Synthetic resins or natural rubbers -- part of the class 520 series inventions 04/09

20090111939 - Method for purifying a contaminated solvent and concurrently producing a semi-finished product for use in the production of panels: The invention relates to a method for purifying a contaminated solvent and concurrently producing a semi-finished product for use in the production of panels. The inventive method is characterized in that it comprises following steps: a) providing a first mass of fibrous material; b) softening at least part of a... Agent: Hoffman Wasson & Gitler, P.c Crystal Center 2, Suite 522

20090111940 - Dispersion stabilizer: The aforementioned problems can be solved by a dispersion stabilizer composed of a polyvinyl alcohol polymer (B) having a double bond in its side chain. The polyvinyl alcohol polymer (B) is obtained by esterifying a polyvinyl alcohol polymer (A) with a carboxylic acid having an unsaturated double bond or a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090111941 - Extrudable and cross-linkable slip coats: A cross-linked, extruded article comprising an elastomeric base material, the surface of which is applied with a thermoset slip coat material, the article exhibiting enhanced slip and a coefficient of friction of no greater than 0.25 and process of making is provided. An extrudable, cross-linkable slip coat comprising a cross-linked... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20090111942 - Method for making surface modified biomedical devices: Disclosed are methods for making a surface modified biomedical device involving (a) exposing a biomedical device having a plurality of biomedical device surface functional groups to one or more ethylenically unsaturated-containing organic compounds having a reactive group that is co-reactive to the biomedical device surface functional groups of the biomedical... Agent: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated

20090111943 - Thermoplastic compositions, method of manufacture, and articles therefrom: A thermoplastic composition comprising, based on the total weight of the thermoplastic composition, from 0.1 to 30 weight percent of an inorganic filler composition comprising an inorganic filler-polyorganosiloxane composite; up to 80 weight percent of a polycarbonate; and from 1 to 25 weight percent of an impact modifier. Methods of... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090111944 - Pseudo-block copolymers and process employing chain shuttling agent: A process for the polymerization of one or more addition polymerizable monomers to form a copolymer comprising multiple regions or segments of differentiated polymer composition or properties comprising contacting an addition polymerizable monomer or mixture of monomers under addition polymerization conditions with a composition comprising at least one olefin polymerization... Agent: The Dow Chemical Company

20090111945 - Soft homogeneous isotactic polypropylene compositions: Provided are homogeneous blend compositions comprising; a) from 1% to 99% by weight of the blend of a first polymer component comprising a copolymer of 5% to 35% by weight of the first polymer component consisting predominantly of alpha olefin derived units and 65% to 95% by weight of the... Agent: Exxonmobil Chemical Company

20090111946 - Soft heterogeneous isotactic polypropylene compositions: Provided are heterogeneous blend compositions comprising; a) from 1% to 99% by weight of the blend of a first polymer component comprising a copolymer of 5% to 35% by weight of the first polymer component consisting predominantly of alpha olefin derived units and 65% to 95% by weight of the... Agent: Exxonmobil Chemical Company

20090111947 - Compounding agent for rubber vulcanization containing amino alcohol salt compound of aromatic carboxylic acid, production method thereof and rubber composition containing the same: wherein R1 is a C6 to C24 aromatic hydrocarbon which may have a hydroxy group and/or a substituent group, R2 and R3 are independently hydrogen or a C1 to C20 organic groups that may have a hetero atom and/or a substituent group, and R2 and R3 may bond with each... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20090111948 - Compositions comprising polyimide and hydrophobic epoxy and phenolic resins, and methods relating thereto: Water absorption resistant compositions of the present disclosure, e.g., pastes (or solutions), are well suited for electronic screen-printable materials and electronic components. The composition of the present disclosure may optionally contain thermal crosslinking agents, adhesion promoters, and other inorganic fillers. The composition of the present disclosure can have a glass... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20090111949 - Liquid crystal polyester resin composition and printed circuit board using the same: Disclosed herein is a liquid crystal polyester resin composition and a printed circuit board using the composition. The composition comprises a liquid crystal polyester, a polybenzimidazole and an aprotic solvent. The composition exhibits good thermal stability and has a low dielectric constant. The composition can be advantageously used as a... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090111950 - Polyester high-strength fiber: s

20090111951 - Blend and packaging material utilizing the same: wherein R1 is a combination of at least two of ethylene, cyclohexlene dimethylene, 2-methyl propyl, and neopentyl. R2 is a combination of at least two of naphthalene, phenylene, butyl, and hexyl. n is a number of 1500 to 3000. The blend has high transparency, high thermal resistance, and high yellowing... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090111952 - (meth)acrylate-grafted polyether polyol, and production process and use thereof: A (meth)acrylate-grafted polyether polyol produced by reacting 40 to 95 parts by weight of a polyoxyalkylene polyol and 5 to 60 parts by weight of a vinyl monomer, both relative to 100 parts by weight of the sum total of the polyoxyalkylene polyol and the vinyl monomer, and 0.1 to... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090111953 - Release fluid compositions: Use of release fluids or agents constituting hyperbranched polymers. The three-dimensional structure imparts characteristics that make the hyperbranched polymers useful in xerographic processes. The hyperbranched polymer release fluids or agents may be used with a fuser member having a substrate, an outer layer covering the substrate, and a release coating... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP Xerox Corporation

20090105414 - Method of metering process additives, in particular antistics, into polymerization reactors: Method for metering polar, antistatically acting process auxiliaries into a polymerization reactor in which the process auxiliaries are present in solution in a nonpolar solvent, wherein the electrical conductivity of the solution is measured and the amount of the process auxiliary metered in is determined from the electrical conductivity.... Agent: Lyondellbasell Industries

20090105415 - Amphiphilic polymer and method for preparing the same: wherein, in each repeating unit, R is hydrogen or a C1-C18 alkyl group, m is an integer ranging from 0 to 5, and n is an integer ranging from 10 to 300. A method for preparing the amphiphilic polymer is also disclosed.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090105416 - Synthesis of vinylphenylpyridine and living anionic polymerization: Provided are a vinyl-biphenylpyridine monomer and a polymer thereof. More particularly, the present invention provides a vinyl-biphenylpyridine monomer having a side chain of pyridine or phenylpyridine as a functional group, a homopolymer of which molecular weight and molecular weight distribution are controlled using the monomer, and a block copolymer of... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090105417 - Polymer blends from interpolymers of ethylene/alpha-olefin with improved compatibility: Disclosed herein are polymer blends comprising at least one ethylene/α-olefin interpolymer and two different poly-olefins which can be homopolymers. The ethylene/α-olefin interpolymers are block copolymers comprising at least a hard block and at least a soft block. In some embodiments, the ethylene/α-olefin interpolymer can function as a compatibilizer between the... Agent: The Dow Chemical Company Jones Day

20090105418 - Elastic film compositions with improved tear resistance: A film composition comprising one or more propylene-based polymers and one or more hydrocarbon resins, and methods for making the same are provided. The propylene-based polymer may have (i) 60 wt % or more units derived from propylene, (ii) isotactically arranged propylene derived sequences, and (iii) a heat of fusion... Agent: Exxonmobil Chemical Company

20090105419 - Aqueous resin composition, weather resistance improver for aqueous coating material using same, weather resistance improver for thermoplastic resin, and weather resistance improver for solvent borne coating material: Disclosed is a water-based resin composition containing a copolymer (A) which is obtained by carrying out emulsion polymerization of an unsaturated monomer composed of 0.5 to 50 parts by mass of a specific ethylenically unsaturated monomer (a) having a piperidyl group in a molecule and 50 to 99.5 parts by... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090105420 - Thermoplastic fluoropolymer composition: s

20090105421 - Joint boot: A joint boot molded from an acrylic rubber/polyamide-based thermoplastic elastomer, which comprises a polyamide resin and a cross-linked acrylic rubber. The acrylic rubber/polyamide-based thermoplastic elastomer is a dispersion of the rubber in the polyamide resin, obtained by dynamic cross-linking of the acrylic rubber, preferably by covalent bond-linkable cross-linking of the... Agent: Butzel LongIPDocketing Dept

20090105422 - Multimodal polyethylene molding composition for producing pipes having improved mechanical properties: A polyethylene molding composition having a multimodal molecular mass distribution and comprising from 45 to 55% by weight of a low molecular weight ethylene homopolymer A, from 20 to 40% by weight of a high molecular weight copolymer B comprising ethylene and another olefin having from 4 to 8 carbon... Agent: Basell Usa Inc.

20090105423 - Method for preparing low molecular weight polymers: A process for producing low molecular weight polymers, the process comprising partially hydrogenating an unsaturated polymer to form a partially hydrogenated polymer, and reacting the partially hydrogenated polymer with an acyclic alkene in the presence of a metathesis catalyst.... Agent: CheifIPCounsel Bridgestone Americas Holding Inc.

20090105424 - Dip forming latex composition and dip formed article: A dip-forming latex composition comprising a conjugated diene rubber latex and an organic peroxide, wherein the residual effective activity of organic peroxide defined as the ratio of organic peroxide retaining reactivity to the whole organic peroxide contained in the latex composition is 35% or higher. The invention provides a dip-formed... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090105425 - Azo compounds for polypropylene degradation: The invention relates to a process and compositions suitable for reducing by heat the molecular weight of polypropylene, propylene copolymers or polypropylene blends. Azo compounds bearing different substituents are added to the polymers.... Agent: Joann Villamizar Ciba Corporation/patent Department

20090105426 - Polyacetal compositions with improved tribological properties: The invention relates to polyacetal compositions comprising (i) a polyacetal resin, (ii) p-aramid particles and (III) a vinyl-terminated dimethyl siloxane polymer and molded products thereof showing improved tribological properties.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20090105427 - Cleavable block copolymers, functionalized nanoporous thin films and related methods of preparation: Cleavable, disulfide-coupled block copolymers as can be used in the preparation of nanoporous thin films, micellar configurations and related structures.... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren S.c. Attn: Linda Kasulke, Docket Coordinator

20090099307 - Inverse solid phase peptide synthesis with additional capping step: A process for preparing a peptide by solid phase synthesis in the N to C direction comprising a capping step after an amide bond formation step to prevent or reduce deletion artefacts.... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20090099308 - Optical film, polarizing plate and display device using the same, and manufacturing method thereof: The present invention is to provide an optical film which exhibits low hygroscopicity, high transparency, high heat resistance and markedly lowered brittleness, and particularly to provide an optical film which is appropriately employed as a polarizing plate protective film for large liquid crystal display devices and outdoor liquid crystal display... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20090099309 - Guayule resin multipolymer: A method for preparing multipolymers of guayule resin with methacrylic, acrylic, vinyl and styrenic monomers and the resultant compositions are disclosed. As a result of the multipolymerization, the physical and chemical properties of the resin are improved. The primary advantage of multipolymerization over mixtures of resin with homopolymers is that... Agent: Holme Roberts & Owen LLP

20090099310 - Novel transition metal compound, catalyst for olefin polymerization containing the same, and method for producing propylene/ethylene-alpha-olefin block copolymer by using the catalyst: Disclosed is a novel transition metal compound which is used for forming a metallocene catalyst for olefin polymerization. Specifically disclosed is a novel transition metal compound represented by the general formula below which enables to form a metallocene catalyst that has a balanced reactivity with ethylene and a comonomer selected... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090099311 - Polyacrylic moisture curable copolymer: A polyacrylic polymer is provided that is formed by moisture cure of multiple acrylic prepolymer segments. The prepolymer segments each have an average molecular weight of between 5000 and 400,000 grams per mole. Each of the prepolymers is a homopolymer or copolymer of a monomer from among methyl methacrylate, C1-C16... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20090099312 - Amine terminated tougheners for epoxy resin based adhesives and materials: An uncured liquid epoxy composition comprises a liquid epoxy resin and a) a tri-amine terminated polyether toughener optionally adducted with an epoxy resin, or a mixture of said tri-amine terminated polyether toughener optionally have an epoxy adduct thereon with a core-shell copolymer or with an epoxidized carboxyl terminated butadiene-acrylonitrile copolymer;... Agent: Hudak, Shunk & Farine, Co., L.p.a.

20090099313 - Poly(hydroxyalkanoic acid) and thermoformed articles: Disclosed is an article comprising a composition which comprises, consists essentially of, or consists of poly(hydroxyalkanoic acid) and a nucleator wherein the article is a two-dimensional article having a surface area to thickness ratio greater than about 200:1 length units. Also disclosed is a process which comprises contacting the composition... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20090099314 - Crosslinked elastic material formed from a linear block copolymer: An elastic material for use in an absorbent article is provided. The elastic material contains a crosslinked network formed from a linear block copolymer having a monoalkenyl aromatic midblock positioned between conjugated diene endblocks (e.g., butadiene-styrene-butadiene (“B-S-B”) triblock copolymer). Prior to crosslinking, such linear block copolymers have a relatively low... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20090099315 - Polyethylene composition suitable for the preparation of films and process for preparing the same: A polyethylene composition, in particular suitable for the preparation of films, and a process for preparing the same are described. The polyethylene composition of the invention comprises from 50 to 89% by weight of a first polyethylene component comprising at least one multimodal polyethylene including a plurality of ethylene polymer... Agent: Lyondellbasell Industries

20090099316 - Preparation of multimodal polyethylene: Disclosed is a polyethylene composition. The composition comprises single-site multimodal resin A and single-site multimodal resin B, wherein resin A differs from resin B in molecular weight, in monomeric composition, in density, in long chain branch concentration or distribution, or in combinations thereof. Disclosed is also a method for making... Agent: Lyondellbasell Industries

20090099317 - Novel rubber and thermoplastic multi-component systems, rubber and thermoplastic composite moulded pieces made therefrom, method for production and use thereof: A multicomponent system is provided, composed of a thermoplastic component and of a rubber component, which comprises at least two different peroxidic crosslinking agents with specific decomposition temperatures, as also is a process for production of rubber-thermoplastic composite mouldings using the multicomponent system, and also the resultant rubber-thermoplastic composite mouldings.... Agent: Lanxess Corporation

20090099318 - Polyamide resin: A polyamide resin comprising adipic acid units, pentamethylenediamine units and 6-aminocaproic acid units as constituents, wherein the weight ratio of the sum of the adipic acid units and the pentamethylenediamine units to the 6-aminocaproic acid units is 97:3 to 75:25. The pentamethylenediamine is preferably one produced from lysine using lysine... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090099319 - Method for solubilising hydrophobic active substances in an aqueous medium: p

20090099320 - Laser-decomposable resin composition and laser-decomposable pattern-forming material and flexographic printing plate precursor of laser engraving type using the same: A laser-decomposable resin composition of the invention contains a polyurethane resin having a structure wherein an aromatic group is directly connected to a urethane bond.... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090099321 - Curable silicone resin composition and cured body thereof: A hydrosilylation-curable silicone resin composition having a melting point of 50° C. or higher and a melt viscosity at 150° C. of 5,000 mPa·s or higher, comprising a fine thermoplastic resin powder that contains a platinum-type catalyst; is a solid in a powdered form at room temperature, melts when heated,... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC

20090099322 - Method of preparing polyorganosiloxane with functional groups in the presence of lithium silanolate: The invention relates to a method of preparing polyorganosiloxanes containing at least one functional group using a lithium silanolate catalyst. A polyorganosiloxane, having at least one hydroxyl group, is reacted with a polyalkoxysilane having the formula (R1)a(R2)bSi(OR3)4−(a+b) (I), where R1 is an alkyl radical, a cycloalkyl radical, or an aryl... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090093590 - Seal material for semiconductor production apparatus: A sealing material for a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus includes as rubber components, 80 to 50% by weight of a tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoroalkylvinylether type perfluoro elastomer (FFKM) and 20 to 50% by weight of a fluoroelastomer (FKM) other than FFKM (where FFKM+FKM=100% by weight).... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20090093591 - Processing aid for melt-extrudable polymers: An extrudable composition comprising a non-fluorinated, melt processable host polymer and from about 25 parts per million by weight to about 50% by weight, based on total weight of said extrudable composition, of a fluoropolymer consisting essentially of copolymerized units of from 45 to 95 mole percent, based on total... Agent: Dupont Performance Elastomers L.L.C.

20090093592 - Ophthalmic and otorhinolaryngological device materials: Disclosed are soft, high refractive index, acrylic device materials. The materials comprise di-block or tri-block macromers containing hydrophilic side-chains. The materials have improved glistening resistance.... Agent: Alcon

20090093593 - Rubber compostition and pneumatic tire using same: This invention relates to a rubber composition capable of providing high gripping performances without tire performances such as facture properties, wear resistance and the like and a workability in factories when being used in a tire tread as well as a tire using the same, and more particularly to a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090093594 - Rubber composition for tire: A rubber composition for a tire containing 100 parts by weight of (A) a sulfur-vulcanizable diene-based rubber, (B) 0.1 to 1 part by weight of a 4,4′-oxybis(benzenesulfonylazide) and (C) a vulcanization type compounding agent, wherein the ingredients (A) and (B) are mixed at the time of a first mixing step... Agent: Connolly Bove Logde & Hutz LLP

20090093595 - Thermosetting resin composition containing low chlorine polyfuntional aliphatic glycidyl ether compound, cured products of the composition and use thereof: An object of the invention is to provide a thermosetting resin composition having excellent low temperature curing properties, tack properties, flexibility and electric properties, cured products made from the composition and uses thereof. The thermosetting resin composition of the invention comprises (A) a thermosetting resin, preferably a carboxyl group containing... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090093596 - Use of silylated sulfonate monomers to improve contact lens wettability: The present invention relates to polymeric compositions useful in the manufacture of biocompatible medical devices. More particularly, the present invention relates to certain hydrophilic monomers capable of polymerization to form polymeric compositions having desirable physical characteristics useful in the manufacture of ophthalmic devices. The polymeric compositions comprise polymerizable hydrophilic siloxanyl... Agent: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated

20090093597 - Synthesis of particles in dendritic structures: The invention relates to a method of preparing a particle-based composition, comprising: (i) bringing into contact a mixture comprising a dendritic structure and a metal compound precursor in a fluid, under temperature and pressure conditions such that the mixture is not soluble in the fluid; and (ii) chemically converting the... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090093598 - Use of grafted polyethersiloxane copolymers for improving the low-temperature stability of antifoams in aqueous dispersions: The object of the present invention is to provide antifoams which have a good antifoam effect in aqueous dispersions of polymeric organic substances, cause no wetting defects when these dispersions are applied to a surface and at the same time retain their antifoam activity even after prolonged storage at temperatures... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20090093599 - Curatives for epoxy resin, curing accelerator, and epoxy resin composition: The present invention has an object to provide curatives for epoxy resins and curing accelerators for epoxy resins, which both have improved subliming and decomposing properties and which, when mixed with an epoxy resin, enable the mixture to be greatly improved in thermal stability that is extremely important for the... Agent: Dennis G. Lapointe Lapointe Law Group, Pl

20090088529 - Fluoroelastomers: VDF-based curable fluoroelastomers, having a glass transition temperature lower than −49° C., preferably lower than −50° C., and having the following composition, as percent by moles: A) from 25% to 50%, preferably from 30% to 45%, of the monomer of formula: CF2=CFOCF2OCF3 (a); B) one or more (per)fluorinated comonomers having... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090088530 - Novel polymer compound and uses thereof: The present invention is related to novel polyolefin polymer compositions and methods of use thereof, in particular use in passenger and driver airbag cover applications for vehicles, wherein airbag covers are required to perform at extreme temperatures with no failures, brittle or ductile fractures. The polyolefin polymer includes: a first... Agent: Clements Bernard Miller

20090088531 - Polymer compositions for reduced shrinkage: A polymeric composition comprising a polymer and a nucleation agent, and having isotropic shrinkage of less than about 20% and a differential shrinkage of less than about 20%.... Agent: Fina Technology Inc

20090088532 - Compounding agent for rubber vulcanization containing amino alcohol salt compound of carboxylic acid group-containing disulfide and method of production of the same and rubber composition containing the same: wherein R1 and R2 are, independently, hydrogen or a C1 to C20 organic group which may have a hetero atom and/or a substituent group, R1 and R2 may bond together to form a ring, X indicates a C1 to C20 organic group which may have a hetero atom and/or a... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20090088533 - Fluorosulphonated nitrile crosslinkable elastomers based on vinylidene fluorine with low tg and methods for preparing same: Monomers corresponding to the formula Z2C═CWX(CY2)nCN, in which X represents an atom of oxygen or another atom, Z and Y represent an atom of hydrogen or fluorine, W represents an atom of hydrogen or fluorine or a CF3 group and n is a natural integer between 0 and 10 inclusively.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC