“Innovation in Polyurethanes – 2018 edition” is an in-depth review of the main polyurethane patent literature published during 2017, covering many hundreds of patent applications revealing the major industrial research trends, player activities and technologies. With many examples, direct download links to full-text documents, 63 figures and graphs and 30 tables.

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Table of Contents:
Introduction ……………………………………………………………….3

The main trends in the 2017 polyurethane patent literature ………………………5
Medical applications ………………………………………………………..5
Flammability ……………………………………………………………….7
Reduction of emissions……………………………………………………….9
Renewable Raw Materials……………………………………………………. 11
Hybrids …………………………………………………………………. 12
Smart Materials…………………………………………………………… 16
Non-Isocyanate Polyurethanes……………………………………………….. 18
Nanocomposites …………………………………………………………… 20
Trending Chemistries and Raw Materials ……………………………………… 21
The Curtius rearrangement: ……………………………………………… 21
The “alkyne zipper” reaction ……………………………………………. 23
Thiol -ene reaction…………………………………………………….. 23
Metathesis reactions …………………………………………………… 24
Polyrotaxanes …………………………………………………………. 25
Computer Displays ………………………………………………………… 27

The main applicants of 2017 ……………………………………………….. 28
BASF ……………………………………………………………………. 28
Covestro ………………………………………………………………… 31
Dow …………………………………………………………………….. 34
DIC …………………………………………………………………….. 36
Henkel ………………………………………………………………….. 38
Evonik ………………………………………………………………….. 39
Lubrizol ………………………………………………………………… 41
Bridgestone ……………………………………………………………… 42
Huntsman ………………………………………………………………… 43
Mitsui Chemicals …………………………………………………………. 44
SIKA ……………………………………………………………………. 45

The Main Technologies ..…………………………………………………… 47
CASE ……………………………………………………………………. 47
Elastomers ………………………………………………………………. 57
TPU …………………………………………………………………….. 61
Flexible Foams …………………………………………………………… 66
Rigid Foams ……………………………………………………………… 69
Polyols …………………………………………………………………. 71
Isocyanates ……………………………………………………………… 73
Composites ………………………………………………………………. 74
Other Foams ……………………………………………………………… 76
Other Polyurethanes ………………………………………………………. 77

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