Synthetic resins or natural rubbers -- part of the class 520 series inventions 02/09

20090054540 - Cyanate-based, carbon-dioxide-filled structured foams and method for their production: wherein the foam has closed pores that contain carbon dioxide. This foam can be produced in that a substance is worked into the starting material for the polycyanurate that releases water or alcohol approximately at the start of polymerization either spontaneously or thermally or catalytically induced. The water/alcohol reacts with... Agent: Gudrun E. Huckett Draudt

20090054541 - To enhance the thermal insulation of polymeric foam by reducing cell anisotropic ratio and the method for production thereof: This invention relates to foam insulating products, particularly extruded polystyrene foam, with increasing the cell orientation and reducing cell anisotropic ratio, as well as the process method for making the products thereof for improving the insulating properties and for reducing the manufacturing cost of the foam products. Alternatively, foam insulating... Agent: Owens Corning

20090054542 - Eo/po block copolymers useful as stabilizers for pur foams: The invention relates to compositions for producing hydrophilicized polyurethane foams, in particular for wound management, wherein the composition, containing a polyurethane dispersion and specific additives, is frothed and dried.... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20090048356 - Process for introducing a gas into a polymer: A first polymer (preferably in granular form) is exposed to a gas at a pressure higher than atmospheric pressure to introduce the gas into the polymer. This occurs at a temperature from the glass transition temperature to the melting temperature when the first polymer is crystalline or semi-crystalline in nature,... Agent: Intellectual Property Department Dewitt Ross & Stevens, S.c.

20090048357 - Vibration damping composition: A vibration damping composition comprising an emulsion for vibration damping materials, a foaming agent, and an inorganic pigment, wherein the emulsion for vibration damping materials comprises a particle having a core part formed from an acrylic copolymer (A) and a shell part formed from an acrylic copolymer (B), and at... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20090048358 - Plga/hydroxyapatite composite biomaterial and method of making the same: Tissue engineering is a growing field where new materials are being developed for implantation into the body. One important area involves bone graft materials to replace areas of bone lost to trauma or disease. Traditionally, graft material may be harvested from the bone of the individual receiving the graft material.... Agent: Lott & Friedland, P.A.

20090048359 - Compositions for compounding, extrusion and melt processing of foamable and cellular fluoropolymers: s

20090048360 - Cork substitute: A process and article for use as a substitute for natural cork. The article has a cork substitute material comprising an expanded polyolefin foam having a density of about between 6.6 lb/ft3 and 12.5 lb/ft3 and a compressive strength of about between 126 Psi and 406 Psi (0.86 MPa and... Agent: Kramm Law

20090048361 - Method and apparatus to monitor the compressive strength of insulation boards: A method for producing foam insulation board, the method comprising forming a foam product as part of a continuous process, where said foam product includes at least one side edge, monitoring on-line the compressive strength of the foam product, along said at least one side edge, and adjusting said step... Agent: Bridgestone Americas Holding, Inc.

20090042999 - Composition for polyurethane foam, polyurethane foam made from the composition, and method for preparing polyurethane foam: Example embodiments provide a composition for a polyurethane foam including a silane precursor and/or polysilsesquioxane resin, and a preparation method of the polyurethane foam. A polyurethane foam having improved mechanical properties and insulation characteristic can be obtained by including the silane precursor and/or a polysilsesquioxane in the formation of the... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090043000 - Composition for preparing a degradable polyol polyester, process for obtaining a polyol polyester, an elastomer, foams, paints and adhesives, and a degradable polyol polyester foam: The present invention refers to a composition of mixtures based on poly(hydroxybutyrate) polymer and vegetable oils, with the object of preparing a degradable polyol polyester. In the process, the poly(hydroxybutyrate) plus the vegetable oil react under heating, producing the polyol polyester, which once purified can be utilized in applications similar... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090043001 - Process for the preparation of branched polyorganosiloxanes: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of branched siloxanes containing R—SiO3/2 units, where R=organic radical, wherein straight-chain polysiloxanes containing silane hydrogen in the polymer chain are reacted in the presence of ammonium or metal carboxylates as a catalyst in the absence of hydroxy-functional organic compounds, and to... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20090043002 - Thermoplastic resin foam: A thermoplastic resin sheet which has both a high reflectance ratio and excellent shape-holding property suitable for backlights and illumination boxes for use in illumination signboards, illumination fixtures and displays and illumination boxes. The thermoplastic resin foam is manufactured by a manufacturing method including a process for containing inert gas... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090043003 - Inorganic mesoporous material having chiral twisted structure and process for producing the same: A chiral inorganic mesoporous material characterized by having a chiral twisted structure and being mesoporous; a process for producing the material; and a method of using the material. The process for inorganic mesoporous material production is a method in which one or more polymerizable inorganic monomers selected from the group... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090036559 - Porous monodispersed particles and method for production thereof, and use thereof: To provide porous monodispersed particles obtained by preparing, as seed particles, poly(methyl methacrylate) particles or acrylic resin particles comprising 70% by mass or more of methyl methacrylate as a copolymerization component, swelling the seed particles 20 to 80 times the size of the original seed particles by mass using a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090036560 - Foaming composition: A foaming composition is provided, which includes water, pulp, alginic ester, and a surfactant. A preferable example of the alginic ester is propylene glycol alginate. The alginic ester may be mixed therein at a mixing amount ranging from 5 parts by weight to 15 parts by weight based on 100... Agent: Charles N.j. Ruggiero Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20090036561 - Fire-resistant composition for coating, sealing and protection purposes: The present invention relates to a fire-resistant composition for coating, filling, sealing, and protection comprising an isocyanate curable polymer, a polymer curable isocyanate, an aliphatic polyether glycol, and rubber, whereby it further comprises ammonium polyphosphate, expanding graphite, and aluminum trihydrate.... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20090036562 - Process for preparing closed-cell water-blown rigid polyurethane foams having improved mechanical properties: The present invention is directed to a process for preparing water-blown rigid polyurethane foams having at least an 80% closed-cell content which involves reacting a) at least one polyol mixture which is composed of (i) at least one polymer polyol; (ii) at least one polyol having a hydroxyl value within... Agent: Bayer Material Science LLC

20090036563 - Polymer blend for producing shape-memory foam, foam thereof and method for producing the foam: A shape-memory polymer foam is disclosed, which is formed by kneading a shape-memory copolyester with a polymeric material having a relatively lower crystallinity in a weight ratio of 15:85 to 85:15 and then conducting a foaming process. The shape-memory copolyester is a random copolymer formed from a dicarboxylic acid mixture... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office