| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20100037576 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING MICRON AND SUBMICRON FIBERS AND NONWOVEN WEBS BY MELT BLOWING - This invention is a method for fabricating fibers by melt-blowing a melt of a molecularly self-assembling material, the melt being at a temperature of from 130° C. to 220° C., thereby forming a fiber set having a distribution of fiber diameters wherein at least 95% of the fibers have a diameter of less than about 3 microns. The invention further comprises collecting the fiber set so as to form a fibrous non-woven web. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100038304 | FILTER MEDIUM - The instant invention generally provides a porous filter medium, a porous composite filter medium, a filter assembly, processes of making the same, and processes suitable for filtering contaminants from liquids. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100041292 | ACTIVE POLYMER COMPOSITIONS - The instant invention generally provides an activated polymer composition containing an active agent (i.e., a chemically- or biologically-active agent), an activated fiber comprising the activated polymer composition, an activated-fiber composite comprising the activated fiber and a fiberweb support, processes of fabricating the activated fiber and activated-fiber composition, and an article comprising the activated polymer composition. The instant invention also generally provides a highly filled polymer filler composite comprising a molecularly self-assembling (MSA) material and a mineral filler or conductive filler dispersed in the MSA material, and a process of making and article comprising the highly filled polymer filler composite. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100041296 | ELECTROBLOWING OF FIBERS FROM MOLECULARLY SELF-ASSEMBLING MATERIALS - This disclosure relates to a process for fabricating fibers and nonwoven webs, preferably sub-micron fibers and nonwoven webs, comprising electroblowing a fluid comprising a self-assembling material, and articles made therefrom. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100064647 | POLYMER OR OLIGOMER FIBERS BY SOLVENT-FREE ELECTROSPINNING - A process for fabricating fibers, including nano-scale fibers, comprising electrospinning a melt of a self assembling material and fibers fabricated by the process are disclosed. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100119832 | ADHESIVE POLYMERS FOR FORMING LAMINATE STRUCTURES - Laminate structures comprising one or more sheets of material bonded together with an adhesive polymer. The adhesive polymer is a polyester amide, polyester urethane, or polyester urea. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100126341 | POLYMER PI-BOND-PHILIC FILLER COMPOSITES - The instant invention generally provides polymer pi-bond-philic filler composite comprising a molecularly self-assembling material and a pi-bond-philic filler, and a process of making and an article comprising the polymer pi-bond-philic filler composite. The instant invention also generally provides a process of separating a pi-bond-philic gas from a separable gas mixture comprising the pi-bond-philic gas. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100126342 | POLYMER INORGANIC CLAY COMPOSITES - The instant invention generally provides polymer inorganic clay composite comprising a molecularly self-assembling material and an inorganic clay, and a process of making and an article comprising the polymer inorganic clay composite. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100129591 | POLYMER ORGANOCLAY COMPOSITES - The instant invention generally provides polymer organoclay composite comprising a molecularly self-assembling material and an organoclay, and a process of making and an article comprising the polymer organoclay composite. The instant invention also generally provides a fiber comprising the polymer organoclay composite, and a process of fabricating and an article comprising the fiber | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100129634 | POLYMER INORGANIC-PARTICULATE COMPOSITE FIBERS - The instant invention generally provides polymer inorganic-particulate composite fiber comprising a molecularly self-assembling material and an inorganic-particulate, and a process of making and an article comprising the polymer inorganic-particulate composite fiber. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100129641 | POLYMER CARBON COMPOSITES - The instant invention generally provides polymer carbon composite comprising a molecularly self-assembling material and a carbon filler, and a process of making and an article comprising the polymer carbon composite. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100137478 | POLYMER MICROFILLER COMPOSITES - The instant invention generally provides polymer microfiller composite comprising a molecularly self-assembling material and a microfiller, and a process of making and an article comprising the polymer microfiller composite. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100294989 | SMALL SCALE FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS - The disclosure provides for a small scale functional material, where the small scale functional material is imbibed with a material having a functionality response to an externally applied field. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100302487 | PHASE COMPENSATION FILM - The disclosure provides for a phase compensation film that includes nano-particles of a cross-linked polymer with a largest dimension of a quarter of a wavelength of visible light or less, and a liquid crystal substance imbibed substantially throughout the cross-linked polymer of the nano-particles to provide a phase compensation value for a pixel of a liquid crystal display. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110162705 | MOISTURE RESISTANT PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES WITH ELASTOMERIC, POLYSILOXANE PROTECTION LAYER - Improved protection systems for CIGS-based microelectronic devices of the type incorporating electric conductor(s) such as an electronic collection grid. In one aspect, the present invention relates to a photovoltaic device having a light incident surface and a backside surface. The device includes a chalcogenide-containing photovoltaic layer comprising at least one of copper, indium and/or gallium. A transparent conductive layer is interposed between the photovoltaic layer and the light incident surface, wherein the transparent conductive layer is electrically coupled to the photovoltaic layer. An electronic collection grid is electrically coupled to the transparent conductive layer and overlying at least a portion of the transparent conductive layer. An elastomeric structure having a light incident surface, said structure overlying at least portions of the electronic collection grid and the transparent conductive layer in a manner such that the light incident surface of the elastomeric structure is spaced apart from a major portion of the conductor, and wherein the elastomeric structure comprises an elastomeric siloxane polymer having a WVTR of at least 0.1 g/m | 07-07-2011 |