Synthetic resins or natural rubbers -- part of the class 520 series inventions 05/07

20070123665 - Polymerisation process: A process for the copolymerisation of ethylene and an α-olefin having 7 to 10 carbon atoms in a fluidised bed gas phase reactor in the presence of a single site polymerisation catalyst comprises operating the process in condensed mode and wherein the amount of said α-olefin is maintained below that... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070123666 - Polymerization methods using the catalysts: wherein m is an integer of 0 to 4; and R7, R′7, R″7, and R″′7 are each independently a polar functional group or a nonpolar functional group. According to the method of the present invention, a high molecular weight cyclic olefin addition polymer can be produced in a high yield... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070123667 - Process for producing cycloolefin addition polymer: A process for producing a cycloolefin addition polymer in which one or more cycloolefin monomers can be (co)polymerized by addition polymerization with a small palladium catalyst amount to produce a cycloolefin addition (co)polymer while attaining high catalytic activity. The process for cycloolefin addition polymer production is characterized by addition-polymerizing one... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070123668 - Production of isotactic and regiorandom polypropylene based polymer and block copolymers: One step ortho-alkylation of anilines with styrenes to give chiral anilines is obtained using a strong acid catalyst, e.g. CF3SO3H. Condensation of the product to give ligand and metallation gives complex which catalyzes polymerization of propylene to give isotactic propylene or regiorandom propylene of low PDI or blocks thereof, depending... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070123669 - Method for radical emulsion polymerisation using hydrosoluble alkoxyamines: The present invention relates to a process for radical emulsion, miniemulsion or microemulsion polymerization employing at least one water-soluble alkoxyamine. This process makes it possible to prepare multiblock (co)polymers, in particular diblock and triblock (co)polymers.... Agent: Arkema Inc. Patent Department - 26th Floor

20070123670 - Chain transfer agents for raft polymerization in aqueous media: Polymers and copolymers synthesized by means that yield a narrow range of molecular weights can have different properties than polymers synthesized by conventional means. In order to obtain such polymers, however, polymerization must be controlled. One type of controlled polymerization is the reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) process, which has... Agent: Howrey LLP

20070123672 - Elastic fluorocopolymer, its composition and crosslinked rubber: An elastic fluorocopolymer comprises repeating units (1) based on a fluoromonomer such as tetrafluoroethylene, hexafluoropropylene, vinylidene fluoride or CF2═CF—O—Rf (wherein Rf is a C1-8 saturated perfluoroalkyl group or a perfluoro(alkoxyalkyl) group) and repeating units (m) based on the formula CR1R2═CR3COOCH═CH2 (wherein each of R1 and R2 is a hydrogen atom,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070123671 - Perfluorinated polymers:

20070123673 - Catalytic process for preparing (meth)acrylates from n-hydroxyalkylated lactams: Process for catalytically preparing (meth)acrylates of N-hydroxyalkylated lactams, and use thereof.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070123674 - Chemical amplification type resist composition: and a chemical amplification type positive resist composition comprising (A) an acid generator comprising at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a sulfonium salt of the formula (Ia), a polymeric compound comprising a structural unit of the formula (Ib), and a sulfonium salt of the formula (Ic);... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070123675 - Sheet polarizer, optical film, liquid crystal display, and method of producing sheet polarizers: An optical film formed by a method comprising stretching a film comprising a polyvinyl alcohol or a modified polyvinyl alcohol at an oblique angle ranging from 10 to 80 degrees to the machine direction of the film.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070123676 - Acoustic material and method for making the same: An acoustic material includes at least a kind of synthetic staple fiber and a kind of low melting point fiber having a melting point lower than that of the at least one kind of synthetic staple fiber. Method for making the acoustic material includes the following steps: a) blending the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070123677 - Substituted cycloalkanes, and use thereof as cationic polymerization initiators: Substituted 7- to 12-membered cycloalkanes which have leaving groups, in particular chlorine atoms, on tertiary ring carbons, a process for preparing them and their use as initiators for cationic polymerization, in particular the cationic polymerization of isobutene are described. Preferred compounds are 1,4-dichloro-1,4-dimethylcyclooctane, 1,5-dichloro-1,5-dimethylcyclooctane and mixtures thereof. They are prepared... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070123678 - Continuous preparation of ethylene homopolymers or copolymers: The invention relates to a process for the continuous preparation of ethylene homopolymers or copolymers in the presence of free-radical polymerization initiators and, if desired, molecular weight regulators at from 120° C. to 350° C. and pressures in the range from 100 to 4000 bar, in which the polymer is... Agent: Basell Usa Inc.

20070117939 - Polymerization process and reactor system: A process for polymerizing one or more monomers is provided. In at least one specific embodiment, the process includes preparing a mixture comprising the one or more monomers, a catalyst system and a flourinated hydrocarbon, preferably a hydrofluorocarbon. A fluorinated hydrocarbon containing stream, a polymer product stream and a waste... Agent: Exxonmobil Chemical Company

20070117940 - Semicrystalline propylene polymer composition for producing biaxially stretched polypropylene films: the ancillary component C is formed by all of the fractions which are eluted at above (TM/2)+7.5° C. and have an average molar mass Mn (number average)<120,000 g/mol. A process for preparing the semicrystalline propylene polymer composition is also described, as are the use of the semicrystalline propylene polymer composition... Agent: Novak Druce Deluca & Quigg, LLP

20070117941 - Syndiotactic propylene elastomers: Disclosed herein is an elastomeric composition comprising propylene, the composition further comprising a peak melting point temperature below about 110° C., a tensile set of 40% or less, and greater than or equal to about 60% [r] dyads, based on the total number of dyads present in the composition. A... Agent: Exxonmobil Chemical Company

20070117942 - Nickel-based catalyst composition: A catalyst composition that is the combination of or the reaction product of ingredients comprising (a) a nickel-containing compound, (b) an alkylating agent, (c) a fluorine-containing compound, and (d) a chlorine-containing compound.... Agent: Bridgestone Americas Holding, Inc.

20070117943 - Tridentate metal catalyst for olefin polymerization: where, M is a Group IV or a Group IV transition metal, B is a bridge group containing at least two carbon atoms, A′ and A″ are organogroups, each containing a heteroatom selected from the group consisting of oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen and phosphorus, X is selected from the group consisting... Agent: Fina Technology Inc

20070117944 - Norbornane lactone (meth)acrylate and polymer thereof: (Co)polymer obtained by polymerizing a monomer mixture comprising a norbornane lactone (meth) acrylate represented by the general formula (1). Copolymer which is obtained by polymerizing a monomer mixture comprising at least one compound represented by the general formula (1) and at least one compound copolymerizable therewith and which has a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070117945 - Novel polymer, charge control agent, and toner for developing electrostatic latent images: o

20070117946 - Polyolefin compositions: Ethylene copolymers valuable for films, coatings, sheets, and molded articles are disclosed. Some of the copolymers have a long-chain-branching index from 0.25 to 0.60 and a gpcBR index from 0.1 to 0.7. Others have a primary DSC melting point that is less than its secondary DSC melting point. Also disclosed... Agent: Lyondell Chemical Company

20070112150 - Diimine metal complexes, methods of synthesis, and method of using in oligomerization and polymerization: Novel α-diimine metal complexes, particularly iron complexes, having a phenyl sulfidyl or substituted phenyl sulfidyl metal complexing group are disclosed. The α-diimine metal complexes having a phenyl sulfidyl or substituted phenyl sulfidyl metal complexing group are produced by forming one of the α-diimine metal complex imine bonds in the presence... Agent: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company Lp

20070112151 - Catalyst system for olefin polymerization and polymers produced therefrom: where Z-O is a support material, where O is oxygen, preferably Z is Si, Ti, Al, Sn, Fe, Ga, Zr, B, Mg, or Cr; each X is, independently, N, O, P or S; each n is, independently, 1 or 2; each R is, independently, an alkyl group, a substituted alkyl... Agent: Exxonmobil Chemical Company Law Technology

20070112152 - Metallocene compounds: A metallocene compound of formula (I) wherein: M is an atom of a transition metal; X, same or different, is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a R, OR, OSO2CF3, OCOR, SR, NR2 or PR2 group, wherein R is C1-C40 hydrocarbon group; L is a divalent bridging group; R1,... Agent: Basell Usa Inc.

20070112153 - Hollow beads of polyethylene: The present invention discloses a method for preparing hollow beads of polyethylene of controlled morphology and size.... Agent: Fina Technology Inc

20070112154 - Method for producing an (meth)acrylate syrup: Disclosed is a method for producing (meth)acrylate syrup, the method comprising initiating polymerization using the following components at a temperature of 50-80° C.: a (meth)acrylate ester monomer, a chain transfer agent, a diacyl peroxide initiator, and 0.5-3.0 moles, based on 1 mole of the diacyl peroxide initiator, of a tertiary... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070112156 - Linear perfluoropolyethers having an improved thermooxidative stability: s

20070112155 - Process for production of fluorine-containing polymers and fluorine-containing polymers: The present invention relates to a method of producing a fluoropolymer by which a melt-processable fluoropolymer (A) having a specific unstable terminal group or groups (P) is subjected to melt-kneading in a kneader comprising a stabilization treatment zone to thereby produce a fluoropolymer (B) resulting from conversion of said specific... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070112158 - Novel (co)polymer, process for producing the same, and process for producing carboxylated (co)polymer: e

20070112157 - Polyorganiosiloxane-containing graft copolymer, resin compositions containing the same and process for produciton of polyorganosiloxane emulsions:

20070112159 - Process for the production of polypropylene from propane: The invention relates to a process for the production of polypropylene with a propane-dehydrogenation stage and a polymerization stage, whereby a degassing stream is obtained, characterized in that the degassing stream is used as a feedstock stream for the propane-dehydrogenation stage.... Agent: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C.

20070112160 - Multimodal polyethylene material: The present invention relates to a polyethylene resin having a multimodal molecular weight distribution, said resin being further characterized in that it has a density in the range of from about 0.925 g/ccm to about 0.950 g/ccm, a melt index (I2) In the range of from about 0.05 g/10 min... Agent: The Dow Chemical Company

20070106037 - Process for producing polyolefin: A process for producing a polyolefin comprising a combination of liquid phase polymerization of α-olefin conducted in one or more liquid phase polymerization reactors and gas phase polymerization of α-olefin conducted in one or more gas phase polymerization reactors after the liquid phase polymerization in a material flow, the process... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070106038 - Anti-static composition useful for the polymerization or copolymerization of olefins in suspension, process of polymerization or copolymerization of olefins in suspension, and olefin polymer or copolymer: The present invention is referred to an anti-static composition, obtained from the combination of two anti-static agents, and to its application in a process of polymerization or copolymerization of olefins in suspension.... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070106039 - Components and catalysts for the polymerization of olefins: The present invention relates to a solid catalyst component for the polymerization of olefins CH2═CHR in which R is hydrogen or a hydrocarbon radical with 1-12 carbon atoms, comprising Mg, Ti, halogen and an electron donor selected from thiophene dicarboxylate derivatives of a particular formula. Said catalyst components when used... Agent: Basell Usa Inc.

20070106040 - Polymers containing quaternized nitrogen: The invention provides polymers, methods of preparing polymers, and compositions that include polymers, wherein said polymers include a plurality of two-carbon repeating units in a polymer chain, wherein one or more of the two-carbon repeating units of the polymer chain have tertiary amine or pyridine-containing substituents; and at least about... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070106041 - Functional monomers for molecular recognition and catalysis: The present invention refers to new classes of polymerisable monomers, to molecularly imprinted polymers obtainable by polymerisation of at least one of the monomers and a crosslinking monomer in the presence of a template molecule. The obtained polymers may be used for separation of enantiomers, diastereomers of the template molecule,... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070106042 - Method for the controlled radical polymerisation of acrylic acid and the salts thereof, polymers thus obtained and applications thereof: The present invention concerns a process for controlled radical polymerisation of acrylic acid and its salts in a reactive medium constituted solely of water The invention also concerns homopolymers and copolymers of acrylic acid obtained by the polymerisation process. Finally, the invention concerns the use of the said homopolymers and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070106043 - Method of producing acrylic copolymer: In the production of an acrylic copolymer by emulsion polymerization of a monomer mixture comprising (a) 30-70% by weight of perfluoroalkylalkyl (meth)acrylate, represented by the following general formula: CH2═CRCOOR′ Rf (where R is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R′ is a linear or branched alkylene group having 1-8... Agent: Butzel Long

20070106044 - Method for producing glycerol carbonate methacrylate: The invention relates to a method for producing glycerol carbonate methacrylate in the presence of metal-chelate catalysts of the metal ion-1,3-diketonate type.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070100093 - Process for the catalytic polymerization of olefins, a reactor system, its use in the process, the polyolefins obtained and their use: The present invention relates to a process for the catalytic polymerization of olefins comprising the steps of; i) a first polymerization in a first reactor, wherein olefins are polymerized with a particulate catalyst, hydrogen and optional a comonomer in a fluidum of an inert low boiling hydrocarbon medium into an... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP

20070100094 - Reactor with optimized internal tray design: A system for processing large quantities of a reaction medium while maintaining the reaction medium in sheets. The system includes a reactor having a plurality of vertically-spaced downwardly-sloped trays over which the reaction medium flows while it is subjected to reaction conditions. The slope of the trays increases downwardly to... Agent: Steven A. Owen

20070100095 - Multinuclear half metallocene catalyst and method for preparing syndiotatic polystyren using the same: Disclosed is a multinuclear transition metal half metallocene catalyst having a multinuclear half metallocene structure in which a transition metal of groups 3 to 10 on periodic table is connected to a cycloalkandienyl group or its derivative group on a side and also connected to phenol or phenolamine compound having... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070100096 - Salt suitable for an acid generator and a chemically amplified resist composition containing the same: wherein X represents divalent or trivalent residue of acyclic hydrocarbon having 1 to 30 carbon atoms or divalent or trivalent residue of hydrocarbon having 3 to 30 carbon atoms which contains monocyclic or bicyclic ring, wherein —CH2— in the hydrocarbon may be substituted with —O— and one or more hydrogen... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070100097 - Method for the anionic polymerisation of oxiranes: Process for preparing homopolymers of oxiranes, or for preparing copolymers of oxiranes and comonomers, via anionic polymerization in the presence of an alkali metal compound and of an organylaluminum compound, which comprises avoiding any use of crown ethers or of cryptands during the polymerization.... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20070100098 - Process for producing vinyl chloride polymer: There is provided a process for producing a vinyl chloride-based polymer, in which a suspension polymerization of either vinyl chloride monomer, or a mixture of vinyl chloride monomer and another copolymerizable monomer, is conducted in a polymerization vessel fitted with a reflux condenser, the process including the steps of: (A)... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070100099 - Copolymers of vinylidene fluoride and vinyl esters: Fluoroelastomers are disclosed that comprise copolymerized units of vinylidene fluoride and a vinyl ester of the formula CH2═CHOC(O)R, wherein R is a C1-C4 alkyl group. In one embodiment of the invention, the fluoroelastomers further comprise copolymerized units of a perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) and, optionally, tetrafluoroethylene. In another embodiment, the vinylidene... Agent: Dupont Performance Elastomers L.L.C.

20070100100 - Fluorovinyl ethers and polymers obtainable therefrom: Fluorovinyl ethers having the formula CFX═CXOCF2OR, wherein R is a C2-C6 linear, branched or C5-C6 cyclic (per)fluoroalkyl group, or a C2-C6 linear, branched (per)fluoro oxyalkyl group containing from one to three oxygen atoms; when R is fluoroalkyl or fluorooxyalkyl group as above defined, it can contain from 1 to 2... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070100101 - Fluoroelastomers containing copolymerized units of vinyl esters: Fluoroelastomers are disclosed that comprise copolymerized units of a vinyl ester of the formula CH2═CHOC(O)R, wherein R is a C1-C4 alkyl group and at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of tetrafluoroethylene and a perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether). The elastomers may further contain copolymerized units of a hydrocarbon olefin... Agent: Dupont Performance Elastomers L.L.C.

20070100102 - Copolymer based on olefinic sulphonic acids: A copolymer based on olefinic sulphonic acids as monomer component a) and an organosilicone-containing compound as reactive component b) is proposed, for which in particular 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulphonic acid (AMPS®) is suitable as component a) and vinyltrimethoxysilane, vinyltriethoxysilane and trichlorosilane as component b). This copolymer, which may have a molecular weight of... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20070100103 - Composition of acryl-silicone complex, preparing method and use thereof: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a high molecular latex resin powder, and more precisely, a method for preparing a high molecular latex resin powder which comprises the steps of preparing a slurry by coagulating a high molecular latex; stabilizing the slurry; and aging the stabilized slurry,... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070100104 - Method of preparing vinylchloride-based resin capable of producing plastisol with low viscosity, vinylchloride-based resin prepared using the method, method of preparing vinylchloride-based plastisol, and vinylchloride-based plastisol prepared using the m: Provided is a method of preparing a vinylchloride-based resin. The method includes adding to a vinylchloride-based latex an acid, preferably, 1-7 parts by weight of the acid based on 100 parts by weight of a solid of the vinylchloride-based latex; optionally, incubating the resultant mixture at a temperature of 30˜60°... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070100106 - Ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymer and molding thereof: An ethylene-α-olefin copolymer containing monomer units derived from ethylene and monomer units derived from an α-olefin having 4 to 20 carbon atoms, and having a density of 890 to 970 kg/m3, an activation energy of flow of 50 kJ/mol or more, a molecular weight distribution of 3 or more determined... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070100105 - Ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymer, molding thereof and process for producing the copolymer: An ethylene-α-olefin copolymer containing monomer units derived from ethylene and monomer units of an α-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms and having a melt flow rate of from 0.01 to 100 g/10 min, an activation energy of flow of 50 kJ/mol or more, a molecular weight distribution measured by... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch