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| 20080289758 | Reactive Hot Melt Adhesive - A reactive hot melt composition, having a softening point of at least 50° C., and being curable on heating to a temperature of 150° C. The composition comprises a blend of (a) a macrocyclic oligomer having a softening point of at least 50° C., containing at least one ring having eight or more atoms, and being able to undergo decyclization at a temperature of 150° C. or more, to produce a polymerizable species, wherein each cyclic oligomer molecule provides two or more structural repeat units of the same or different formula for the resulting polymer, and (b) a thermoplastic resin, its use as an adhesive and methods of its application. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090211726 | THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE MATERIALS - A thermal energy storage material (TESM) system (and associated methods) that reproducibly stores and recovers latent heat comprising i) at least one first metal containing material including at least one first metal compound that includes a nitrate ion, a nitrite ion, or both; ii) at least one second metal containing material including at least one second metal compound; and iii) optionally including water, wherein the water concentration if any is present is less than about 10 wt. %; wherein the TESM has a liquidus temperature, T | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090250189 | HEAT STORAGE DEVICES - Improved thermal energy storage materials, devices and systems employing the same and related methods. The thermal energy storage materials may include a phase change material that includes a metal-containing compound. This invention is directed at methods of encapsulating thermal energy storage materials, devices containing encapsulated thermal energy storage materials, and capsular structures for encapsulating thermal energy storage materials. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20100010161 | PRODUCTION OF METATHESIS PRODUCTS BY HIGH MELTING POLYMER SEGMENT INTERCHANGE - Two or more chemically distinguishable ethylenically unsaturated polymers, at least one having from 0.001 to 50 mole percent unsaturation and at least one other having an expected Tg or measured Tm value greater than 100° C. are cross-metathesized to form thermoplastic elastomers having improved performance properties. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100069573 | PRODUCTION OF META-BLOCK COPOLYMERS BY POLYMER SEGMENT INTERCHANGE - Meta-block copolymers and a process for preparing a product mixture comprising meta-block copolymers by contacting a metathesis catalyst under metathesis conditions with a composition comprising two or more ethylenically unsaturated polymers, said unsaturation defining one or more polymer segments in each ethylenically unsaturated polymer, at least one polymer segment in at least one ethylenically unsaturated polymer being chemically distinguishable from at least one polymer segment in at least one other ethylenically unsaturated polymer, characterized in that each meta-block copolymer in the product mixture comprises a random distribution of said chemically distinguishable polymer blocks. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100222513 | PRODUCTION OF METATHESIS PRODUCTS BY AMORPHOUS POLYMER SEGMENT INERCHANGE - A cross-metathesized product mixture is prepared by contacting a metathesis catalyst under metathesis conditions with a composition comprising two or more chemically distinguishable ethylenically unsaturated polymers, at least one of said ethylenically unsaturated polymers (first polymer) having from 0.001 to 50 mole percent unsaturation and at least one other of said ethylenically unsaturated polymers (second polymer) being an amorphous polymer having a Tg less than 0° C. and having from 0.001 to 5 mole percent unsaturation. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20110288243 | Carbonate Block Copolymers - Disclosed are novel carbonate block copolymers and methods of making the same. Some carbonate block copolymers include oligomeric carbonate blocks bonded to one or more silicon-containing non-carbonate block, wherein the silicon-containing non-carbonate block is comprised of a diamine moiety and the carbonate block is joined to the silicon-containing non-carbonate block through a urethane group. Other carbonate block copolymers include oligomeric carbonate blocks bonded to one or more non-silicon-containing non-carbonate block, wherein the non-silicon-containing non-carbonate block is comprised of a diamine moiety and the carbonate block is joined to the non-silicon-containing non-carbonate block through a urethane group. The carbonate block may include Bisphenol-A moieties. The diamine from which either the silicon-containing or non-silicon-containing non-carbonate block is derived may be primary, secondary or tertiary. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110293914 | SHAPED FOAM COMPOSITE ARTICLE - The present invention is a method to manufacture shaped foam composite articles comprising a foam core and one or more skin and shaped foam composite articles made therefrom. Specifically, cold formed shaped foam articles having an upper and lower surface having a skin applied to one or both of the surfaces. Preferably the foam comprises a styrenic polymer foam and the skins may independently be mono-layered or multi-layered. The shaped foam article and the skin may be made from the same or different materials. In the case where there are more than one skin, the skins may comprise the same or different materials. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20120037148 | ARTICLES AND DEVICES FOR THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE AND METHODS THEREOF - The present invention relates to articles and heat storage devices for storage of thermal energy. The articles include a metal base sheet and a metal cover sheet, wherein the metal base sheet and the metal cover sheet are sealingly joined to form one or more sealed spaces. The articles include a thermal energy storage material that is contained within the sealed spaces. The sealed spaces preferably are substantially free of water or includes liquid water at a concentration of about 1 percent by volume or less at a temperature of about 25° C., based on the total volume of the sealed spaces. The articles include one or more of the following features: a) the pressure in a sealed space is about 700 Torr or less, when the temperature of the thermal energy storage material is about 25° C.; b) the metal cover sheet includes one or more stiffening features, wherein the stiffening features include indents into the sealed space, protrusions out of the sealed space, or both, that are sufficient in size and number to reduce the maximum von Mises stress in the cover sheet during thermal cycling; c) the metal cover sheet and/or the metal base sheet includes one or more volume expansion features; or d) the metal cover sheet has a thickness, t | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120045378 | METHOD AND DEVICES FOR HEATING UREA-CONTAINING MATERIALS IN VEHICLE EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM - The invention relates to systems and methods for heating a solid or liquid reducing material such as an urea-containing material for NO | 02-23-2012 |
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| 20090018887 | Method of and System for Modifying Attendance Status for Electronic Calendar Events - An electronic calendar system and method permits an attendee of a calendar event to modify the terms of his or her attendance and notifies a requester of the event of the modification of terms of attendance by the attendee. The terms of attendance may include an event start time and an event end time. The system displays to the attendee an attendance modification dialog. The attendance modification dialog may include a late arrival field and an early departure field. The attendance modification dialog may include a telephone attendance option. The attendance modification dialog may be displayed to the attendee in connection with an event invitation, an event reminder, or a calendar event item. When the attendee completes the modification dialog, a message informing to the event requester of the modification is automatically sent. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090315752 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR AUTOMATICALLY TURNING ON OR OFF MULTIPLE DEVICES WITH A REMOTE CONTROL - A programmable universal remote controller is programmed with adjustable inactivity period timeout and control capabilities whereby each individual external controlled device's activity status may be monitored and the device automatically turned on or off by the remote controller when the remote controller detects that the device has been inactive for a desired period of time based on the history of the remote controller's interaction with the controlled device. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100146378 | Optimize View Elements Sizes to Maximize Most Data Viewed in a Multiple View Elements GUI - A View Element Adjuster (VEA) comprises a web page rewrite program and a view element optimization program. The rewrite program monitors a web page having a plurality of view elements and resizes one or more of the plurality of view elements in accordance with a set of user configured preferences, a plurality of priorities for each of the plurality of view elements, and the data dynamically retrieved for each of the plurality of portlets. VEA also has a window preference program, a portlet preference program, and a portlet priority program. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100198648 | DYNAMIC MEETING GROUP ORGANIZER - A Dynamic Meeting Group Organizer automatically creates sub-groups from a group of responders to a meeting invitation sent by email by determining a number of subgroups and a subgroup size parameter; determining a question and a criteria associated with the question to create a survey; determining a list of invitees and a response date by which an invitee is to return a completed survey; sending a plurality of invitations with the survey attached to each invitee on the list; accumulating a plurality of responses to the questionnaire in a response file; and accessing the response file and automatically processing the plurality of responses by organizing the list of invitees into a plurality of subgroups according to each invitee's response to the question and the subgroup size parameter. | 08-05-2010 |
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| 20090292509 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING RESPONSE OF A BUILDING SYSTEM TO AN EXTREME EVENT - A method for assessing the impact of a disrupting event on a structure, such as building, vis-à-vis its multiple interrelated systems as well as the occupants of the structure is disclosed. The method, which may be embodied in computer readable code stored on a computer readable storage medium and executable by a computer or similar workstation, can be applied to structures that are in the design phase, construction phase, as well as the post-construction phase. The invention allows the impact of a disrupting event, including the response of building occupants to the disrupting event, to be simulated and assessed from infancy and throughout the life of the structure, and used to assess various design alternatives when allocating resources. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20100031607 | Splice System for Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Rebars - A splice assembly and corresponding system for connecting multiple fiber-reinforced polymer rebars include a polymeric tube that is externally covered by a reinforcing layer to control radial expansion of grout within the polymeric tube and of the polymeric tube itself, and the polymeric tube may be internally provided with locking structures for mechanically interlocking with the grout, ensuring that the splice assembly functions as a unit for transferring loads from a first rebar, extending from a first end of the polymeric tube, to a second rebar, extending from a second end of the polymeric tube. | 02-11-2010 |
