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Synthetic resins or natural rubbers -- part of the class 520 series February patent applications/inventions, industry category 02/12

20120046415 - Methods of forming block copolymers, methods of forming a self-assembled block copolymer structure and related compositions: Methods of modifying block copolymers to enhance thermodynamic properties thereof without sacrificing material properties and methods of forming modified block copolymers having desired properties are disclosed. The modified block copolymers may be used, for example, as a mask for sublithographic patterning during various stages of semiconductor device fabrication. For example,... Agent: Micron Technology, Inc.

20120046416 - Impact additives: The invention relates to a polymer of core-shell structure containing a core having at least one elastomeric polymer, with a glass transition temperature of less than 25° C., and a shell having at least one polymer, with a glass transition temperature of greater than 25° C., where at least one... Agent: Arkema France

20120046417 - Propylene polymer compositions: e

20120046418 - Crosslinkable polymer material, crosslinked polymer material, and production method thereof: The present invention provides a production method of a crosslinkable polymer material which includes adding 2-(glycidyloxy)-1-naphthonitrile oxide or 2-[5-(ethoxycarbonyl)pentyloxy]-1-naphthonitrile oxide by an addition reaction to a polymer material having a multiple bond to which a nitrile oxide is added by an addition reaction so as to introduce a glycidyl group... Agent: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd

20120046419 - Methods and materials for hydrocarbon recovery: Crosslinked polyolefins for use in recovering or containing hydrocarbons such as hydrocarbons contained in oil, are disclosed. Advantageously, the crosslinked polyolefins absorb the hydrocarbon to form a gel that can be collected and processed by heat to release the collected hydrocarbons.... Agent: The Penn State Research Foundation

20120046420 - Polymer, method for producing polymer, resin composition for optical material, shaped article, optical material, and lens: A polymer containing a recurring unit having an aliphatic polycyclic structure, wherein at least two atoms constituting the ring skeleton of the aliphatic polycyclic structure constitute the main chain of the polymer, and the recurring unit has an aliphatic ring containing a sulfonyl group as the constitutive group of the... Agent: Fujifilm Corporation

20120046421 - Ordered nanoscale domains by infiltration of block copolymers: A method of preparing tunable inorganic patterned nanofeatures by infiltration of a block copolymer scaffold having a plurality of self-assembled periodic polymer microdomains. The method may be used sequential infiltration synthesis (SIS), related to atomic layer deposition (ALD). The method includes selecting a metal precursor that is configured to selectively... Agent: Uchicago Argonne, LLC

20120046422 - Multi-arm block copolymers as drug delivery vehicles: The invention provides methods for making copolymers and multi-arm block copolymers useful as drug delivery vehicles. The multi-arm block copolymers comprise a central core molecule, such as a residue of a polyol, and at least three copolymer arms covalently attached to the central core molecule, each copolymer arm comprising an... Agent: Nektar Therapeutics

20120046423 - Polyorganosiloxane, encapsulation material obtained from the polyorganosiloxane, and electronic device including the encapsulation material: A polyorganosiloxane composition, an encapsulation material, and an electronic device, the polyorganosiloxane composition including a linear first polyorganosiloxane resin including a moiety represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 and a moiety represented by the following Chemical Formula 2, the first polyorganosiloxane resin including double bonds at both terminal ends... Agent:

20120046424 - Novel compositions and methods to produce triazine-arylhydroxy-aldehyde condensates with improved solubility: Compositions and methods for forming condensates and resin compositions are provided. In one embodiment, a condensate is formed from a reaction mixture including a triazine monomer, an arylhydroxy monomer, an aldehyde monomer and an acid catalyst having a pKa value of greater than 3.8. The condensates contain up to 28... Agent: Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc.

20120046425 - Polymeric glycidyl ethers reactive diluents: A thermosettable resin composition including (a) at least one thermosetting resin; (b) at least one polymeric glycidyl reactive diluent; and (c) a hardener; a process for producing the thermosettable resin composition; a cured product comprising the cured thermosettable composition; and a process for producing the cured resin thermoset product including... Agent:

20120041146 - Phenol-formaldehyde polymer with carbon nanotubes, a method of producing same, and products derived therefrom: The present invention provides methods to functionalize and solubilize WCNT with a phenolic polymer such as a lignin or a PF resin followed by in-situ integration of this functionalized CNT in the presence of formaldehyde and phenol and/or lignin to generate either CNT-reinforced phenol-formaldehyde polymer or CNT-reinforced lignin-phenol-formaldehyde polymer in... Agent: Fpinnovations

20120041149 - Ethylene copolymer and a method of preparing the same: Provided are ethylene copolymers and a process for preparing the same. More specifically, provided are ethylene copolymers exhibiting excellent processibility and physical properties due to its multimodal molecular weight distribution index, through a multi-stage process by using reactors connected in series or in parallel in the presence of catalyst composition... Agent: Sk Innovation Co., Ltd.

20120041148 - Heterogeneous ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer: An interpolymer of ethylene and at least one alpha-olefin is claimed, wherein the ethylene interpolymer is characterized as having an average Mv and a valley temperature between the interpolymer and high crystalline fraction, Thc, such that the average Mv for a fraction above Thc from ATREF divided by average Mv... Agent: Dow Global Technologies LLC

20120041147 - Method of controlling polymer architecture: Carbon dioxide is used to control the ratio of polymer components in a polyethylene composition made using a combination catalyst comprising a chromium catalyst, a single site catalyst and one or more activators.... Agent: Nova Chemicals (international) S.a.

20120041150 - Inorganic - organic hybrid particle and method for producing the same: An object o of the present invention is to provide an inorganic-organic hybrid particle which has a structure where an organic material composed of two or more different components forms separate phases, wherein an inorganic material is included in the phase, and a method for producing the inorganic-organic hybrid particle.... Agent: Japan Science And Technology Agency

20120041151 - Polyolefin composition comprising crosslinkable polyolefin with silane groups, silanol condensation catalyst and silicon containing compound: The present invention relates to a composition comprising (i) a crosslinkable polyolefin with hydrolysable silane groups (A), (ii) a silanol condensation catalyst (B), and (iii) a silicon containing compound (C) according to the formula (R1)x[Si(R2)yR3)z]m (I) wherein R1, which may be the same or different if more than one such... Agent:

20120041152 - Method for removing metal impurities: A process for removing metallic impurities from a product mass flow comprising water-absorbing polymer particles by means of bar magnets, wherein the water-absorbing polymer particles comprise a surfactant and have direct contact with the bar magnets.... Agent: Basf Se

20120041153 - Regiofunctional carbon nanotube beam and method: The present invention is generally directed toward a regiofunctional carbon nanotube beam structures and a method the same. The regiofunctional carbon nanotube beam structures contain chemical moieties attached selectively to the ends and/or the sidewalls of the nanotube which differentiate the physico-chemical properties of the nanotube ends from the physico-chemical... Agent:

20120041154 - Thiol-containing liquid rubber composition: e

20120041155 - Method of preparing carboxylic acid functionalized polymers: Methods for preparing water soluble, non-peptidic polymers carrying carboxyl functional groups, particularly carboxylic acid functionalized poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) polymers are disclosed, as are the products of these methods. In general, an ester reagent R(C═O)OR′, wherein R′ is a tertiary group and R comprises a functional group X, is reacted with... Agent: Nektar Therapeutics

20120041156 - Polyimide film: The present invention provides a polyimide film which is both outstandingly transparent and highly heat resistance, and which can be usefully employed as a transparent electrically conductive film, a TFT substrate, a flexible printed circuit substrate, and the like.... Agent: Kolon Industries, Inc.

20120041157 - Cement additives: e

20120035321 - Compounds and medical devices activated with solvophobic linkers: The present disclosure relates to compounds and medical devices activated with a solvophobic material functionalized with a first reactive member and methods of making such compounds and devices.... Agent:

20120035320 - Polyacridine nucleic acid delivery peptide complexes: The present invention provides nucleic acid delivery polyplex complexes and anionic open polyplexes comprising a nucleic acid molecule reversibly bound to one or more of nucleic acid delivery polyplex complexes.... Agent: University Of Iowa Research Foundation

20120035322 - Polynucleic acid-attached particles and their use in genomic analysis: Disclosed are methods for preparing particle-linked polynucleotides, and using the particle linked polynucleotides in genomic analysis. The particles as disclosed are characterized as having a size variance of less than 2%.... Agent:

20120035323 - Polyolefin/polylactic acid blends: The invention relates to blends of polyolefins and a biodegradable polymer, such as polylactic acid (PLA) and polyhydroxy butyrate, which are compatabilized by a functionalized olefin (meth)acrylic copolymer. Since PLA and polyolefins are not miscible, the use of the compatibilzer improves the compatibility, thereby improving the processability, and particularly the... Agent: Arkema Inc.

20120035324 - Process for preparing a reinforced and reactive thermoplastic composition, and this composition: A process according to the invention for preparing this thermoplastic composition in which said at least one reinforcing agent is selected from the group consisting of epoxy resins, polyorganosiloxanes having SiH functional group(s), diisocyanates or polyisocyanates and mixtures thereof, comprises a grafting, a branching and/or a crosslinking, that are carried... Agent: Hutchinson

20120035325 - Thermoplastic elastomeric compositions: A dynamically vulcanized alloy contains at least one isobutylene-containing elastomer and at least one thermoplastic resin, wherein the elastomer is present as a dispersed phase of small particles in a continuous phase of the thermoplastic resin. The elastomer in the alloy is cured by means of a cure system comprising... Agent:

20120035326 - Flex life of tetrafluoroethylene/perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) copolymer (pfa): A process is provided for improving the MIT flex life of tetrafluoroethylene/perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) copolymer, said perfluoroalkyl containing from 1 to 5 carbon atoms, comprising incorporating melt flowable polytetrafluoroethylene into said copolymer and thereafter heat treating the resultant composition at a temperature of at least 280° C., the amount of... Agent: E.i. Du Pont De Nemours And Company

20120035327 - Polyolefin masterbatch and composition suitable for injection molding: 10-30% wt of a component B) being a propylene-ethylene copolymer comprising 25-45% wt of ethylene derived units and having a value of the intrinsic viscosity [η] of the fraction soluble in xylene at room temperature ranging from 5 to 9 dl/g, said masterbatch composition having a total MFR higher than... Agent: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.

20120035328 - Methods for forming dyed microspheres and populations of dyed microspheres: Various methods for forming dyed microspheres are provided. One method includes activating a chemical structure coupled to a dye using heat or light to form a reaction intermediate in the presence of a microsphere. The reaction intermediate covalently attaches to a polymer of the microsphere thereby coupling the dye to... Agent:

20120035329 - Method for producing stabilized fluoropolymer: The present invention is aimed to provide a highly-productive method for producing a stabilized fluoropolymer. The present invention relates to a method for producing a stabilized fluoropolymer, comprising the step of bringing a fluoropolymer to be treated into contact with a fluorinating agent to produce a stabilized fluoropolymer, while maintaining... Agent: Daikin Industries, Ltd.

20120035330 - Molecule-based magnetic polymers and methods: Molecule-based magnetic polymers with reasonably high Curie temperature and methods of preparing are provided. In particular, magnetic polymers having repeating units of an organometallic monomer covalently bonded to a monomer having a plurality of unpaired electrons are disclosed. Intrinsically homogeneous magnetic fluids (liquid magnets) and methods of preparing are also... Agent: The University Of Akron

20120035331 - Polyalkylthiophene block copolymer and a method of preparing the same through a ring-opening metathesis polymerization reaction: A polyalkylthiophene block copolymer, a conductive composition including the same, a polymer-catalyst complex in which a polyalkylthiophene and a transition metal catalyst are connected, and a method of preparing a conductive block copolymer from the polymer-catalyst complex through a ring-opening metathesis reaction are provided.... Agent: Korea Institute Of Science And Technology

20120035332 - Extraction of metals from solid mixtures using dendritic macromolecules: Methods and facilities are provided for extracting a metal, such as an actinide from a solid, such as an ore. A novel class of dendritic macromolecules is provided for use in such extraction having a core, a hyperbranched structure, and a plurality of units satisfying the formula —NR2(C═O)R1, in which... Agent:

20120035333 - Carboxylic polybenzimidazole: t

20120035334 - Method for preparing carboxylic polybenzimidazole: A method for preparing a carboxylic polybenzimidazole includes reacting a polybenzimidazole polymer with a cyclic acid anhydride to form the carboxylic polybenzimidazole.... Agent: Chang Gung University

20120035335 - Apparatus and method of reacting polymers passing through metal ion chelated resin matrix to produce injectable medical devices: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and process for forming medical devices from an injectable composition. The apparatus includes a supply assembly configured to maintain and selective dispense a first precursor and a second precursor, a mixing assembly configured to mix the first and second precursors, and at least... Agent:

20120029149 - Polyglycerol aldehydes: Novel polyglycerol aldehyde polymers are described. The polymers comprise glycerol monomers connected by ether linkages and have 3 to about 170 aldehyde groups per molecule. The polyglycerol aldehydes may be reacted with various amine-containing polymers to form hydrogel tissue adhesives and sealants that may be useful for medical applications such... Agent: Actamax Surgical Materials, LLC

20120029150 - Crosslinked fibers and method of making same by extrusion: The present disclosure relates to a method of forming fibers. First and second precursors, each possessing a core and at least one functional group known to have click reactivity, are mixed. The mixed precursors are then extruded under heat to cross-link during fiber production.... Agent:

20120029151 - Curable polyorganosiloxane composition: A curable polyorganosiloxane composition which has an (A) alkenyl group-containing polyorganosiloxane, a (B) polyalkylhydrogensiloxane and (C) a platinum group metal compound. The (A) alkenyl group-containing polyorganosiloxane which includes (A1) branched polyorganosiloxane comprising an SiO4/2 unit and an R3SiO1/2 unit with a molar ratio of R3SiO1/2 unit to SiO4/2 unit in... Agent: Momentive Performance Materials Japan LLC

20120029152 - Fluorine-containing elastomer mixture, method for producing same, composition for vulcanizing peroxide, and molded article: A fluoroelastomer mixture, including: a peroxide-vulcanizable fluoroelastomer (A) containing an iodine atom; and a peroxide-vulcanizable fluoroelastomer (B) containing an iodine atom. The fluoroelastomer (A) is a copolymer (a1) consisting of 50 to 85 mol % of a vinylidene fluoride unit and 15 to 50 mol % of a perfluoro(alkyl vinyl... Agent: Daikin Industries, Ltd.

20120029153 - Adhesive and manufacturing method thereof: An adhesive and a manufacture method thereof are provided. The adhesive is made by crosslinking a first polymer with a second polymer. The glass transition temperature of the first polymer is higher than the glass transition temperature of the second polymer. The first polymer and the second polymer are miscible... Agent:

20120029154 - Grafting method to improve chromatography media performance: The invention also relates to improvements in the method of grafting polymeric ligands onto substrates used in protein separations, resulting in substrates having improved protein binding capacity, improved purification process operating windows and resin selectivity, and relating to making and using the same.... Agent:

20120029155 - Fluorescent methods and materials for directed biomarker signal amplification: Methods and compositions are provided that include a multichromophore and/or multichromophore complex for identifying a target biomolecule. A sensor biomolecule, for example, an antibody can be covalently linked to the multichromophore. Additionally, a signaling chromophore can be covalently linked to the multichromophore. The arrangement is such that the signaling chromophore... Agent: Sirigen Inc.

20120029156 - Epoxy curing compositions and methods: Disclosed are accelerator/curing agent compositions for epoxy resins, comprising (a) at least one aromatic or alicyclic compound containing at least two amine moieties, such amine-containing aromatic or alicyclic compound(s) preferably having from 3 to 5 amine hydrogens per compound and preferably two primary amines per compound, (b) at least one... Agent:

20120029157 - Modified siloxane polymer composition, encapsulant obtained from the modified siloxane polymer composition, and electronic device including the encapsulant: A modified siloxane polymer composition, an encapsulant, and an electronic device, the modified siloxane polymer including a modified siloxane polymer and a reticular siloxane polymer, the modified siloxane polymer including a cyclic siloxane moiety having at least two Si—O bonds with a cyclic structure, a substituted or unsubstituted linear siloxane... Agent: