James E Kuder, 84535 Mountain Ave APT 306, Murray Hill, NJ 07974

4605607, Aug 12, 1986

Apr 8, 1985

6/720633

David E. Nikles - Colonia NJ
R. Sidney Jones - Randolph NJ
James E. Kuder - Fanwood NJ

Celanese Corporation - New York NY

G03C 172
G03F 726

430 17

Provided is an optical data storage medium comprising a chromophore/polymer composition information layer, wherein the chromophore is chemically bound or coordinated with the polymer. The chromophore is an organo macrocyclic chromophore containing a constituent metal atom, and preferably a central metal atom, with the chromophore being coordinated to the polymer through the metal atom. As a result, the chromophore/polymer material has excellent film-forming properties so that the medium can be readily and efficiently manufactured. As well, the resulting information layer offers excellent thermomechanical properties and exhibits excellent absorption properties, all in a single component material. By utilizing a single component material, the problem of dye/polymer phase separation frequently encountered in conventional dye/polymer mixtures is also overcome.

6294640, Sep 25, 2001

Aug 25, 2000

9/648147

H. Clay Linstid - Clinton NJ
Dominick L. Cangiano - Neshanic NJ
Ronald N. DeMartino - Wayne NJ
James E. Kuder - Fanwood NJ
Vincent J. Provino - Clifton NJ
Randy Jester - Greer SC

Ticona LLC - Summit NJ

C08G 6300

528190

A stretchable liquid crystal polymer having recurring units derived from p-hydroxybenzoic acid, 6-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid, at least one aromatic diacid and at least one aromatic diol and/or hydroxyamine component, at least a portion of which is 4,4'-biphenol, and one or more aromatic monomers that provide the polymers with selected 1,3-(meta-) linkages. Stretchable polymers are especially suitable for multilayer laminates and bicomponent fibers.

4725525, Feb 16, 1988

Jul 7, 1986

6/883273

Malcolm E. Kenney - Cleveland Heights OH
R. Sidney Jones - Randolph NJ
James E. Kuder - Fanwood NJ
David E. Nikles - Colonia NJ

Hoebbst Celanese Corporation - Somerville NJ

G03C 172
G03F 726
G01D 900

430270

Provided is an information recording medium and a method for recording information thereon. The information layer of the recording medium comprises a naphthalocyanine chromophore, e. g. , a sulfonamidonaphthalocyanine having silicon or germanium as the central hetero atom. Information can thereby be readily recorded via a thermal deformation technique due to the effective absorption by the dye of light in the wavelength range of about 760-850 nm. The naphthalocyanine chromophores exhibit excellent chemical and photolytic stability, their use thereby increasing the useful life of the recording medium. Provided herein are also novel naphthalocyanine chromophore compounds which are useful in optical recording media, and which exhibit exceptional solubility characteristics. Such chromophores are thereby readily applied as a film in the formulation of an information recording medium.

6132884, Oct 17, 2000

Jan 14, 2000

9/484120

H. Clay Linstid - Clinton NJ
Dominick L. Cangiano - Neshanic NJ
Ronald N. DeMartino - Wayne NJ
James E. Kuder - Fanwood NJ
Vincent J. Provino - Clifton NJ

Ticona LLC - Summit NJ

B32B 2706
C08G 6300

428480

Process for producing highly stretchable, amorphous anisotropic melt-forming polymers having recurring units derived from p-hydroxybenzoic acid, 6-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid, at least one aromatic diacid and an aromatic diol and/or hydroxyamine component, at least a portion of which is 4,4'-biphenol, which comprises incorporating into such polymers recurring units derived from resorcinol and at least one additional monomer that provides the resulting polymer with selected meta linkages, wherein each of said recurring units is present in the polymer in specified amounts.

4878224, Oct 31, 1989

Sep 16, 1988

7/245090

James E. Kuder - Fanwood NJ
James L. McGinnis - Tewksbury Twp. NJ
Harris A. Goldberg - Colonia NJ
Timothy R. Hart - Hoboken NJ
Tessie M. Che - Westfield NJ

Hoechst Celanese Corporation - Somerville NJ

H01S 322

372 53

In one embodiment this invention provides a tunable laser device which is characterized by a dye laser medium which consists of a porous glass matrix containing an incorporated solution of a lasing dye, and which is adapted to operate continuously in combination with an optical pumping means.

4607095, Aug 19, 1986

Mar 5, 1985

6/708604

James E. Kuder - Fanwood NJ

Celanese Corporation - New York NY

C08G 7572

528337

In one embodiment this invention provides a nonlinear optical substrate which comprises a transparent film of an external field-induced noncentrosymmetric macroscopic orientation of poly[[benzo(1,2-d:5,4-d')bisthiazole-2,6-diyl]-1,4-phenylene] molecules: ##STR1##.

5472641, Dec 5, 1995

Jun 9, 1994

8/255619

James E. Kuder - Fanwood NJ
Larry F. Charbonneau - Mendham NJ
Elizabeth E. Fernekess - Basking Ridge NJ

Hoechst Celanese Corp. - Somerville NJ

C09D 900
C11D 726
C11D 732
C11D 750

252542

A paint remover composition consisting essentially of a single phase mixture of water, trioxane and an organic co-solvent having a flash paint above about 80. degree. C. is disclosed and claimed. Particularly preferred co-solvents are gamma-butyrolactone and N-methyl pyrrolidone.

6312772, Nov 6, 2001

Oct 20, 1997

8/955000

James E. Kuder - Fanwood NJ
Ronald N. Demartino - Wayne NJ
Dominick Cangiano - Neshanic NJ
Randy Douglas Jester - Greer SC
Arnold E. Wolf - Charlotte NC
Robert M. Kimmel - Greenville SC
Sherman H. Rounsville - Greenville SC
John Arthur Penoyer - Greenville SC

Hoechst Celanese Corporation - Warren NJ

C09K 1900
B32B 2734
B32B 108

428 15

Multilayer laminates including films, sheets, preforms, containers and other articles having at least one wholly aromatic, amorphous, stretchable liquid crystalline polymer layer with at least one non-polyester thermoplastic polymer layer are provided as well as methods for producing and stretching the multilayer articles. The laminates are suitable for thermoforming and stretch blow molding applications and may be stretched at temperatures lower than the molten state of the liquid crystal polymer and at high total draw ratios without fractures or tears. Containers suitable for food or beverage products may be produced from the laminates.