Two Or More Carboxylic Acid Or Derivatives Or Mixtures Thereof Patents (Class 528/302)
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Publication number: 20090253806Abstract: A biocompatible, bioerodable polyanhydride polymer having a Young's modulus between about 1.5 and 3 and a selected rate of surface degradation, and methods of forming and using the polymer, are disclosed. The polymer is formed of a polyester prepolymer having a preferred molecular weight of greater than 5 and less than 7.5 Kdaltons, and a selected number of anhydride linkages between 5 and about 30.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2009Publication date: October 8, 2009Inventors: Sunil K. Varshney, Olexander Hnojewyi, Jianxin Zhang, Patrick Rivelli
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Patent number: 7588816Abstract: The invention relates to biaxially oriented polyester films which are suitable for lamination to sheet metal; the invention in particular relates to a polyester film which (based on the weight of polyester) comprises from 1 to 8% by weight of isophthalate-derived units, and also comprises not only particles whose median diameter is from 0.1 to 2.0 ?m but also particles whose median diameter is from >2.5 ?m to <8 ?m. The invention further relates to a process for production of these films and to their use.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2007Date of Patent: September 15, 2009Assignee: Mitsubishi Polyester Film GmbHInventors: Matthias Konrad, Bodo Kuhmann, Gottfried Hilkert
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Publication number: 20090202462Abstract: The present application relates to a cosmetic composition in cast form, in a pot or as a stick, comprising at least one polyester that can be obtained by reaction: of at least one polyol comprising 3 to 6 hydroxyl groups; of at least one non-aromatic monocarboxylic acid; of at least one aromatic monocarboxylic acid, and of at least one polycarboxylic acid comprising at least 2 carboxyl groups COOH and/or a cyclic anhydride of such a polycarboxylic acid. The application also relates to a method of cosmetic treatment using said composition, as well as the use of this composition for the care or the make-up of the skin or of the lips.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2007Publication date: August 13, 2009Applicant: L'OREALInventor: Audrey Ricard
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Publication number: 20090181196Abstract: Described as one aspect of the invention are extrusion blow molded articles comprising at least one polyester which comprises: (a) a dicarboxylic acid component comprising: (i) about 90 to about 100 mole % of terephthalic acid residues; (ii) about 0 to about 10 mole % of aromatic and/or aliphatic dicarboxylic acid residues having up to 20 carbon atoms; and (b) a glycol component comprising: (i) about 42 to about 60 mole % ethylene glycol residues; and (ii) about 40 to about 58 mole % residues of 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol; wherein the total mole % of the dicarboxylic acid component is 100 mole %, and wherein the total mole % of the glycol component is 100 mole %; and wherein the inherent viscosity of the polyester is from 0.50 to 1.0 dL/g as determined in 60/40 (wt/wt) phenol/tetrachloroethane at a concentration of 0.25 g/50 ml at 25° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2008Publication date: July 16, 2009Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANYInventors: Thomas Joseph Pecorini, Spencer Allen Gilliam, Ignacio Garcia
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Patent number: 7557174Abstract: The present invention provides carboxy-terminated oligomeric polyester compositions useful in the preparation of “weatherable” polymeric materials, for example weatherable copolyestercarbonates. In one aspect the present invention provides an oligomeric polyester composition comprising structural units derived from at least one diacid, at least one diaryl carbonate and at least one diol. The structural units derived from the diacid are present in a molar excess of from about 10% to about 40% based on a ratio of moles of diacid-derived structural units to moles of diol-derived structural units present in the oligomeric polyester composition. The oligomeric polyester composition is further characterized by the presence of at least some phenoxy end groups.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2006Date of Patent: July 7, 2009Assignee: SABIC Innovative Plastics IP BVInventors: Daniel Joseph Brunelle, Martino Colonna, Corrado Berti, Maurizio Fiorini, Enrico Binassi
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Patent number: 7556861Abstract: High frequency-weldable articles, such as sheets or yarns, include at least one high frequency-weldable part that is made from a modified polyethylene terephthalate (PET) material and that has a melting point ranging from 100° C. to 250° C. The modified PET material is prepared from a composition that includes terephthalic acid, ethylene glycol and a diol modifier. The diol modifier is selected from the group consisting of neopentanediol, 1,3-dihydroxy-2-methylpropane, 1,3-dihydroxy-2-methylpropane alkoxylate, 2,5-dimethyl-2,5-hexanediol, polyethylene glycol, and combinations thereof.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2004Date of Patent: July 7, 2009Assignee: Far Eastern Textile Ltd.Inventors: Ru-Yu Wu, Tsung-Hui Chao, Chih-Wei Chu
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Patent number: 7544762Abstract: A polyester having a good color tone (a high L value and a low b value) and a low acetaldehyde content is obtained by using a catalyst containing a reaction product of (A) a titanium compound (1) represented by the general formula (I) and/or a titanium compound (2) obtained by reacting the titanium compound (1) of the general formula (I) with an aromatic polyhydric carboxylic acid represented by the general formula (II) or an anhydride thereof, with (B) a phosphorus compound (3) represented by the general formula (III). [wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5=a C2-C10 alkyl group, k=1 to 3, m=2 to 4, and R6=a substituted or non-substituted C6-C20 aryl group or a C6-C20 alkyl group].Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2002Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Assignee: Teijin LimitedInventors: Tomoyoshi Yamamoto, Hiroki Nagano, Minoru Suzuki, Hiroshi Toyao, Tomoyuki Kishino, Nobuo Minobe, Ryoji Tsukamoto, Kenichi Ishihara
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Patent number: 7544746Abstract: A process for preparing a hyperbranched polymer having a weight-average molar mass of at least 30,000, includes coupling a first prepolymer having at least three functional end groups with a second prepolymer having at least two functional end groups by a dehydration condensation reaction between the end groups in the prepolymers. The number of arms and/or molar mass of the functionalized prepolymers can accurately be adjusted, thus affecting the properties of the resulting hyperbranched polymer in a desired way. The polymer can be equipped e.g. with hydrophobic and hydrophilic parts. Also, the number of functional end groups, that optionally can be used for further chemical reactions, in the hyperbranched polymer can easily be adjusted to a desired level. The hyperbranched high molar mass polymer can be prepared in high yields without the use of organic solvents or linking compounds, which is advantageous from an environmental as well as an economical point of view.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2003Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Assignee: Tate & Lyle Public Limited CompanyInventors: Niels Dan Anders Södergard, Erik Mikael Stolt
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Publication number: 20090137735Abstract: This invention relates to thermoplastic article having one or more decorative materials embedded therein which is obtained by applying heat and pressure to one or more laminates wherein at least one of said laminates comprises, in order, (1) an upper sheet material; (2) one or more decorative materials; and (3) a lower sheet material; wherein the upper and lower sheet materials are formed from a polyester/aromatic polycarbonate blend wherein the thermoplastic article comprises at least one polyester composition comprising at least one polyester which comprises terephthalic acid and 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2009Publication date: May 28, 2009Applicant: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: Emmett Dudley Crawford, David Scott Porter, Gary Wayne Connell
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Publication number: 20090137768Abstract: A random amorphous copolyester is provided. The copolyester of the invention is synthesized by using diacid monomers and diol monomers. The random amorphous copolyester has a structure of the formula (I): wherein R1, R2 is an aromatic or aliphatic monomer, and wherein A, B, C, D, E and F are numbers of repeating units, A is 0-0.8, B is 0-0.8, C is 0-1, D is 0-1, E is 0-0.8, F is 0-0.8, C+D>0.2 and A+B+E+F<0.8. The diacid monomer comprises TPA and an aromatic or aliphatic diacid monomer, the diol monomer comprises EG, 1,3 and 1,4-CHDM, and an aromatic or aliphatic diol monomer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2008Publication date: May 28, 2009Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Chi-Yuan Hung, Cheng-Hsing Fan, Yuhsin Tsai, Fu-Yu Tsai
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Publication number: 20090117314Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of polycarbonate by the melt transesterification method, polycarbonate having a small buildup of electrostatic charge and obtainable by this process and shaped articles or extrudates, in particular optical data stores or diffuser discs, comprising this polycarbonate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2008Publication date: May 7, 2009Applicant: Bayer MaterialScience AGInventors: Wilfried Haese, Alexander Meyer
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Method for incorporating nitrogen containing methine light absorbers in PET and compositions thereof
Patent number: 7528219Abstract: The present invention is a method for efficiently incorporating a nitrogen containing methine light absorber into a polyester resin. The method includes forming a reaction mixture comprising combining a diol component, a diacid component selected from the group consisting of dicarboxylic acids, dicarboxylic acid derivatives, and mixtures thereof, an antimony containing compound, a phosphorus containing compound, a metal containing compound, and a nitrogen containing methine light absorber. The reaction mixture is polymerized in a polycondensation reaction system. In another embodiment the light absorber is added while the reaction products of one reactor are being transferred to the next reactor in the polycondensation reaction system. The present invention is also directed articles made from the polyester resin.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2007Date of Patent: May 5, 2009Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: Max Allen Weaver, Jason Clay Pearson, Dale Milton Blakely, Frederick Leslie Colhoun -
Publication number: 20090111966Abstract: The disclosed is a copolymer having a formula as: R1 is a combination of naphthalene, phenylene, butyl, and hexyl. R2 is a combination of ethylene, cyclohexene, 2-methylpropyl, and neopentyl. n is a number of 1500 to 3000. The copolymer has a transparency greater than 80%, a thermal resistance greater than 100° C., a moisture absorption less than 0.5 wt %, and yellowing under UV/climate resistance greater than 1000 hours, such that the copolymer is adapted to be applied in packaging material for light emitting devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2008Publication date: April 30, 2009Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Chih-hsiang Lin, Ya-Lan Chuang, Pei-Jung Tsat, Shu-Ling Yeh, Chin-Lang Wu, Cing-Jiuh Kang, Hsin-Ching Kao
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Patent number: 7517635Abstract: There is provided a novel polyester compound having in its main polymer chain an aliphatic cyclic structure with carboxylic acids or carboxylic acid ester groups as represented by the chemical formula (1), a resist material containing the polyester compound and a patterning method using the resist material.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2006Date of Patent: April 14, 2009Assignee: Central Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Satoru Miyazawa, Satoru Kobayashi, Kazuhiko Maeda
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Patent number: 7514528Abstract: Functional mixtures and polymer compositions are provided, each comprising at least one multi-functional Michael acceptor, at least one multi-functional Michael donor, in which at least 20% of either the donor or acceptor or a combination of the donor and acceptor is derived from bio-based materials and at least one catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2005Date of Patent: April 7, 2009Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Thomas Frederick Kauffman, David William Whitman, Michael John Zajaczkowski, David Elmer Vietti
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Patent number: 7514141Abstract: The invention relates to a biaxially oriented polyester film having a base layer (B) which comprises at least 80% by weight of a polyester comprised of from 55 to 90 mol % of units deriving from at least two aromatic dicarboxylic acids and of from 5 to 45 mol % of units deriving from at least one aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, where the total of the dicarboxylic-acid-derived molar percentages is 100. The film features ultimate tensile strength of ?100 N/mm2 and modulus of elasticity of ?3000 N/mm2.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2007Date of Patent: April 7, 2009Assignee: Mitsubishi Polyester Film GmbHInventors: Oliver Klein, Herbert Peiffer, Gottfried Hilkert
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Patent number: 7514526Abstract: The present invention discloses a process for the preparation of a stabilized polyester that is low in the generation of aldehydes which comprises reacting one or more diacids with one or more diols in an esterification process, and/or one or more diesters with one or more diols in a transesterification process in the presence of an effective amount of a stabilizer selected from the group consisting of (a) a polyhydric alcohol which is for example poly(ethylene-co-vinyl alcohol), poly(styrene-co-allyl alcohol), maltitol, isomalt, sorbitol, xylitol, sucrose, mucic acid dibutylester, mucic acid di(phenyl-1-ethyl)ester, pentaerythritol or dipentaerythritol; (b) a compound of the formula II which is for example di-iso-octyl-phosphinic acid; (c) a sterically hindered amine which is for example Tinuvin 123 or Tinuvin 622; (d) a polyacrylamide, an anionic acrylic polymer or a cationic acrylamide copolymer; or (e) a hydroxylamine and/or a nitrone.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2006Date of Patent: April 7, 2009Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp.Inventors: Dirk Simon, Dario Lazzari, Stephen Mark Andrews, Heinz Herbst
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Publication number: 20090087590Abstract: Disclosed is an optically anisotropic film comprising at least one compound having a partial structure represented by formula (1): where, each of R1, R2 and R3 independently represent a substituent; X represents a divalent linking group; “A” represents —COO—, —OCO—, or a substituted or non-substituted phenylene group, oxadiazole group or alkynylene group; Z represents a substituted or non-substituted alkyl group or aryl group; each of n1, n2 and n3 represents an integer of 0 to 4; and each of l, m and n represents an integer of 0 to 4.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2008Publication date: April 2, 2009Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yasuhiro Aiki, Shinichi Morishima
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Patent number: 7501373Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a polymerization catalyst used to produce polyester. The catalyst comprises at least one metal-containing component, excluding antimony or germanium, and an organic compound component, containing at least one moiety of Ar—O— or Ar—N<, where Ar represents an aryl group.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 1999Date of Patent: March 10, 2009Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takahiro Nakajima, Shoichi Gyobu, Hiroaki Taguchi
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Publication number: 20090023885Abstract: According to the invention, an amorphous CBDO copolymer (as described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,705,575, issued Jan. 6, 1998, which U.S. patent is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety) is treated to impart high impact resistance, also called impact strength.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2008Publication date: January 22, 2009Applicant: Texas State University - San MarcosInventors: Gary W. Beall, Jesse R. Hancock, Chad J. Booth
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Patent number: 7473734Abstract: A functional composition is provided that comprises at least one multi-functional Michael acceptor, at least one multi-functional Michael donor, and at least one weakly basic catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2005Date of Patent: January 6, 2009Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Ronald Scott Beckley, Thomas Frederick Kauffman, Michael John Zajaczkowski
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Publication number: 20090005519Abstract: The invention concerns novel cytosine based modules and in particular their application in linear multiple hydrogen bonded arrays to form supramolecular polymers of the formula (II): and the use of these in supramolecular materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2006Publication date: January 1, 2009Inventors: Kason Bala, Helen Claire Hailes, Valerie Gisele Helene Lafitte, Abil Aliev, Peter Golding
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Dispersing Agent for Pigment Concentrates, Its Use and Masterbatches Comprising the Dispersing Agent
Publication number: 20080319123Abstract: The invention relates to polyesters which contain carboxy groups and which are used as dispersing agents for pigment concentrates for the colouring of thermoplastics, and to a process for their preparation. The invention further relates to the use of the polyesters as dispersing agents, and also to masterbatches which comprise pigments, thermoplastics and the polyesters.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2005Publication date: December 25, 2008Inventors: Karlheinz Haubennestel, Afred Bubat, Udo Krappe, Barbel Gertzen, Joerg Garlinsky, Wolfgang Pritschins -
Publication number: 20080317693Abstract: The present patent application relates to a composition containing a certain type of polyester and a branched hydrocarbon compound. Also described is a cosmetic treatment method employing the composition and the use of this composition for caring for or making up the skin or lips. Novel polyesters are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2008Publication date: December 25, 2008Applicant: L'OREALInventor: Audrey RICARD
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Publication number: 20080317964Abstract: A high temperature lubricant composition for lubricating conveyored oven chains and other high temperature applications comprises at least one polyol polyester polymer and optionally at least one additive. The polyol polyester polymer can be made from esterification of at least one polyol, at least one dicarboxylic acid and at least one monocarboxylic acid. Optionally, at least one polyol polyester, at least one extreme pressure/antiwear agent and/or at least one metal deactivator is added to the final lubricant composition. The lubricant has a kinematic viscosity @40° C. of from about 50 to about 1,000 centistokes, a viscosity index of at least about 140, and a flash point of at least about 270° C. The lubricants have low evaporation loss, high resistance to oxidation, and provide reduction of friction when used in high temperature lubricant applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2006Publication date: December 25, 2008Inventors: Rocco Vincent Burgo, Paulson Kolangaden
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Patent number: 7468204Abstract: Modified copolyesters having relatively low refractive indices and relatively high glass transition temperatures are disclosed. These modified copolyesters can be used in forming one or more layers in an optical film, such as a multilayer polymer film.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2008Date of Patent: December 23, 2008Inventors: Timothy J. Hebrink, Martin E. Denker, Bert T. Chien, Matthew B. Johnson, Richard J. Thompson, Kristopher J. Derks, William W. Merrill, Fuming B. Li
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Patent number: 7459204Abstract: A multilayered polymer film includes a first set of optical layers and a second set of optical layers. The first set of optical layers is made from a polyester which is often birefringent. The polyesters of the first set of optical layers typically have a composition in which 70-100 mol % of the carboxylate subunits are first carboxylate subunits and 0-30 mol % are comonomer carboxylate subunits and 70 to 100 mol % of the glycol subunits are first glycol subunits and 0 to 30 mol % of the glycol subunits are comonomer glycol subunits, where at least 0.5 mol % of the combined carboxylate and glycol subunits are comonomer carboxylate or comonomer glycol subunits. The multilayered polymer film may be used to form, for example, a reflective polarizer or a mirror.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2006Date of Patent: December 2, 2008Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Timothy J. Hebrink, William W. Merrill, Carl A. Stover
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Patent number: 7452927Abstract: Sulfonated aliphatic-aromatic polyester compositions having improved thermal properties, and articles such as films, coatings and laminates, produced from the sulfonated aliphatic-aromatic polyester compositions, are provided. Some of the films are biocompostable. Films made from the sulfonated aliphatic-aromatic copolyesters can be used to make shaped articles, such as sheets, thermoformed containers, and coatings for, for example, films and other substrates. The sulfonated aliphatic-aromatic copolyesters are produced from a mixture of aromatic dicarboxylic acids, aliphatic dicarboxylic acids, certain glycols, and components containing alkali metal or alkaline earth metal sulfonate groups, such as a metal 5-sulfoisophthalic acid derivative.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2004Date of Patent: November 18, 2008Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventor: Richard Allen Hayes
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Patent number: 7446155Abstract: Hyperbranched polymers having a plurality of at least two different types of functional groups are described. Specific embodiments include hyperbranched polymers having functional groups of a first type that are substantially uniformly distributed throughout the hyperbranched polymer molecule and a second type of functional group that is substantially uniformly distributed at the terminals of the hyperbranched polymer molecule. The hyperbranched polymers having different types of functional groups are synthesized by reacting one or more monomers having functional groups that are capable of reacting during a set of polymerization conditions to form a hyperbranched polymer, wherein at least one of the monomers contains latent functional groups that are not reactive during polymerization.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2005Date of Patent: November 4, 2008Assignee: Michigan Molecular InstituteInventors: Petar R. Dvornic, Jin Hu, Dale J. Meier, Robert M. Nowak
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Patent number: 7442427Abstract: This invention relates to coextruded, transparent, biaxially oriented polyester film comprising a base layer (B) and a heatsealable top layer (A) which is peelable from at least APET, the heatsealable and peelable top layer (A) consisting of a) 80-98% by weight of polyester and b) 2-10% by weight of inorganic and/or organic particles having an average diameter d50 of from 2.5 to 8.0 ?m (based on the mass of the top layer (A)), wherein c) the polyester being composed of 12-89 mol % of units which derive from at least one aromatic dicarboxylic acid and 11-88 mol % of units which derive from at least one aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, the sum of the dicarboxylic acid-derived molar percentages being 100, d) the ratio of particle size d50 and layer thickness dA of the top layer (A) being greater than 1.2 and e) the layer thickness of the top layer (A) dA being from 1.0 to 5 ?m. The invention further relates to a process for producing the film and to its use.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2004Date of Patent: October 28, 2008Assignee: Mitsubishi Polyester Film GmbHInventors: Herbert Peiffer, Matthias Konrad, Harald Mueller, Paul Broemmel
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Patent number: 7439317Abstract: An amorphous polyester chip having superior processing ability is characterized by a moisture content of not more than 300 ppm and a fine particle content of not more than 500 ppm. A preferred embodiment is a copolymerized polyester chip comprising a main repeating unit consisting of ethylene terephthalate, and 1,4-dimethylene-cyclohexane terephthalate or neopentyl terephthalate, wherein the glycol component of the copolymerized polyester has a specific composition of 50 to 85 mol % of ethylene glycol, 12 to 45 mol % of 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol or neopentyl glycol and 1.5 to 7.0 mol % of diethylene glycol. Such amorphous polyester chip can be obtained by cooling an amorphous polyester obtained by melt polymerization, cutting the polyester to give a chip, feeding the chip in a treatment tank, drying the chip and removing fine particles.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2004Date of Patent: October 21, 2008Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Keisuke Suzuki, Hiroki Fukuda, Hideki Shimizu, Tsuyoshi Matsunaga
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Publication number: 20080227946Abstract: The invention relates to a thermosetting composition comprising (A) a compound having at least one oxetanyl group in the molecule, (B) a compound having at least two carboxyl groups in the molecule, and (C) an imidazolium salt, curing method thereof and products cured thereby. Cured products prepared from the composition of the invention is excellent in electrical isolation, flexibility, adhesiveness and mechanical strength.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2005Publication date: September 18, 2008Inventors: Hirotoshi Kamata, Kazuya Kimura, Hiroshi Uchida
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Adhesion-promoted , heatsealable and peelable polyester film, process for its production and its use
Patent number: 7396578Abstract: Coextruded, biaxially oriented polyester films which have a base layer (B) and have a heatsealable outer layer (A) that can be peeled from APET/CPET and from CPET, where the outer layer (A) includes a) from 60 to 99% by weight of polyester and b) from 1 to 10% by weight of inorganic and/or organic particles with a median diameter d50 of from 2 to 8 ?m, and where c) the polyester is composed of from 12 to 89 mol % of units derived from at least one aromatic dicarboxylic acid and of from 11 to 88 mol % of units derived from at least one aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, and the non-sealable surface of the film has been rendered adhesion-promoting. The films of the invention are suitable as a packaging material for foods and other consumable items, and as a lid film for APET/CPET or CPET trays.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2004Date of Patent: July 8, 2008Assignee: Mitsubishi Polyester Film GmbHInventors: Herbert Peiffer, Bart Janssens, Matthias Konrad, Andreas Stopp -
Patent number: 7393591Abstract: A high reflectivity coated substrate and coating composition employing a binder that includes a cycloaliphatic group and contains a polyester resin having a number average molecular weight from about 1,000 to 40,000. The binder contains less than 40 weight percent aromatic group containing compound and the weight ratio of pigment to binder is greater than 0.9:1. When the binder is blended with rutile TiO2 at a solids loading of 50 weight percent and coated to a dried film thickness of 0.00254 cm, the coating exhibits a Y-value of at least 85.5.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2007Date of Patent: July 1, 2008Assignee: Valspar Sourcing, Inc.Inventors: Gregory Bryant Hayes, Thomas John Melnyk
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Patent number: 7387843Abstract: Coating compositions comprising a polymer and an initiator are disclosed. The polymer comprises an alkyd portion and a free radical curable portion that is pendant from the alkyd portion; the alkyd portion includes one or more fatty acid moieties that can be derived from one or more drying, semi-drying or nondrying oils. When drying or semi-drying oils are used, the molecules of the present invention exhibit a dual cure, both oxidative and free radical. The compositions are particularly suitable for coating substrates comprising wood. Methods for using the present compositions are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2005Date of Patent: June 17, 2008Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: Roy E. Dean, David A. Diehl, Truman F. Wilt, Ronald R. Ambrose, Michael J. Ziegler, William H. Retsch, Jr.
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Patent number: 7381787Abstract: The present invention provides a process of reducing acrolein by product from polytrimethylene terephthalate using selected phosphorus compounds to contact the polytrimethylene terephthalate or reactants in the process of producing polytrimethylene terephthalate. The selected phosphorus compounds are retained in the polytrimethylene terephthalate. The present invention also provides polytrimethylene terephthalate compositions containing amounts of phosphorus compounds.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2005Date of Patent: June 3, 2008Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventors: Donald Ross Kelsey, Cecilia Zuqi Tse, Robert Lawrence Blackbourn, Holger Georg Bachmann, Eckhard Seidel
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Publication number: 20080125567Abstract: A composition of matter comprising an acid terminated polyester composition containing: (a) a polyester derived from at least one diol selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol; propylene glycol, butanediol, xylene glycol, and a first diacid component; and (b) a second diacid component; and wherein the composition contains a residual of the second diacid component that is at least less than about 1000 parts per million is disclosed. Also disclosed is a process to prepare these compositions and articles therefrom.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2006Publication date: May 29, 2008Inventors: Deepak Ramaraju, Gomatam Raghavan Ravi, Gaurav Mediratta, Govind Subbanna Wagle
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Patent number: 7375154Abstract: This invention relates to a polyester/polyamide blend having an excellent gas barrier property. More particularly, the present invention relates to combinations of a polyethylene terephthalate polymer and a polyamide polymer having an excellent gas barrier property and short oxygen scavenging induction periods, where the polyamide polymer has a C:A terminal group concentration ratio of 2:1 or more and a C+A terminal group concentration of at least 0.17 meq/g of polyamide polymer, wherein C represents a cumulative total of a terminal carboxyl group concentration and a terminal hydrocarbyl group concentration expressed in meq/g of polyamide, and A represents a terminal amine group concentration expressed in meq/g of polyamide.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2004Date of Patent: May 20, 2008Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: Steven Lee Stafford, Mark Edward Stewart, Benjamin Bradford Gamble
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Patent number: 7368165Abstract: A heat-sealable polymeric film includes a substrate layer of polymeric material having on a surface thereof a heat-sealable coating layer. The layer includes a copolyester and is less than 8 ?m in thickness. The copolyester consists essentially of repeat units of one or more aromatic dicarboxylic acids, one or more aliphatic dicarboxylic acids, and a stoichiometric amount of a glycol component consisting of one or more glycols selected from the group consisting of aliphatic glycols and cycloaliphatic glycols.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2005Date of Patent: May 6, 2008Assignee: DuPont Teijin Films U.S. Limited PartnershipInventors: Stephen William Sankey, Kenneth Evans, Mark Russell Hodgson
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Patent number: 7358323Abstract: A water-soluble, flame retardant polyester resin is obtained by a condensation reaction or a polycondensation reaction of a dicarboxylic-acid component, a glycol component, a water-solubility imparting component and a reactive phosphorus-containing compound such that a ratio of the water-solubility imparting component in a total of the dicarboxylic-acid component and the water-solubility imparting component is in a range of 1 to 60 mol %. Since this polyester resin can be dissolved in a solvent by allowing a halogen-free, phosphorus-containing polyester with excellent flame resistance to have water solubility, it is possible to improve applicability and eliminate problems of working environment and environmental destruction resulting from organic solvents. In addition, even when treating substrates such as fibers and PET films with the polyester resin, there is no deterioration of these substrates.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2003Date of Patent: April 15, 2008Assignee: Goo Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koji Maeda, Kouichi Ikegami
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Patent number: 7358325Abstract: Sulfonated aromatic copolyesters and articles made therefrom, and processes for producing the sulfonated aromatic copolyesters and articles are provided. Articles that can be made from the sulfonated aromatic copolyesters include films, coatings and laminates. Some of the compositions and articles are biocompostable. The films can further be used to form shaped articles such as sheets, food packaging such as sandwich wraps, thermoformed containers, and coatings for, for example, films and other substrates. The sulfonated aromatic copolyesters contain a hydroxyalkanoic acid component.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2004Date of Patent: April 15, 2008Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventor: Richard Allen Hayes
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Patent number: 7358322Abstract: A melt phase process for making a polyester polymer melt phase product by adding an antimony containing catalyst to the melt phase, polycondensing the melt containing said catalyst in the melt phase until the It.V. of the melt reaches at least 0.75 dL/g. Polyester polymer melt phase pellets containing antimony residues and having an It.V. of at least 0.75 dL/g are obtained without solid state polymerization. The polyester polymer pellets containing antimony residues and having an It.V. of at least 0.70 dL/g obtained without increasing the molecular weight of the melt phase product by solid state polymerization are fed to an extruder, melted to produce a molten polyester polymer, and extruded through a die to form shaped articles. The melt phase products and articles made thereby have low b* color and/or high L* brightness, and the reaction time to make the melt phase products is short.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2004Date of Patent: April 15, 2008Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: Mary Therese Jernigan, Michael Paul Ekart, Richard Gill Bonner
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Patent number: 7348380Abstract: A polyester plasticizer which is obtained by reacting a diol component (a) consisting of 100 parts by mole of 2-methyl-1,3-propanediol, 10 to 1000 parts by mole of 3-methyl-1,5-pentanediol and 0 to 1000 parts by mole of other aliphatic diol with an organic dicarboxylic acid components (b) consisting of 100 parts by mole of adipic acid and 0 to 100 parts by mole of other organic dicarboxylic acid and a chain terminator (c) consisting of a monovalent aliphatic alcohol or a monovalent aliphatic organic acid and which has an average molecular weight of 500 to 5000. This plasticizer is excellent in plasticizing efficiency and can impart excellent oil resistance to synthetic resins such as chlorine-containing resins.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2003Date of Patent: March 25, 2008Assignee: Adeka CorporationInventors: Shinji Koube, Kiyotatsu Iwanami, Teruo Arai, Tomoki Honda
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Patent number: 7342086Abstract: An aliphatic polyester polyether copolymer is provided having an aliphatic polyester moiety comprising 35 to 50 molar % of an aliphatic diol unit, 35 to 50 molar % of an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid unit and 0 to 30 molar % of an aliphatic oxycarboxylic acid unit and a polyether moiety, wherein ?sp/C is not less than 1.40 and the ratio by weight of the polyether moiety to the aliphatic polyester polyether copolymer is 0.1 to 90% by weight.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2005Date of Patent: March 11, 2008Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Satoshi Kato, Rie Shirahama, Atsushi Kusuno, Kazunori Yano, Yuuko Motegi
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Publication number: 20080050674Abstract: There is provided a novel polyester compound having in its main polymer chain an aliphatic cyclic structure with carboxylic acids or carboxylic acid ester groups as represented by the chemical formula (1), a resist material containing the polyester compound and a patterning method using the resist material.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2006Publication date: February 28, 2008Applicant: Central Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Satoru Miyazawa, Satoru Kobayashi, Kazuhiko Maeda
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Patent number: 7335719Abstract: A polyester based on poly(trimethylene terephthalate) consisting essentially of trimethylene terephthalate repeating units, comprising at least one kind of compound selected from the group consisting of alkali metal compounds, alkaline earth metal compounds and manganese compounds in an amount of 10 to 150 ppm expressed in terms of the metal element in a molar ratio of the total amount of elements of the contained alkali metal elements, alkaline earth metal elements and manganese element to the amount of the contained phosphorus element within the range of the following formula (I): 0?P/M?1??(I) wherein, P is the molar amount of the phosphorus element in the polyester; M is the total amount of the alkali metal elements, alkaline earth metal elements and manganese element.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2002Date of Patent: February 26, 2008Assignee: Teijin LimitedInventor: Ryoji Tsukamoto
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Patent number: 7332562Abstract: The present invention relates to a biodegradable copolyester of high molecular weight and narrow molecular weight distribution. The copolyester has a Mw of 100,000-600,000 g/mol, and a molecular weight distribution of 1.2-3.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2005Date of Patent: February 19, 2008Assignees: China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation, Beijing Research Institute of Chemical IndustryInventors: Wei Chen, Guixiang Zhu, Xirong Chen, Jinglan Lu, Yanxia Zhang, Yifan Yan, Wei Zhang
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Patent number: 7329453Abstract: Coextruded, biaxially oriented polyester films which have a white base layer (B) and have a heatsealable outer layer (A) that can be peeled from APET/CPET and from CPET, where the outer layer (A) includes a) from 80 to 99% by weight of polyester and b) from 1 to 10% by weight of inorganic and/or organic particles with a median diameter d50 of from 2.5 to 12 ?m, and where c) the polyester is composed of from 12 to 89 mol % of units derived from at least one aromatic dicarboxylic acid and of from 11 to 88 mol % of units derived from at least one aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, and d) the ratio calculated from the particle size d50 of the particles and the layer thickness dA of the outer layer (A) is greater than or equal to 1, and the base layer (B) comprises an inorganic white pigment and/or a polymer incompatible with polyester. The films of the invention are suitable as a packaging material for foods and other consumable goods or as a lid film for APET/CPET or CPET trays.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2004Date of Patent: February 12, 2008Assignee: Mitsubishi Polyester Film GmbHInventors: Herbert Peiffer, Bart Janssens, Gottfried Hilkert, Paul Broemmel
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Patent number: 7317069Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an aliphatic polyester which is produced as a high-molecular-weight one without using a chain extender such as an isocyanate compound or a carbonate compound and is excellent in moldability in injection molding, blow molding, or extrusion molding, thermal stability, and mechanical properties such as tensile properties. The invention relates to an aliphatic polyester comprising an aliphatic diol unit, an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid unit, and a unit of an organic acid having a pKa value of 3.7 or below at 25° C., wherein a content of a carbonate bond contained in the polyester is less than 1 mol %, a content of a urethane bond is less than 0.06 mol %, a content of an aliphatic monooxymonocarboxylic acid unit is less than 0.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2005Date of Patent: January 8, 2008Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Takayuki Aoshima, Toyomasa Hoshino, Tadashi Uyeda, Yasuaki Miki
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Patent number: 7306835Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermo-shrinkable polyester film with a superior thermal shrinkage, which has an orientation angle of a molecular chain in a range of from 0° to about ±10° relative to a main shrinkage direction, and a molecular orientation ratio (MOR) in a range of from 1.29 to about 2.5, thereby preventing a label made from the film from curling or waving.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2007Date of Patent: December 11, 2007Assignee: Kolon Industries, Inc.Inventors: Ki Il Hong, Gi Sang Song