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CCHEMISTRY METALLURGY C08Organic compounds C08FMACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING CARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS C08F226/00Copolymers of compounds having one or more unsaturated aliphatic radicals, each having only one carbon-to-carbon double bond, and at least one being terminated by a single or double bond to nitrogen or by a heterocyclic ring containing nitrogen

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C08F226/02by a single or double bond to nitrogen

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by a single or double bond to nitrogen

Industry

Parent Industries

Current Industry

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Anion exchange membrane and methods of making and using the same

Dicyclopentadiene-based resin, dicyclopentadiene-based hydrogenated...

Sulfonated polymer

Method for producing paper or cardboard

Crosslinked organic additive for waterborne coating compositions

Proton-binding polymers for oral administration

Method of consolidating subterranean formations using cationic and...

Aqueous fracturing fluid composition and fracturing process using t...

HCl-binding compositions for and methods of treating acid-base diso...

Proton-binding polymers for oral administration

Compositions for and method of treating acid-base disorders

Photo-imprinting curable composition and pattern transferring metho...

Preparation method of powdery polycarboxylate superplasticizer

Proton-binding polymers for oral administration

Copolymer for binders for nonaqueous battery electrodes, slurry for...

Scale inhibitor compositions and methods of using

Carboxyl-group-containing copolymer, and method for producing same

Crosslinked poly(allylamine) polymer pharmaceutical compositions

Process for obtaining a cationic polymer with an at least bimodal m...

Photocurable resin composition

Charge transporting semi-conducting material and electronic device...

Copolymer suitable for use as a detergent additive for fuel

Method for producing vinylamine unit-containing polymer and polymer...

Carbon dioxide absorbent and carbon dioxide separation and recovery...

Adhesive

Amine-containing polymers, dispersions thereof and methods of makin...

Oil well cement settlement stabilizer for high-temperature cementin...

Aqueous dental glass ionomer composition

Hydrophobic vinylamine-containing polymer compositions and their us...

Solvent-free light-curable adhesive composition

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

WEAK BASE ANION RESIN POLYMERS COMPRISING ALKYLAMINE SEGMENTS AND C...

PROTON-BINDING POLYMERS FOR ORAL ADMINISTRATION

HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYMERIC DISPERSIONS

ANION EXCHANGE MEMBRANE AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME

BINDER AND LITHIUM-ION BATTERY COMPRISING SAME

COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING MULTIPLE CHARGED CATIONIC COMPOUNDS FOR SOI...

Cationic Polymer Nanoparticles

DIBLOCK COPOLYMER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING DIBLOCK COPOLYMER, AND USE...

POLYMERS FOR PHOTORESIST AND PHOTORESIST COMPOSITIONS INCLUDING THE...

HIGH Tg ACRYLATE COPOLYMERS WITH NITROGEN-CONTAINING AROMATIC HETER...

COMPOSITIONS FOR AND METHOD OF TREATING ACID-BASE DISORDERS

N-VINYLLACTAM-CONTAINING POLYMERS FOR PAPERMAKING

CROSSLINKED ORGANIC ADDITIVE FOR WATERBORNE COATING COMPOSITIONS

PROTON-BINDING POLYMERS FOR ORAL ADMINISTRATION

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METHOD FOR PRODUCING AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF N-VINYL CARBOXYLIC ACID AM...

Curable and Solvent Soluble Formulations and Methods of Making and...

CURABLE COATING COMPOSITIONS AND ANTIMICROBIAL COATINGS MADE BY CUR...

PROTON-BINDING POLYMERS FOR ORAL ADMINISTRATION

SULFONATED POLYMER

CROSSLINKABLE RUBBER COMPOSITION, ACRYLIC RUBBER, AND CURED RUBBER...

COMPOSITIONS FOR AND METHODS OF TREATING ACID-BASE DISORDERS

METHOD FOR THE HYDROLYSIS OF A POLYMER

METHOD FOR PRODUCING PAPER OR CARDBOARD

DICYCLOPENTADIENE-BASED RESIN, DICYCLOPENTADIENE-BASED HYDROGENATED...

CROSSLINKED POLY(ALLYLAMINE) POLYMER PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS

COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING ACID-BASE DISORDERS

PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE FOR PAPER BONDS

FLUORO ACRYLATE AND METHODS MAKING AND USING THE SAME

CROSSLINKED POLY(ALLYLAMINE) POLYMER PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS