, of a metal catalyst selected from the group consisting of one or more 3rd, 4th, or 5th row metal compounds from Groups 3-12 and Groups 14-15 of the Periodic Table (IUPAC 1989) at a temperature of from about 100° C. to about 240° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Donald Ross Kelsey, Kathleen Suzanne Kiibler, Wen Tzung Tang
  • Patent number: RE38928
    Abstract: A biaxially stretched polyester film for forming a container, characterized by being formed of a polyester substantially consisting of an ethylene terephthalate unit and an ethylene naphthalate unit, the refractive index in the direction of thickness of the film being 1.5 or greater. This film is not only excellent in the formability during formation into cans or the like, but has excellent properties in taste property, particularly, the taste property after the retorting, and may be suitably used for containers produced by forming process and, particularly, for metallic cans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kimura, Kohzo Takahashi, Hiroji Kojima, Koichi Abe