Material Contains A Metal Atom Patents (Class 528/275)
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Patent number: 7279545Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 4, 2003Date of Patent: October 9, 2007Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha J-CorporationInventors: Takatsugu Takamura, Kim Dong Baek, Jyunji Yamada
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Patent number: 7256241Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 10, 2006Date of Patent: August 14, 2007Assignee: Cyclics CorporationInventors: Tohru Takekoshi, Peter D. Phelps, Yi-Feng Wang, Steven J. Winckler
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Patent number: 7241855Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 27, 2005Date of Patent: July 10, 2007Assignee: Zimmer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Stefan Deiss, Michael Reisen, Karl-Heinz Heldmann, Eckhard Seidel
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Patent number: 7232602Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 22, 2004Date of Patent: June 19, 2007Assignee: DuPont Teijin Films U.S. Limited PartnershipInventors: William James Brennan, Gary Victor Rhoades, Paul David Lawrence
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Patent number: 7208565Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 24, 2000Date of Patent: April 24, 2007Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takahiro Nakajima, Ken-ichi Tsukamoto, Shoichi Gyobu, Mitsuyoshi Kuwata
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Patent number: 7205357Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 28, 2003Date of Patent: April 17, 2007Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Takashi Kubo, Katsutoshi Aoki, Eiji Shirai
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Patent number: 7199212Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 25, 2000Date of Patent: April 3, 2007Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takahiro Nakajima, Kenichi Tsukamoto, Shoichi Gyobu, Maki Sato
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Patent number: 7196159Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 30, 2005Date of Patent: March 27, 2007Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventors: Donald Ross Kelsey, Cecilia Zuqi Tse, Emery Don Johnson
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Patent number: 7148293Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 24, 2003Date of Patent: December 12, 2006Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Jean-Francois Stumbe, Bernd Bruchmann, Dietmar Häring
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Patent number: 7144974Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 25, 2004Date of Patent: December 5, 2006Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Keisuke Honda, Kunihiro Morimoto, Masatoshi Aoyama, Tatsuya Nagano, Minoru Fujimori
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Patent number: 7144614Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 2, 2002Date of Patent: December 5, 2006Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takahiro Nakajima, Ken-ichi Tsukamoto, Shoichi Gyobu, Nobuo Moriyama, Mitsuyoshi Kuwata, Yoshinao Matsui, Seisyu Hayashi, Katsuya Ito, Masaou Matsuda
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Patent number: 7129317Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 21, 2004Date of Patent: October 31, 2006Assignee: Wellman, Inc.Inventors: Tony Clifford Moore, David Eugene Thompson, Sharon Sue Griffith, Carl S. Nichols, Billy Mack Humelsine, Robert Joseph Schiavone
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Patent number: 7052765Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 9, 2005Date of Patent: May 30, 2006Assignee: Taiwan Textile Research InstituteInventors: Jia-Peng Lin, Yu-Chi Tseng, Huan-Sheng Chien
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Patent number: 7049390Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 14, 2002Date of Patent: May 23, 2006Assignee: E. I.du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Douglas J. Adelman, Robin N. Greene, Donald E. Putzig
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Patent number: 7048995Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 21, 2003Date of Patent: May 23, 2006Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Yoshihiro Fujimori, Kiyotoshi Fujioka, Masahiro Nukui, Yutaka Yatsugi, Kazuya Nakamichi, Noboru Satou, Toshio Kambe, Hirotsugu Niwa
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Patent number: 7026035Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 25, 2003Date of Patent: April 11, 2006Assignee: Teijin DuPont Films Japan LimitedInventors: Shinji Yano, Kouji Kubo, Makoto Handa, Tetsuo Ichihashi, Kei Mizutani, Shigeyuki Watanabe
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Patent number: 7026434Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 15, 2003Date of Patent: April 11, 2006Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventor: Donald Edward Putzig
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Patent number: 6995232Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 28, 2002Date of Patent: February 7, 2006Assignee: Procter & GambleInventors: John Keeney Howie, Jared John Schaefer, James Earl Trout
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Patent number: 6927252Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 29, 2004Date of Patent: August 9, 2005Assignee: Repsol Quimica, S.A.Inventors: Mariano Malaga Mellado, Julian Gonzalez Rivero
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Patent number: 6905774Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 27, 2003Date of Patent: June 14, 2005Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Kohzo Takahashi, Ryosuke Matsui, Masahiro Kimura
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Patent number: 6887947Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 28, 2002Date of Patent: May 3, 2005Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Jared John Schaefer, James Earl Trout
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Publication number: 20040266977Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2004Publication date: December 30, 2004Applicant: Repsol Quimica, S.A., Paseo de la CastellanaInventors: Mariano Malaga Mellado, Julian Gonzalez Rivero
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Publication number: 20040260053Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2003Publication date: December 23, 2004Inventors: Hsu Yen-Huey, Huang Chuan-Yi
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Publication number: 20040254330Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2003Publication date: December 16, 2004Inventors: Jiwen F. Duan, Donald Edward Putzig
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Publication number: 20040236063Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2004Publication date: November 25, 2004Applicant: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Keisuke Suzuki, Hiroki Fukuda, Hideki Shimizu, Tsuyoshi Matsunaga
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Patent number: 6822054Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 31, 2003Date of Patent: November 23, 2004Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventor: Howard C. Ng
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Patent number: 6812265Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 1, 2001Date of Patent: November 2, 2004Assignee: Great Lakes Chemical (Europe) GmbHInventors: Fiorenzo Renzi, Andrea Bendandi, Roberto Forestieri, Nereo Nodari
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Patent number: 6797394Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 27, 2001Date of Patent: September 28, 2004Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: Thauming Kuo, Jeffery E. G. Powell
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Patent number: 6783827Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 20, 2002Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: Nan Ya Plastics CorporationInventor: Zo-Chun Jen
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Patent number: 6780962Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 31, 2001Date of Patent: August 24, 2004Assignee: Sika Schweiz AGInventors: Dally Moya, Ria De Cooman, Werner Meyer
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Patent number: 6774204Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 25, 2002Date of Patent: August 10, 2004Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventor: Donald Edward Putzig
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Publication number: 20040122206Abstract: 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: 1Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2002Publication date: June 24, 2004Inventor: Zo-Chun Jen
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Patent number: 6743855Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 26, 2002Date of Patent: June 1, 2004Assignee: Avecia LimitedInventors: Dean Thetford, Stuart Barnett
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Patent number: 6739720Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 14, 2003Date of Patent: May 25, 2004Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.Inventors: Kazuhiko Ooga, Tsuneo Tajima, Hiroshi Uchida
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Patent number: 6733873Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 17, 2002Date of Patent: May 11, 2004Assignee: Teijin LimitedInventors: Kei Mizutani, Koji Kubo
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Publication number: 20040077486Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2003Publication date: April 22, 2004Inventors: Andrew Martin Bellamy, Charles Mark Lindall, Calum Harry McIntosh, Martin Graham Partridge, John Armstrong Young, Steven Charles Davies
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Patent number: 6710158Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 21, 2002Date of Patent: March 23, 2004Assignee: Wellman, Inc.Inventors: Walter Lee Edwards, Robert Joseph Schiavone, Carl Steven Nichols, Tony Clifford Moore
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Patent number: 6706396Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 18, 2002Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Richard Allen Hayes, Gregory W. Hoffmann
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Method for separating and recovering dimethyl terephthalate and ethylene glycol from polyester waste
Patent number: 6706843Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 19, 2002Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Teijin LimitedInventors: Kenichi Ishihara, Kenji Ishida, Masanori Miyamoto, Minoru Nakashima, Kazuhiro Sato, Hideo Hasegawa -
Patent number: 6706852Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 2, 2002Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Jiwen F. Duan, Xianyin Ma
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Patent number: 6703474Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 24, 2002Date of Patent: March 9, 2004Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Yoshihiro Fujimori, Kiyotoshi Fujioka, Masahiro Nukui, Yutaka Yatsugi, Kazuya Nakamichi, Noboru Satou
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Patent number: 6699545Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 22, 2002Date of Patent: March 2, 2004Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventor: Anju Parthasarathy
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Patent number: 6686401Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 16, 2002Date of Patent: February 3, 2004Assignee: Great Lakes Chemical (Europe) GmbHInventors: Fiorenzo Renzi, Andrea Bendandi, Roberto Forestieri
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Patent number: 6670033Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 27, 2001Date of Patent: December 30, 2003Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Michael A. Hubbard, Michael Wohlers, Helmut B. Witteler, Edward G. Zey, George Kvakovszky, Thomas H. Shockley, Larry F. Charbonneau, Norbert Kohle, Jochen Rieth
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Patent number: 6667383Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 4, 2002Date of Patent: December 23, 2003Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Yoshihiro Fujimori, Masahiro Nukui, Yutaka Yatsugi, Kenichi Matsui
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Patent number: 6664363Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 9, 2002Date of Patent: December 16, 2003Assignee: Stepan CompanyInventor: James A. Faunce
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Patent number: 6663961Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 19, 2001Date of Patent: December 16, 2003Assignees: Oil Corporation, Korea Institute of Science and TechnologyInventors: Hyun Nam Cho, Sang Ho Bae, Il Seok Choi
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Patent number: 6657036Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 4, 2001Date of Patent: December 2, 2003Assignee: BASF Coatings AGInventors: Werner-Alfons Jung, Heinz-Peter Rink, Eberhard Fuchs, Wolfgang Straehle
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Patent number: 6657044Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 18, 2002Date of Patent: December 2, 2003Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventors: Donald Ross Kelsey, Kathleen Suzanne Kiibler, Wen Tzung Tang
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Patent number: RE38928Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 15, 1997Date of Patent: January 3, 2006Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Masahiro Kimura, Kohzo Takahashi, Hiroji Kojima, Koichi Abe