| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20080255318 | Organosilicone compositions and methods for preparing them - Disclosed herein is a composition comprising a structure (M | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080269396 | TELECHELIC POLYESTER/POLYCARBONATE/ORGANOCLAY NANOCOMPOSITES, AND RELATED METHODS AND ARTICLES - A composition comprises, based on the total weight of the composition, from 30 to 50 weight percent of an ionomeric telechelic polyalkylene ester comprising from 0.05 to 5 mole percent of sulfonate end groups; from 50 to 70 weight percent of a polycarbonate; from 0.1 to 10 weight percent of an organoclay; and from 2 to 12 weight percent of an impact modifier. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090014692 | THERMOPLASTIC POLY(ARYLENE ETHER) / POLYESTER BLENDS AND ARTICLES THEREOF - Disclosed herein is a polymer composition comprising: a poly(arylene ether); a polyester; electrically conductive filler, and an impact modifier. The composition has a continuous phase comprising polyester and a disperse phase comprising poly(arylene ether). The amount of the disperse phase is less than 35 weight percent, based on the total weight of the composition. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090036606 | THERMOPLASTIC POLY(ARYLENE ETHER) / POLYESTER BLENDS AND METHOD OF MAKING - Disclosed herein is a polymer composition comprising: a poly(arylene ether); a polyester; and an impact modifier. The composition has a continuous phase comprising polyester and a disperse phase comprising poly(arylene ether). The amount of the disperse phase is less than 35 weight percent, based on the total weight of the composition. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090170997 | IONOMERIC POLYESTER COPOLYMER/ORGANOCLAY NANOCOMPOSITES, METHOD OF MANUFACTURE, AND ARTICLES FORMED THEREFROM - A composition comprises, based on the total weight of the composition from 79 to 99.79 weight percent of a polyester ionomer component, wherein the polyester ionomer component comprises, based on the polyester ionomer component, 0 to 40 wt. % of a non-ionomeric polyester, and 60 to 100 wt. % of a ionomeric polyester copolymer (i) non-ionomeric ester units and (ii) sulfonated ionomeric ester units, wherein the sulfonated ionomeric ester units are present in an amount from 0.05 to 5 mole percent of the total moles of ester units in the ionomeric polyester copolymer, from 0.1 to 6 weight percent of an organoclay; from 0.1 to 10 weight percent of an epoxy compound; and from 0.01 to 5 weight percent of a catalytic metal salt. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090281204 | Process for the Manufacture of Ionomeric Polybutylene Terephthalate From Polyethylene Terephthalate, and Compositions and Articles Thereof - An ionomeric, modified poly(1,4-butylene terephthalate) copolymer comprising: polyester units comprising non-ionomeric ester units and ionomeric ester units substituted with an inorganic ionic group; and polyester units having at least one residue that is derived from a polyethylene terephthalate component selected from the group consisting of polyethylene terephthalate and polyethylene terephthalate copolymers is described. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20100168328 | PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF POLYCYCLOHEXANE DIMETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE COPOLYMERS FROM POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE, AND COMPOSITIONS AND ARTICLES THEREOF - A process comprises heating at a first temperature under an inert atmosphere and at a first pressure of at least 101 kPa a cyclohexanedimethanol, and a polyethylene terephthalate component selected from the group consisting of polyethylene terephthalate and polyethylene terephthalate copolymers, to form a molten mixture; and heating the molten mixture with agitation at a second temperature higher than the first temperature and a second, subatmospheric pressure for a time and under conditions effective to form a modified polycyclohexane dimethylene terephthalate copolymer comprising at least one residue derived from the polyethylene terephthalate component. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100168371 | Bio-Based Terephthalate Polyesters - Bio-based terephthalic acid (bio-TPA), bio-based dimethyl terephthalate (bio-DMT), and bio-based polyesters, which are produced from a biomass containing a terpene or terpenoid, such as limonene are described, as well as the process of making these products. The bio-based polyesters include poly(alkylene terephthalate)s such as bio-based poly(ethylene terephthalate) (bio-PET), bio-based poly(trimethylene terephthalate) (bio-PTT), bio-based poly(butylene terephthalate) (bio-PBT), and bio-based poly(cyclohexylene dimethyl terephthalate) (bio-PCT). | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100168372 | Bio-Based Terephthalate Polyesters - Bio-based terephthalic acid (bio-TPA), bio-based dimethyl terephthalate (bio-DMT), and bio-based polyesters, which are produced from a biomass containing a terpene or terpenoid, such as limonene are described, as well as the process of making these products. The bio-based polyesters include poly(alkylene terephthalate)s such as bio-based poly(ethylene terephthalate) (bio-PET), bio-based poly(trimethylene terephthalate) (bio-PTT), bio-based poly(butylene terephthalate) (bio-PBT), and bio-based poly(cyclohexylene dimethyl terephthalate) (bio-PCT). | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100168373 | Bio-Based Terephthalate Polyesters - Bio-based terephthalic acid (bio-TPA), bio-based dimethyl terephthalate (bio-DMT), and bio-based polyesters, which are produced from a biomass containing a terpene or terpenoid, such as limonene are described, as well as the process of making these products. The bio-based polyesters include poly(alkylene terephthalate)s such as bio-based poly(ethylene terephthalate) (bio-PET), bio-based poly(trimethylene terephthalate) (bio-PTT), bio-based poly(butylene terephthalate) (bio-PBT), and bio-based poly(cyclohexylene dimethyl terephthalate) (bio-PCT). | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100168461 | Bio-Based Terephthalate Polyesters - Bio-based terephthalic acid (bio-TPA), bio-based dimethyl terephthalate (bio-DMT), and bio-based polyesters, which are produced from a biomass containing a terpene or terpenoid, such as limonene are described, as well as the process of making these products. The bio-based polyesters include poly(alkylene terephthalate)s such as bio-based poly(ethylene terephthalate) (bio-PET), bio-based poly(trimethylene terephthalate) (bio-PTT), bio-based poly(butylene terephthalate) (bio-PBT), and bio-based poly(cyclohexylene dimethyl terephthalate) (bio-PCT). | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100249358 | Organosilicone Compositions and Methods for Preparing Them - Disclosed herein is a composition comprising a structure (M | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100298498 | COPOLYETHERESTERS DERIVED FROM POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE - The invention relates to a composition comprising a modified, random copolyetherester containing a modified, random polybutylene terephthalate copolymer block that is derived from a polyethylene terephthalate component selected from the group consisting of polyethylene terephthalate and polyethylene terephthalate copolymers and combinations thereof; and contains at least one residue derived from the polyethylene terephthalate component; and a polyalkylene oxide copolymer block that contains polyalkylene oxide and at least one residue derived from the polyethylene terephthalate component. The composition has a modulus of elasticity that is at least 80%, as compared to the modulus of elasticity of a copolyetherester derived from (1) polybutylene terephthalate derived from a monomer component selected from the group consisting of terephthalic acid, isophthalic acid, alkyl esters of terephthalic acid, hydroxyalkyl esters of terephthalic acid, alkyl esters of isophthalic acid, 1,4-butanediol, (2) polyalkylene oxide glycol, and (3) combinations thereof. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20110003964 | PROCESS FOR MAKING POLYBUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATE (PBT) FROM POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE (PET) - The invention relates to a process for making modified polybutylene terephththalate random copolymers from a polyethylene terephthalate component. The invention relates to a three step process in which a diol component selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, and combinations thereof reacts with a polyethylene terephthalate component under conditions sufficient to depolymerize the polyethylene terephthalate component into a first molten mixture; and where the first molten mixture is combined with 1,4-butanediol under conditions that create a second molten mixture that is subsequently placed under subatmospheric conditions that produce the modified polybutylene terephthalate random copolymers. The invention also relates to compositions made from the process. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110071235 | BIODEGRADABLE ALIPHATIC-AROMATIC COPOLYESTERS, METHODS OF MANUFACTURE, AND ARTICLES THEREOF - Biodegradable compositions containing an aliphatic-aromatic copolyester derived from aromatic polyesters. Methods of making the compositions and articles made from the compositions. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110124821 | PROCESS FOR MAKING POLYBUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATE (PBT) FROM POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE (PET) - In one embodiment, the invention relates to a two step process in which a 1,4-butane diol component reacts with a polyethylene terephthalate component under conditions that depolymerize the polyethylene terephthalate component into a molten mixture and the molten mixture is placed under subatmospheric conditions that produce the modified polybutylene terephthalate random copolymers. In another embodiment, the invention relates to a three step process in which a diol component selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, and combinations thereof reacts with a polyethylene terephthalate component under conditions sufficient to depolymerize the polyethylene terephthalate component into a first molten mixture; and where the first molten mixture is combined with 1,4-butane diol under conditions that create a second molten mixture that is subsequently placed under subatmospheric conditions that produce the modified polybutylene terephthalate random copolymers. The invention also relates to compositions made from processes of the invention. | 05-26-2011 |