Synthetic resins or natural rubbers -- part of the class 520 series inventions 06/09

20090163609 - Low density and high density polyetherimide foam materials and articles including the same: Polyetherimide foam materials, articles that include these foam materials and methods of making these foam materials and articles. The foam extrusion process uses selected blowing agents, equipment design and processing conditions to produce continuously extruded foam with a substantially uniform cell size in a lower density PEI foam, such as... Agent: Sabic - 08ct Sabic Innovative Plastics -IPLegal

20090163610 - Continuous process for making polyetherimide foam materials and articles made therefrom: A continuous process of making polyetherimide foam materials and articles that include these foam materials. The continuous process is a foam extrusion process that uses selected blowing agents, equipment design and processing conditions to continuously produce extruded foam with a substantially uniform cell size in a wide range of cell... Agent: Sabic - 08ct Sabic Innovative Plastics -IPLegal

20090163611 - Polymer blend for thermoplastic cellular materials: The present invention relates to high-temperature resistant, rigid, but flexible and low density foamed cellular material comprised of polyester blend consisting of from about 80 to about 98 weight percent of high viscosity polyethylene terephtalat (I.V.=1.0-1.9 dl/g) and from about 2 to about 20, preferably to about 5, weight percent... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20090163612 - Tissue engineering scaffold: A tissue engineering scaffold for cell, tissue or organ growth comprises a biocompatible porous polyurethane cellular material comprising a plurality of substantially spherical voids of diameter from 20 to 300 microns, preferably 80 to 200 microns, interconnected by generally elliptically shaped pores. The cellular material has a void content of... Agent: Sughrue Mion-abbott Labs

20090163613 - Polymer polyols with improved properties and a process for their production: This invention relates to polymer polyols having a solids content of greater than or equal to 10 to 60% by weight, a mean average particle size of at least 0.6μ, and which contain a specified concentration of blinding particles. This invention also relates to a process for preparing these polymer... Agent: Bayer Material Science LLC

20090156699 - Anion exchange polymers, methods for making and materials prepared therefrom: A novel anion exchange polymer is provided. A method of making the anion exchange polymer includes reacting a tertiary amine, an acid inhibitor and a polyepoxide to form a quaternary ammonium monomer and polymerizing the quaternary ammonium monomer in the presence of a catalyst. The exchange polymer is prepared without... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090156700 - Expanded polypropylene resin beads and foamed molded article thereof: Expanded polypropylene resin beads having a melting point of not less than 120° C. but less than 140° C., the melting point being determined from a DSC curve obtained by heat flux differential scanning calorimetry in accordance with JIS K7121-1987 in which a sample of 1 to 3 mg of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090156701 - Method for preparing polymer particles: A polymer particle (10) useful for opacifying includes a polymer core (12) and a polymer sheath (16) surrounding the polymer core (12). The polymer core (12) is produced by polymerizing the polymer sheath (16) around the polymer core (12) in an emulsion. After at least a portion of the polymer... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20090156702 - Azeotrope-like compositions of 1,1,2,3,3-pentafluoropropene: The invention pertains to azeotrope-like compositions of 1,1,2,3,3-pentafluoropropene (HFC-1225yc) and any one of 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoropropene (HFC-1234yf) or the Z-isomer of 1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropene (HFC-1225yeZ), and uses thereof, including use in refrigerant compositions, refrigeration systems, blowing agent compositions, and aerosol propellants.... Agent: Roberts & Roberts, L.L.P. Attorneys At Law

20090156703 - Polyurethane foam for steering wheel having improved water resistance: The present invention provides a polyurethane foam for an automobile steering wheel. More particularly, the present invention relates to polyurethane foam formed by using a predetermined amount of a polyol having various functional groups and OH values and a predetermined amount of isocyanate having a certain function, along with water... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090156704 - Non-halogen flame retardant additives for use in rigid polyurethane foam: Flame retarded polyurethane foams are produced by reacting a polyurethane foam-forming composition comprising polyol, organic isocyanate and at least one phosphate ester containing both alkyl and aryl group functionality.... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20090149559 - Heat-expandable microspheres, method for producing the same, and application thereof: Heat-expandable microspheres include a shell of thermoplastic resin and a blowing agent encapsulated therein having a boiling point not higher than the softening point of the thermoplastic resin, have a maximum expanding ratio not lower than 50 times, and are thermally expanded into hollow particulates having a repeated-compression durability not... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20090149560 - Polyhydroxyalkanoate-based resin foamed particle, molded article comprising the same and process for producing the same: a

20090149561 - Extruded polymer foams containing brominated 2-oxo-1,3,2-dioxaphosphorinane compounds as flame retardant additives: Extruded polymer foams are prepared using 5,5-bis(bromomethyl)-2-oxo-1,3,2-dioxaphosphorinane or brominated 2-oxo-1,3,2-dioxaphosphorinane compounds. The brominated FR additives unexpectedly are stable at the extrusion temperatures, and provide excellent flame retardancy to the foams.... Agent: The Dow Chemical Company Gary C. Cohn

20090149562 - Purification of a distilled bottom product containing (meth)acrylic acid by means of a crystallization process: An organic separating agent can be added after the quenching unit, such as at the latest in the crystallization unit. Also disclosed are a device for the preparation of (meth)acrylic acid, a process for the preparation of a polymer from the (meth)acrylic acid, a device for the preparation of the... Agent: Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP

20090143494 - Flame retardant additive compositions and use thereof: Improved flame retardant additives are formed from (A) at least one bis(alkanoic acid ester) of a ring-brominated aromatic diester diol; (B) liquid alkylated triphenyl phosphate having an approximate average formula (RxPhO)3P═O) in which each R is, independently, a hydrogen atom or a C14 alkyl group and x is an average... Agent: Albemarle Corporation

20090143495 - Composition for polyurethane foam, polyurethane foam obtained from the composition, and use thereof: The polyurethane foam composition of the present invention comprises a polyol, a catalyst, a surfactant, a foaming agent and a polyisocyanate, wherein the polyol contains, at least, (A) a polyol that is produced by using a raw material obtained from plant-derived oil, contains more than three side chains per molecule,... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC