Patent SG-11201906845P-A (SG)
Title: Polymer beads and application thereof
Inventor: RAYMOND MATTHEW ROY
IPC: C08F220/06
Filed: 2018-02-07
Abstract: O O (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 16 August 2018 (16.08.2018) WIPO I PCT 0111111010 0111 °nolo DID IH OH cumio oimIE (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/145152 Al (51) International Patent Classification: B01J 20/02 (2006.01) CO8F 220/06 (2006.01) B01J 20/26 (2006.01) C08F 220/56 (2006.01) B01J 20/28 (2006.01) C08J 9 / 2 8 (2006.01) C08F 2/12 (2006.01) G01N 1/36 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/AU2018/050089 (22) International Filing Date: 07 February 2018 (07.02.2018) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 2017900397 09 February 2017 (09.02.2017) AU (71) Applicant: IXOM OPERATIONS PTY LTD [AU/AU]; Level 8, 1 Nicholson Street, East Melbourne, Victoria 3002 (AU). (72) Inventor: RAYMOND, Matthew Roy; 3/650 Swanston Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053 (AU). (74) Agent: DAVIES COLLISON CAVE PTY LTD; 1 Nicholson Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000 (AU). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) (54) Title: POLYMER BEADS AND APPLICATION THEREOF (57) : The present invention relates to a process for producing polymer beads having a porous polymeric matrix in which is distributed solid particulate material; the process comprising: (i) providing a dispersion having a dispersed phase and a continuous phase, the dispersed phase comprising: (a) polymerisable monomer composition, (b) solid particulate material, (c) non-polymeric porogen; and (d) no polymeric porogen; wherein the polymerisable monomer composition comprises; (e) at least one mono-ethylenically unsaturated monomer, and (f) at least one crosslinking monomer having at least two ethylenically unsaturated groups that are separated by at least 4 consecutive acyclic atoms; and (ii) polymerising the polymerisable monomer composition in the presence of the non- polymeric porogen and solid particulate material to form the porous polymeric matrix of the beads.