Synthetic resins or natural rubbers -- part of the class 520 series inventions 10/07

20070249791 - Manufacturing method of resin for developing agent: In a manufacturing method of a resin for developing agent, a first polymerization agent is added in an aqueous medium; a radical polymerizable monomer is polymerized in the presence of a chain transfer agent to form a low molecular substance resin particle; after consuming the chain transfer agent, a second... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070249792 - Olefin-based polymers and uses thereof: A novel olefin-based polymer has excellent thermal resistance, as well as excellent balance among various properties. The olefin-based polymer is an olefin-based polymer comprising 50 to 100% by weight of a constituent unit derived from 4-methyl-1-pentene, and 0 to 50% by weight of a constituent unit derived from at least... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070249793 - Simplified process to prepare polyolefins from saturated hydrocarbons: A simplified process for preparing polyolefins from saturated hydrocarbons is provided. The process involves partial and selective dehydrogenation of a saturated hydrocarbon in the presence of oxygen to form an olefin, unreacted hydrocarbon, and water, and optionally other by-products and oxygen. The water, other by-products (if present), and oxygen (if... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney, PC

20070249794 - Photochromic compositions and articles comprising polyether oligomer: This invention relates to a polymerizable composition for forming a photochromic article having a glass transition temperature of at least 50° C. on curing the composition comprising: (a) a polymerizable composition comprising a monomer component; and (c) a photochromic dye monomer comprising a photochromic moiety and at least one oligomer... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP - Patent Group

20070249795 - Photopolymerisable materials for use in wound dressing: A composition that is photopolymerisable in the presence of water comprising: (a) a first water-soluble monomer having olefinic unsaturation and a flexible hydrophilic chain; (b) from 0.2 to 20 parts by weight, based on the weight of the first monomer, of a second water soluble monomer having olefinic unsaturation and... Agent: Mchale & Slavin, P.A.

20070249796 - Highly oxygen permeable polymer: wherein R1 and R2 may be the same with or different from each other and are substituted or unsubstituted alkyl groups having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, a is a number of 0, 1, 2 or a mixture thereof, and b is a number of 0, 1, 2 or a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070249797 - Gel-forming reagents and uses thereof for preparing microarrays: New gel-forming reagents including monomers and cross-linkers, which can be applied to gel-drop microarray manufacturing by using co-polymerization approaches are disclosed. Compositions for the preparation of co-polymerization mixtures with new gel-forming monomers and cross-linker reagents are described herein. New co-polymerization compositions and cross-linkers with variable length linker groups between unsaturated... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070249798 - Isotactic propylene copolymers, their preparation and use: Unique copolymers comprising propylene, ethylene and/or one or more unsaturated comonomers are characterized as having: at least one, preferably more than one, of the following properties: (i) 13C NMR peaks corresponding to a regio-error at about 14.6 and about 15.7 ppm, the peaks of about equal intensity, (ii) a B-value... Agent: Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.c.

20070249799 - Catalyst composition for olefin polymerization: A process for the preparation of a catalyst system includes the steps of combining a Lewis base, an organic compound having at least one functional group containing active hydrogen, and an organometallic component with a particulate support material to provide an intermediate composition, and then combining the intermediate composition with... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20070244274 - Verdazyl agents for the production of free standing polymers: The present disclosure concerns embodiments of a method of synthesizing polymers using verdazyl agents selected for their property of being moderately unstable free radicals. In one embodiment of the invention a method of synthesizing free standing polymers from suitably selected polymerizable subunits, such as monomers, is provided. In another embodiment... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20070244271 - Method for polymerization reaction monitoring with determination of entropy of monitored data: In some embodiments, a method of monitoring a resin-producing polymerization reaction in a fluid bed reactor system to generate reaction parameter data in on-line fashion, determining an indicator of at least one of entropy and complexity (for example, Kolmogorov or Shannon entropy) of each of at least two subsets of... Agent: Univation Technologies LLC

20070244272 - Method for separating ammonia and water from mixtures, arising during the production of polyamides: In a process for distillatively removing ammonia and water from mixtures obtained in the preparation of polyamides which comprise a lactam and/or diamines, and, if appropriate, an aminonitrile and/or dinitrile, and also a cyclopentanone impurity in two stages: 1) the mixture is distilled at from 11 to 35 bar to... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20070244273 - Catalyst deactivation agents and methods for use of same: A method of deactivating a polymerization catalyst system comprising contacting the catalyst system with a catalyst deactivation agent wherein the catalyst system comprises an alkyl aluminum cocatalyst and the reaction of the catalyst system and catalyst deactivation agent produces reaction products that are noncorrosive, nongelatinous, or both. A method of... Agent: Fina Technology Inc

20070244275 - Process for the production of ethylene copolymers: A process for the copolymerization of ethylene and α-olefins which utilizes a mixed modifier comprised of a conjugated diene and alkoxysilane is disclosed.... Agent: Equistar Chemicals, L.p.

20070244276 - Propylene ethylene polymers and production process: Ethylene propylene copolymers, substantially free of diene, are described. The copolymers will have a uniform distribution of both tacticity and comonomer between copolymer chains. Further, the copolymers will exhibit a statistically insignificant intramolecular difference of tacticity. The copolymers are made in the presence of a metallocene catalyst.... Agent: Exxonmobil Chemical Company Law Technology

20070244277 - Catalyst for polymerization of olefins and method for polymerization of olefins: A catalyst for olefin polymerization comprising (A) a solid catalyst component prepared by causing (a) a magnesium compound, (b) a tetravalent titanium halide compound, and (c) an electron donor compound to come in contact with each other, (B) an organoaluminum compound of the general formula R1pAlQ3-p, and (C) an oligomer... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070244278 - Liquid non-aqueous dispersion and process for producing the same: A liquid non-aqueous dispersion comprising a silicone oil and a copolymer dispersed therein, the copolymer comprising (A) at least one radical polymerizable macromonomer containing dimethyl polysiloxane, and (B) at least one radical copolymerizable monomer with the macromonomer (A), which comprises at least one (meth)acrylate monomer and optionally at least one... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter

20070244279 - Polymerization process: This invention relates to a process to increase the amount of polymer solute in a polymerization medium or effluent comprising introducing a fluorocarbon into the polymerization medium or effluent in an amount effective to increase the amount of polymer solute in the polymerization medium or effluent by at least 3%... Agent: Exxonmobil Chemical Company

20070244280 - Method for producing polymers by dispersion polymerization: Process for producing polymers by spray polymerization wherein the monomer solution is dispersed in a hydrophobic liquid, the use of the polymers for thickening liquids and also an apparatus for producing polymers by spray polymerization.... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070244281 - Fluorine-containing 3,5-oxo-1,6-heptadiene derivative and method of producing the same: in which R1 and R2 each independently are a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a substituent; X1 is a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom, Y is an alkoxycarbonyl group or —CH2OCOR3, R3 is a substituent, and R1F and R2F each independently are a halogen atom or a fluorine-containing... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070244282 - Polymerization of monomers with differing reactivities: There is provided a process for producing a polymer comprising the steps of (a) adding at least one low-reactivity monomer to a reaction vessel with a decreasing rate of addition, (b) adding at least one high-reactivity monomer to said reaction vessel, (i) wherein less than 1% of all of said... Agent: Rohm And Haas Company Patent Department

20070244283 - Swellable hydrogel-forming polymers having high permeability: Swellable hydrogel-forming polymers having high permeability Swellable hydrogel-forming polymer comprising at least one hydrophilic polymer of dendritic structure and at least one water-insoluble phosphate, a process for preparing the swellable hydrogel-forming polymer and also its use in hygiene articles.... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070244284 - Durable biocompatible controlled drug release polymeric coatings for medical devices: Disclosed herein are biocompatible durable controlled drug releasing polymeric coatings for medical devices. The drug release rates of the polymers are controlled by adjusting monomer ratios and glass transition temperatures Tgs. The polymers are durable; they do not delaminate from the coated medical device.... Agent: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.IPLegal Department

20070244285 - Rubber roller for image-forming apparatus: s

20070244286 - Ethylene polymer and use thereof: The ethylene polymer of the present invention contains 0.02 to 1.50 mol % of a constitutional unit derived from α-olefin having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, and has the density of 945 to 975 kg/m3, which satisfies both of the following requirements [1] and [2] simultaneously: [1] in CFC, all... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070238839 - Rotary vertical fluidized bed catalytic poymerization method: Method of catalytic polymerization in a fluidized bed, in which the reactive fluids are injected tangentially via openings (7) distributed along the side wall (3) of a cylindrical reactor (2) and removed via openings (9) distributed along a central stack (8) in order to rotate the polymer particles sufficiently fast... Agent: Fina Technology Inc

20070238840 - Novel methods for forming copolymers comprising olefin and protected or unprotected hydroxystyrene units: Novel methods for forming copolymers, including block copolymers, which comprise one or more olefin units and one or more protected or unprotected hydroxystyrene units are provided.... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070238841 - Polymerization processes: The invention provides for a process to produce polymers utilizing a hydrofluorocarbon diluent.... Agent: Exxonmobil Chemical Campany Law Technology

20070238842 - High molecular weight cationic polymers obtained by post-polymerization crosslinking reaction: The molecular weight of cationic polymers, such as diallyldialkyl ammonium chloride, can be increased by controlled addition of a water-soluble radical initiator at an elevated reaction temperature with agitation to prepare high molecular weight, crosslinked, water-soluble cationic polymers.... Agent: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation Patent Department

20070238843 - Polymerization process using zinc halide initiators: A cationic polymerization process for isoolefins using a zinc halide initiator. The zinc halide initiator is added to a solution of the isoolefin in a suitable solvent, preferably a halocarbon solvent. Polymerization reactions are normally conducted at temperatures high enough to allow the zinc halide initiator to dissolve in the... Agent: Lanxess Corporation

20070238844 - Method for optimization of process by adjustment of initiator in polymerization system: Disclosed herein is an optimization method in a polymerization system in which heat is generated during the polymerization with an initiator. The optimization method includes the steps of measuring the heat generation amount based on the composition of the initiator in the polymerization system to previously set the relationship between... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070232766 - Method for producing fluorine-containing acrylic ester: A mixture of fluorine-containing acrylic esters represented by CF3(CF2)nCH2CH2OCOCR1═CH2 wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or a halogen atom and “n” is an integer of at least zero is subjected to distillation under such conditions that the esters are not polymerized, so as to give a mixture... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070232765 - Polyolefin masterbatch and composition suitable for injection molding: said masterbatch composition having (i) a value of the intrinsic viscosity [η] of the fraction soluble in xylene at room temperature ([η]sol) equal to or lower than 2.9 dl/g, and (ii) a value of the ratio MFR/[η]sol equal to or lower than 4, is added to polyolefin materials to obtain... Agent: Basell Usa Inc.

20070232767 - Copolymer containing functional group of sulfonic acid or its salt, and process for producing said copolymer: A copolymer comprising (i) an olefin unit selected from the group consisting of an ethylene unit and an α-olefin unit having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, and (ii) a unit of a compound represented by the formula, CH2═CH—(R1)m—SO3X; and a process for producing said copolymer comprising the step of contacting... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070232768 - Alkoxyamines containing a radically polymerizable group: The instant invention relates to novel alkoxyamine initiators/regulators containing an ethylenically unsaturated, radically polymerizable group. The compounds are useful for the preparation of complex polymeric architectures. Further aspects of the invention are a polymerizable composition and a polymerization process comprising the alkoxyamine initiators/regulators, a macroinitiator obtainable by said polymerization process... Agent: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation Patent Department

20070232769 - Emulsion polymerization of dipolymers of tetrafluoroethylene and 3,3,3-trifluoropropene: An aqueous semi-batch polymerization process is disclosed for the manufacture of dipolymers of tetrafluoroethylene and 3,3,3-trifluoropropene that contain between 45 and 95 mole percent tetrafluoroethylene and between 5 and 55 mole percent 3,3,3-trifluoropropene.... Agent: Dupont Performance Elastomers L.L.C.

20070232770 - Hyperbranched maleic anhydride-diene polymers: A hyperbranched polymer having pendent olefinic groups and comprising polymer units derived from one or more terminally-unsaturated, acyclic aliphatic diene and polymer units derived from maleic anhydride. Optionally, the hyperbranched polymer may further comprise polymer units derived from one or more 1-alkenes and/or a chain transfer agent. A process to... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070232771 - Dispersant for manufacturing vinyl chloride resin and method of manufacturing vinyl chloride resin using the same: h