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High-transverse-curvature tire, in
particular for a two-wheeled vehicle
U.S. patent: 5,902,425
Issued: May 11, 1999
Inventor Giancarlo Armellin
Assigned: Pirelli Coordinamento Pneumatici
SPA

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Treating process for precipitated
silica fillers
U.S. patent: 5,902,635
Issued: May 11, 1999
Inventors: Theresa Garafolo and
Robert Smith
Assigned: General Electric

Launderable floor mat with ozone
resistance
U.S. patent: 5,902,662
Issued: May 11, 1999
Inventor: Robert C. Kerr
Assigned: Milliken & Co.

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Elastic fluorohydrocarbon resin and
method of producing same
U.S. patent: 5,902,859
Issued: May 11, 1999
Inventors: Chikashi Kawashima, Akira
Ishihara, Katunori Kawamura and Seiiti
Minegishi
Assigned: Central Glass

Blends of fluorinated and acrylic
elastomers
U.S. patent: 5,902,860
Issued: May 11, 1999
Inventors: Julio Abusleme, Anna Staccione
and Vincenzo Arcella
Assigned: Ausimont S.p.A. and Nippon
Zeon

Process for the preparation of an
elastomeric polymer from ethylene,
alpha-olefin and optionally diene
U.S. patent: 5,902,867
Issued: May 11, 1999
Inventors: Bernardus Muskens and
Jacob Renkema
Assigned: DSM NV

Flourine-containing copolymer elastomer,
process for producing the
same and composition containing the
same
U.S. patent: 5,902,868
Issued: May 11, 1999
Inventors: Satoru Saito and Haruyoshi
Tatsu
Assigned: Nippon Mektron

Elastomeric seismic isolation
bearing and method
U.S. patent: 5,904,010
Issued: May 18, 1999
Inventors: Ahmad Javid, James Kelly
and Jerome Sackman
Assigned: Energy Research

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Rubber reducing and
recycling system
U.S. patent: 5,904,305
Issued: May 18, 1999
Inventor: Win Kaczmarek

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Electrically conductive polytetraflouroethylene
article
U.S. patent: 5,904,978
Issued: May 18, 1999
Inventors: James Hanrahan, Michael
Kienzle and Mark Spencer
Assigned: W.L. Gore & Associates

Transmission belt with
protruding fibers
U.S. patent: 5,904,630
Issued: May 18, 1999
Inventor: Marc Berthelier and Athee
Sur Cher
Assigned: Hutchinson Societe

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Tire tread of diene rubber and naphthenic
and/or paraffinic oil, or aromatic
oil and mineral filler
U.S. patent: 5,905,112
Issued: May 18, 1999
Inventor: Walter Hellermann
Assigned: Huels Aktiengesellschaft

Moisture-curable hot melt silicone
pressure-sensitive adhesives
U.S. patent: 5,905,123
Issued: May 18, 1999
Inventors: Martin Cifuentes, William
Brady, Randall Schmidt, William
Schoenherr, Michael Strong, Bernard
VanWert and Gary Vincent
Assigned: Dow Corning

Process for producing
polybutadiene
U.S. patent: 5,905,125
Issued: May 18, 1999
Inventors: Nobuhiro Tsujimoto, Takefumi
Yano, Kazuhiro Akikawa,
Chikara Kotani and Kei Tsukahara
Assigned: UBE Industries

Lithium initiator system
U.S. patent: 5,906,956
Issued: May 25, 1999
Inventors: Adel Halasa and Wen-Liang
Hsu
Assigned: Goodyear Tire & Rubber

Method and apparatus for
packaging a microelectronic
device with an elastomer gel
U.S. patent: 5,905,638
Issued: May 18, 1999
Inventors: James MacDonald, Walter
Marcinkiewicz and Rahul Gupta
Assigned: Ericsson

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Isolation mount for an acoustic
device
U.S. patent: 5,905,693
Issued: May 18, 1999
Inventor: Neil Dubois
Assigned: The United States of America
as represented by the Secretary of
the Navy

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Conveyor belting and method of
manufacture
U.S. patent: 5,906,269
Issued: May 25, 1999
Inventors: Florian Zabron, David Rice
and Ernest Atkins
Assigned: Habasit Globe

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Chemical bonding of rubber to plastic
in articles of footwear
U.S. patent: 5,906,872
Issued: May 25, 1999
Inventors: Robert Lyden, Ross
McLaughlin, Henry Chriss, Calvin
Buck, Daniel Potter and Steven Vincent
Assigned: Nike and Nike International

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Rubber riveting of molded parts
U.S. patent: 5,906,375
Issued: May 25, 1999
Inventors: Kenneth Young and Stephen
Simons
Assigned: Hydril
Keywords: Blow out preventer packer

Surface-treating agent for
carbon black
U.S. patent: 5,907,009
Issued: May 25, 1999
Inventors: Kiyoshige Muraoka and
Yasuhisa Minagawa
Assigned: Sumitomo Rubber

Pavement marking material
U.S. patent: 5,906,889
Issued: May 25, 1999
Inventor: Gary Miron
Assigned: 3M

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Manufacturing process of polyetherester
amide elastomer and elastic
fiber
U.S. patent: 5,917,000
Issued: June 29, 1999
Inventors: J.H. Tsai, J.S. Chiou and
Y.K. Twu

Chlorosulfonated ethylene-[Alpha]-olefin
copolymer composition
U.S. patent: 5,916,977
Issued: June 29, 1999
Inventors: Yasumichi Miyagawa, Mitsuhiro
Kamezawa, Hideyoshi Nakamura
and Masahiro Watanuki
Assigned: Tosoh

Catalysts for the polymerization
of alpha-olefins
U.S. patent: 5,917,072
Issued: June 29, 1999
Inventors: Viviano Banzi, Paolo Biagini,
Roberto Santi, Giampiero Borsotti
and Gabriele Lugli
Assigned: Enichem S.p.A.

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Pneumatic radial tire with specified
organic fiber carcass cords
U.S. patent: 5,906,693
Issued: May 25, 1999
Inventors: Takao Morii and Yasuyuki
Tamura
Assigned: Bridgestone

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Removable mold insert for wing or
wingless type precure tread production
U.S. patent: 5,906,835
Issued: May 25, 1999
Inventor: Spiros Triantafyllis
Assigned: Goodyear Tire & Rubber

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Method for preparing hydrophobic
fumed silica
U.S. patent: 5,919,298
Issued: July 6, 1999
Inventors: Phillip Griffith, William
Herron, Brian Harkness, Rosemary
Taylor and David Wilson
Assigned: Dow Corning

Fuser member with silicone rubber
and aluminum oxide layer
U.S. patent: 5,918,098
Issued: June 29, 1999
Inventor: Han Lochmann Van Bennekom
Asssigned: Xerox

Method and apparatus for providing
concrete products having improved
surface and structural characteristics
U.S. patent: 5,918,429
Issued: July 6, 1999
Inventors: James Hicks, John Winchester
and Richard Nicholson
Assigned: Quikrite Companies

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Tire including tread with incisions
U.S. patent: 5,918,654
Issued: July 6, 1999
Inventor: Michel Bossut
Assigned: Compagnie Generale des
Establissements Michelin-Michelin &
Cie

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Adhesives for bonding elastomers to
metals
U.S. patent: 5,919,331
Inventors: Kerry Smith and Bhawani
Tripathy
Assigned: Federal Mogul World Wide

Method for producing
microencapsulated adhesive
U.S. patent: 5,919,407
Issued: July 6, 1999
Inventor: Hung Ya Chao
Assigned: Moore Business Forms

Method for the production of
a fuel hose
U.S. patent: 5,919,326
Issued: July 6, 1999
Inventors: Katsuhiko Yokoe, Kazuhiro
Kato, Koyo Murakami, Eichi Daikai
and Hiroaki Ito
Assigned: Tokai Rubber Industries

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Process for the cosmetic treatment of
the skin comprising applying to the
skin a skin care or make-up
composition comprising a solid
organopolysiloxane elastomer
enclosed in a fatty phase
U.S. patent: 5,919,468
Issued: July 6, 1999
Inventor: Isabelle Bara
Assigned: L'Oreal

Rubber-based aqueous developable
photopolymers and photocurable
elements comprising same
U.S. patent: 5,919,604
Issued: July 6, 1999
Inventor: Jay Reimers
Assigned: Polyfibron Technologies

Organopolysiloxane compositions
which can be crosslinked to give
flame-resistant elastomers
U.S. patent: 5,922,799
Issued: July 13, 1999
Inventors: Herbert Sollradl, Alfred
Kurz and Gerhard Balk
Assigned: Wacker-Chemie GmbH

Uni-directional seal for use on a shaft
U.S. patent: 5,921,555
Issued: July 13, 1999
Inventor: David Johnston
Assigned: Freudenberg-NOK General
Partnership

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Pneumatic tire with specified
breaker cover
U.S. patent: 5,922,154
Issued: July 13, 1999
Inventors: Bernd Lowenhaupt and
Hans-Joachim
Asssigned: SP Reifenwekre GmbH

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Rubber compounds containing a
sulfur containing bis-succinimide
U.S. patent: 5,922,792
Issued: July 13, 1999
Inventors: Lawson Wideman and Paul
Sandstrom
Assigned: Goodyear Tire & Rubber

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Ethylene propylene rubber blend
and hose formulated from the same
U.S. patent: 5,922,811
Issued: July 13, 1999
Inventors: Atsushi Suzuki, Masayoshi
Ichikawa and Kiyomitsu Terashima
Assigned: Toyoda Gosei

Elastomeric compounds incorporating
silicon-treated carbon blacks
U.S. patent: 5,919,841
Issued: July 6, 1999
Inventors: Khaled Mahmud, Meng-Jiao
Wang and Robert Francis
Assigned: Cabot

Use of modified carbon black in
gas-phase polymerizations
U.S. patent: 5,919,855
Issued: July 6, 1999
Inventors: Thomas Reed and Khaled
Mahmud
Assigned: Cabot