Synthetic resins or natural rubbers -- part of the class 520 series inventions 09/07

20070225441 - Flame resistant, impact modified polycarbonate compositions: A flame resistant, impact-modified polycarbonate composition is disclosed. The composition that is suitable especially for preparing thermoformed articles comprises branched aromatic polycarbonate and/or branched aromatic polyester carbonate, a graft polymer containing silicone rubber or silicone acrylate rubber, talc, and a phosphorus-containing flameproofing agent, and meets high requirements in terms of... Agent: Bayer Material Science LLC

20070225439 - Graft copolymer and resin composition containing the same: A thermoplastic resin excellent in the effect of improving flame retardancy and impact resistance, and a composition containing the resin. A polyorganosiloxane-containing graft copolymer obtained by: adding 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of a graft-linking agent (C) to 30 to 94.9 parts by weight of a polyorganosiloxane (B) modified... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070225440 - Impact modified polystyrene and process for preparing same: Disclosed is a composition comprising an impact modified polystyrene prepared using a process comprising dissolving a styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer in styrene monomer and polymerizing the styrene monomer wherein the impact modified polystyrene has a haze value of less than or equal to 12 percent. Also disclosed is an impact modified... Agent: David J. Alexander

20070225442 - Aqueous resin dispersion for adhesive and composition thereof: To provide a water-based polymer dispersion for isocyanate-crosslinked adhesives comprising a polymer (1) which is obtained by emulsion polymerization of a monomer composition comprising at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of an aromatic vinyl monomer and a (meth)acrylate monomer, a crosslinkable monomer, and a different monomer, in... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070225443 - Prepregs and cured in place solid surfaces prepared therefrom: A prepreg which is capable of being cured-in-place into a solid surface by irradiation, heating or a combination of the two is prepared. The cured-in-place solid surfaces can be used as veneer cladding for rigid substrates such as floor and wall tiles, kitchen and bath counter tops, sinks, cabinet door... Agent: Martin Connaughton Ashland Inc.

20070225444 - High temperature polyamide coating for fasteners: A high temperature polyamide coating and a fastener coated with a composition that includes from about 60 wt. % to about 80 wt. % of an aliphatic polyamide having a repeating unit. The composition also includes from about 3 wt. % to about 9 wt. % of an epoxy based... Agent: Bliss Mcglynn, P.C.

20070225445 - Extrusion coating composition: Disclosed are polymer blends composed of from 25 to 75 wt % of ethylene homopolymer produced in a high pressure tubular reactor and from 75 to 25 wt % of ethylene homopolymer produced in a high pressure autoclave reactor, provided that each homopolymer is removed from the reaction zone prior... Agent: Kenneth H. Johnson

20070225446 - Plastic elastomer compositions and air bag cover: s

20070225447 - Method for removing sulfur-containing end groups: This invention provides a method for removing certain sulfur-containing groups from polymers, especially those made via RAFT polymerization processes.... Agent: Kaeding , Konrad S. E.l. Du Pont De Nemours Ad Company

20070225448 - Sealing material: A sealing material, which comprises a curing product of a composition comprising (A) an acrylic polymer having at least one alkenyl group capable of undergoing hydrosilylation reaction, (B) a hydrosilyl group-containing compound and (C) a hydrosilylation catalyst as essential components, is suitable for use as cam cover seals and oil... Agent: Butzel Long

20070225449 - Ionomer, process for production thereof and molded article: The present invention provides an ionomer obtained by subjecting, to a heat treatment, metal compound particles having an average particle diameter of 1 μm or less and a functional group-containing polymer, which is equivalent to conventional olefin-based thermoplastic elastomers in rubber elasticity, flexibility and moldability, has good mechanical properties and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070225450 - Polymer alloy: This invention is a method for manufacturing a polymer alloy, by making at least two resins used as components miscible, and inducing the spinodal decomposition for causing phase separation, for forming a co-continuous structure with a wavelength of concentration fluctuation of 0.001 to 1 μm or a dispersed structure with... Agent: Kubovcik & Kubovcik

20070225451 - Biuret compounds for rheology control: R2 is a (C1-C22)-alkyl, hydroxy-(C1-C22)-alkyl, (C3-C18)-alkenyl, aryl, (C7-C12)-aralkyl, or (C5-C12)-cycloalkyl radical, a hydroxy-, (C1-C22)-alkoxy-, (C5-C12)-cyclo-alkoxy-, or (C7-C12)-aralkoxy-polyoxyalkylene radical, or a polyester radical prepared starting from a (C1-C22)-alkanol, (C5-C12)-cycloalkanol, or (C7-C12)-aralkanol or from a (C1-C22)-alkoxy-, (C6-C12)-cyclo-alkoxy-, or (C7-C12)-aralkoxy-polyoxyalkylene, Y stands for identical or different radicals O, NH, CO—NH—NH or NH—NH—CO, R3,... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070225452 - Absorbable polyoxaesters containing pendant functional groups: Aliphatic polyoxaesters having pendant thiol, carboxylic acid, hydroxyl or amine groups are disclosed. Furthermore, polymers prepared from these functional polyoxaesters are described. The polymers of this invention may be used for an array of medical and surgical applications, for example to produce surgical devices, tissue engineering scaffolds and drug delivery... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070225453 - Polyacrylic hydrazide and crosslinking agent or curing agent for resin: A crosslinking agent or a curing agent for resins, the agent containing as an active component a polyacrylic hydrazide having an average molecular weight of 10,000 to 150,000, a hydrazide conversion ratio of at least 30% and 85 or more hydrazide groups in one molecule and a polyacrylic hydrazide having... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070225454 - Optoelectronic devices with multilayered structures: c

20070219316 - Process in continuous for the preparation of random conjugated diene/vinyl arene copolymers: Process in continuous carried out in the presence of at least two reactors in series, for the preparation of statistical vinyl arene/conjugated diene copolymers, the vinyl arene content ranging from 15 to 50% by weight, by means of the copolymerization under isothermal conditions in a hydrocarbon solvent, at a temperature... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070219317 - Thermoplastic styrene resin composition: A thermoplastic resin composition which comprises (A) a rubber-modified styrene resin, (B) a propylene resin, (C) an ethylene-based rubber, and (D) a hydrogenated styrene/conjugated diene block copolymer and satisfies the following relationships: 0<WB/WC<0.9 (formula (1)) and 0.1<(WB+WC)/(WA+WB+WC)<0.5 (formula (2)) [wherein WA represents the weight proportion of the rubber-modified styrene resin... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070219318 - Aqueous dispersions of silicone polyether block copolymers: (AB)n silicone polyethers that are polyorganosiloxane-polyoxyethylene block copolymers having the average formula, —[R1(R2SiO)x(R2SiR1O)(C2H4O)y]z—, where x and y are greater than 4, and x/(x+y) ranges from 0.4 to 0.9, z is greater than 2, R is independently a monovalent organic group, and R1 is a divalent organic group containing 2 to... Agent: Alan Zombeck Dow Corning Corporation

20070219319 - Copolymer, graft copolymer, graft copolymer particles, flame retardant, and resin composition: A novel copolymer, graft copolymer, copolymer particles, flame retardant, and resin composition are provided. A copolymer including a polymer (A) segment having a glass transition temperature not more than −10° C., and a polymer (C) segment having at least a unit derived from a monomer (B) which has two or... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070219320 - Process for producing rubber composition, rubber composition and use thereof: A process for producing a rubber composition containing a nonconjugated polyene copolymer (A), a softener (B) and a diene rubber (C), comprising: a step of mixing a copolymer composition (I), said copolymer composition (I) comprising 100 parts by weight of a nonconjugated polyene copolymer (A), said nonconjugated polyene copolymer (A)... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070219321 - Charge dissipation modifiers for olefinic interpolymer compositions: Olefinic interpolymer compositions comprising the olefinic interpolymer, residuals from a transition metal catalyst and boron containing activator package, and a charge dissipation modifier and methods for making them. The compositions have dissipation factors that are at least 50% less than the corresponding olefinic interpolymer compositions which have not been treated... Agent: The Dow Chemical Company

20070219322 - Graft copolymers, methods for grafting hydrophilic chains onto hydrophobic polymers, and articles thereof (brown-tlo): The present invention relates to synthetic methods for grafting hydrophilic chains onto polymers, particularly hydrophobic polymers such as poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC), poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF), and chlorinated polypropylene (cPP). Resulting polymers include comb polymers which can have a microphase-separated structure of hydrophilic domains provided by the hydrophilic chains. Articles prepared from... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070219323 - Polyester strands, production thereof and use thereof: Melt-spun strands comprising (a) a thermoplastic and elastomeric polyester copolymer comprising structural repeat units derived from different diols, of which one is a polyetherdiol, and (b) a thermoplastic polyester copolymer comprising structural repeat units derived from different dicarboxylic acids or their polyester-forming derivatives. The strands possess excellent abrasion resistance coupled... Agent: Ferrells, PLLC

20070219324 - Poly aryl ether ketone polymer blends: Phase separated blends of polyaryl ether ketones, polyaryl ketones, polyether ketones, polyether ether ketones and mixtures thereof with at least one polysulfone etherimide, wherein the polysulfone etherimide has greater than or equal to 50 mole % of the polymer linkages contain at least one aryl sulfone group are described. Such... Agent: Geam - 08cu - UltemIPLegal

20070213460 - Antimicrobial nano silver additive for polymerizable dental materials: Disclosed are polymerizable dental materials containing silver particles having a primary particles diameter <40 nm as an antimicrobidal additive. The inventive dental materials are suitable as filling composites, basic prosthetic materials, adhesives, coating composites for crowns and bridges, and materials for artificial teeth, for example.... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus, Pa

20070213461 - Use of metal oxides and salts to enhance adhesion to steels: A thermoplastic elastomer having adhesion to steels, where the thermoplastic elastomer includes a dynamically crosslinked rubber, from more than 2.0 to 10 parts of a metal oxide or salt, and from 10 to 200 parts by weight of a functionalized polyolefin having pendant polar functional groups, where the polar functional... Agent: Exxonmobil Chemical Company Law Technology

20070213462 - Curable composition based on polyurethane and on block copolymers, and transparent material obtained from said composition: Curable composition comprising: (a) one or more particular polyisocyanates or a polyurethane prepolymer obtained by the polycondensation of a polyisocyanate in excess, chosen from said polyisocyanates, with one or more polyols comprising at least two free alcohol functional groups, chosen from polypropoxylated or polyethoxylated bisphenol A compounds and polyfunctional polycaprolactone-alcohols;... Agent: Occhiuti Rohlicek & Tsao, LLP

20070213463 - Dry apply adhesive graphic films: An adhesive composition includes a blend of a pressure sensitive adhesive and an additive. The pressure sensitive adhesive includes a (meth)acrylate polymer. The additive includes a copolymer with a vinyl polymeric backbone that includes at least one free radically polymerizable vinyl monomer A and at least one reinforcing comonomer B,... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070213464 - Thermally crosslinked acrylate hotmelts with organic fillers: A pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising organic fillers, obtainable by a process in which a thermal crosslinker is added in the melt to a polyacrylate copolymer (“polyacrylate”) based on acrylic esters and/or methacrylic esters, at least a fraction of which contains primary hydroxyl groups, at least one organic filler has been or... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus P.A. 18th Floor

20070213465 - Moisture-hardening hot-melt adhesives, method for the production and the use thereof: A description is given of moisture-crosslinking hotmelt adhesives for the immediate further processing of the bonded substrates, the adhesives comprising reaction products of difunctional and/or polyfunctional (poly)isocyanates with hydroxyl polyesters formed from polyols and dicarboxylic acids, use being made as dicarboxylic acid of a linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having from... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070213466 - Toughened poly(hydroxyalkanoic acid) compositions: Disclosed are toughened poly(hydroxyalkanoic acid) resin compositions comprising poly(hydroxyalkanoic acid), such as polylactic acid, and an impact modifier comprising an ethylene copolymer made from monomers (a) ethylene; (b) one or more olefins of the formula CH2═C(R1)CO2R2, where R1 is hydrogen or an alkyl group with 2-8 carbon atoms and R2... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070213468 - Polymer molding compositions: The invention relates to formulated compositions which can be easily formed into bottle caps, without the need for a liner, while still maintaining pressure requirements, such as for carbonated beverages. The compositions may include an ethylene polymer having a density in the range of from about 0.947 to 0.962 g/cm3,... Agent: The Dow Chemical Company

20070213467 - Resin composition and semiconductor device produced by using the same: e

20070213469 - A process for the preparation of vicylaromatiic (co) polymers grafted on an elastomer in a cotrolled way: A process for the preparation of vinylaromatic (co)polymers grafted on an elastomer in a controlled way, comprising the dissolving of an elastomer, such as polybutadiene, in a mixture consisting of a monomer and of a solvent in the presence of a polymerization catalytic system, which comprises an initiator of free... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070213470 - Inclusion complexes of unsaturated monomers, their polymers and process for preparation thereof: The present invention describes water-soluble homopolymers obtained by polymerization of monomers containing multiple unsaturations. These monomers form inclusion complexes with cyclodextrins and methylated cyclodextrins. The unsaturated site involved in the formation of the inclusion complex does not take part in the polymerization reaction. After cyclodextrin is recovered, the polymer containing... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070213471 - Composition and method of use: An article for contact with a liquid fuel, comprising a composition comprising a polyester reacted with a carboxy-reactive material, the product of said reaction having increased solvent resistance relative to the initial polyester. The article can be in the form of a container or fibers.... Agent: Geam - O8cv - CppIPLegal

20070213472 - Composition and method of use: A composition comprising a polyester reacted with an epoxy silane, the product of said reaction having increased solvent resistance than the initial polyester.... Agent: Geam - O8cv - CppIPLegal

20070213473 - Composition and method of use: A method for improving at least one property of a polyester, the property selected from the group consisting of impact strength, color, or tensile modulus of a polyester comprising reacting the polyester with an epoxy silane wherein the epoxy is attached to a terminal cycloaliphatic ring system, the reaction product... Agent: Geam - O8cv - CppIPLegal

20070213474 - Polysiloxane graft polymer: Particulate additives which may be added to thermoset or thermoplastic polymers while maintaining transparency comprise core/shell polysiloxane graft polymers having a silicone core, optionally an inner addition polymer core within the silicone core, and an addition polymer shell. The silicone core is derived from at least one monomer having conjugated... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070213475 - Impact modified polyamide compositions: Polymer composition, comprising at least one aromatic polyamide, at least one first elastomer comprising (i) recurring units derived from at least one acyclic olefin (O1) which comprises at most 4 carbon atoms, and (ii) recurring units derived from at least one acyclic olefin (O2) which comprises more than 6 carbon... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070213477 - Epoxy resin composition for encapsulating semiconductor and semiconductor device: This invention provides an epoxy resin composition for encapsulating a semiconductor exhibiting higher flame resistance, good flowability and adequately higher solder-reflow resistance to allow for the use of a lead-free solder without a flame retardant, as well as a highly reliable semiconductor device in which a semiconductor element is encapsulated... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070213476 - Epoxy resin composition for semiconductor encapsulation and semiconductor device using the same: wherein each of R1 through R7, independently, represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-C12 hydrocarbon group, provided that when R1 through R7 are C1-C12 hydrocarbon groups, R1 and R2, R2 and R3, R3 and R4, R4 and R5, R5 and R6, and R6 and R7 can be joined to each... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20070208134 - Anti-scarring drug combinations and use thereof: The present invention provides devices or implants that comprise anti-scarring drug combinations, methods or making such devices or implants, and methods of inhibiting fibrosis between the devices or implants and tissue surrounding the devices or implants. The present invention also provides compositions that comprise anti-fibrotic drug combinations, and their uses... Agent: Clark & Elbing LLP

20070208135 - Cross-linked composition comprising a triblock sequenced copolymer, method for the production thereof, and uses of the same: The invention relates to a cross-linked composition comprising at least one elastomer and at least one triblock block sequenced copolymer. The Invention also relates to a method for obtaining one such composition based on a system and a suitably selected crosslinking temperature. According to a preferred embodiment of the invention,... Agent: Arkema Inc. Patent Department - 26th Floor

20070208136 - Low mooney nitrile rubber thermoplastic elastomer composition with improved processability: The present invention relates to thermoplastic vulcanizates (TPVs) based on low Mooney, optionally hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber and polyamides. The present invention also relates to TPVs based on low Mooney, optionally, hydrogenated nitrile terpolymers and polyamides. TPVs prepared according to the present invention have improved morphology, smaller rubber particle size,... Agent: Lanxess Corporation

20070208137 - Compositions comprising melt-processable thermoplastic fluoropolymers and methods of making the same: A composition comprising a first fluoropolymer and a second fluoropolymer. The first and second fluoropolymers are melt-processable, thermoplastic and have a melting point between 100° C. and 320° C. The first fluoropolymer has a relaxation exponent of from 0.93 to 1.0. The second fluoropolymer has a relaxation exponent of from... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070208138 - Multi-stage propylene polymer, process for producing the same, and propylene resin composition: A multistage propylene-based polymer including the following components (A) and (B): (A) 5 to 20 wt % of a propylene homopolymer component or a copolymer component of propylene and an α-olefin with 2 to 8 carbon atoms having an intrinsic viscosity [η] of more than 10 dL/g in tetralin at... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070208140 - Polypropylene resin expanded particle and molded article using it: m

20070208139 - Weldable thermoplastic sheet compositions: This disclosure in certain embodiments relates to thermoplastic sheet compositions and applications incorporating such materials. More specifically this disclosure addresses thermoplastic sheets comprising: a) from 5 to 98.5 wt % of an essentially uncross-linked, random ethylene copolymer having from 20 wt % to 90 wt % repeat units from ethylene... Agent: Exxonmobil Chemical Company Law Technology

20070208141 - Modified acrylic block copolymers for hydrogels and pressure sensitive wet adhesives: A method of producing an acrylic block copolymer comprising hydrophobic poly (lower alkyl methacrylate), hydrophilic poly (lower alkyl methacrylic acid), and hydrophobic poly (lower alkyl methacrylate) is disclosed.... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070208142 - Fluoropolymer curing compositions: Provided is a composition comprising a fluorocarbon polymer, a radical initiator, and a first and second curing co-agent. In one aspect, the first curing co-agent is represented by the formula CH2═CH—Rf—CH═CH2, wherein Rf is selected from a divalent perfluoroaliphatic group optionally containing one or more O atoms, a perfluoroarylene group,... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070208143 - Water-soluble polymer and additive for paper manufacture: The present invention provides a method for preparing a water soluble polymer, which comprises: a first step of polymerizing: (a) 60 to 99.5 mol % of at least one selected from acrylamide and methacrylamide, (b) 0.5 to 20 mol % of at least one selected from α,β-unsaturated monocarboxylic acid, α,β-unsaturated... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070208144 - Poly(arylene ether) block copolymer compositions, methods, and articles: Poly(arylene ether)-polysiloxane block copolymers and methods for their preparation are provided. The block copolymers include structural units derived from a poly(arylene ether), a hydroxyaryl-terminated polysiloxane, and an activated aromatic carbonate.... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - Ge Plastics-noryl

20070208145 - Poly(arylene ether) block copolymer compositions, methods, and articles: Poly(arylene ether)-polyester block copolymers and methods for their preparation are provided. The block copolymers include structural units derived from a poly(arylene ether), a hydroxy-terminated polyester, and an activated aromatic carbonate.... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - Ge Plastics-noryl