Patents Assigned to Sun Chemical Corporation
  • WATER-BASED PRIMERS
    Publication number: 20220145089
    Abstract: The present invention provides water-based primer compositions comprising polyolefin type adhesion promoters. Preferably, the polyolefin type adhesion promoter is a maleated polyolefin type adhesion promoter. The primer compositions improve adhesion of water-based inks and coatings to low-treatment substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bruce Marshall, Benjamin Floyd
  • HEAT RESISTANT PAPER-FEEL OVERPRINT VARNISHES
    Publication number: 20220127473
    Abstract: Described herein are heat resistant inks and coating compositions that, when coated on a substrate, impart the feel of paper. The inks and coating compositions do not degrade when exposed to temperatures of 120° C. or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Craig BOYD, David MAJEWSKI
  • High molecular weight polystyrene in inks and coatings
    Patent number: 11306216
    Abstract: Described herein are depolymerized polystyrene resins derived from polystyrene source resins. The depolymerized polystyrene resins undergo a depolymerization in which chemical bonds are cleaved, producing depolymerized polystyrene resins of lower molecular weight. The polystyrene resins may be modified by chemical reaction with monomers, polymers, and oligomers, such as acrylates thereof. Also described are ink and coating compositions that include the depolymerized and modified polystyrene resins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Sun Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Jurek, John G. Tiessen, Soichiro Omizu, Juanita M. Parris
  • OLIGOMERIC AMINOKETONES AND THEIR USE AS PHOTOINITIATORS
    Publication number: 20220112384
    Abstract: The invention relates to photoactive oligomeric aminoketones for compositions and inks curable with ultraviolet (UV) light. The oligomeric ketones are particularly useful for printing or coating materials wherein a low migration of photoinitiators, and reduced transfer of ink from the printed to another surface are desired, such as, for example, food packaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jürgen Dieker, Kai-Uwe W. Gaudl
  • 3D/flip/motion photo-substrate, imaging processes, and applications thereof
    Patent number: 11300714
    Abstract: The present invention provides a photo-substrate for printing of lenticular images that comprises a lenticular lens array, and an energy-reactive material adhered to the backside of the lenticular lens array. According to the methods of the present invention, the lenticular image is printed directly through the lenticular lens array onto the energy-reactive material, using, for example, collimated light or laser. The photo-substrate of the present invention can be adapted for large scale or industrial production to print lenticular images on a wide array of substrates, including such things as packaging and clothing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Sun Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Bo Sun, Jerome Moyer, Philippe Schottland, Danny Rich
  • Polyurethane-polyacrylate hybrid systems for packaging inks and coatings
    Patent number: 11299649
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions suitable for use as binder components for inclusion in printing inks and coatings, such as those used in the gravure and flexographic printing process and which are printed on substrates such as polyolefin (e.g., polyethylene, polypropylene) and poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET). The compositions are non-aqueous dispersions in which an one or more ethylenically unsaturated acrylates or (meth)acrylates is polymerized with a polyurethane, polyurethane-urea or polyurea in a non-aqueous polymerization medium, such as esters, ketones, and mixtures thereof, forming polymeric hybrid resins in the polymerization medium, which are solvent-dispersible hybrid resins of polyurethane-polyacrylate, polyurethane-urea-polyacrylate, and polyurea-polyacrylate. Films of hybrid resins are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Sun Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: David Klein, Michael J. Jurek, Juanita Parris
  • Water-based inks for shrink and non-shrink polymeric films
    Patent number: 11292279
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing printed shrinkable polymeric film substrates, by applying an ink or overprint varnish comprising self-crosslinking acrylic emulsions. The inks and overprint varnishes are rub, scratch, chemical, humidity/water, and heat resistant, as well as being resistant to repeated bending and folding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Sun Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Rob Deighton, Peter Salthouse, Gary Butler
  • Electron beam curable compositions comprising polyols
    Patent number: 11279838
    Abstract: Electron beam curable compositions including polyols, and any blend of ethylenically unsaturated monomers and oligomers. The polyols of the invention are preferably essentially free of any ethylenically unsaturated groups, have greater than one hydroxy group and preferably have boiling points in excess of 170° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Sun Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Derek Ronald Illsley, Stephen Anthony Hall, Shaun Lawrence Herlihy
  • Authentication reader and a dispenser comprising the authentication reader
    Patent number: 11278161
    Abstract: An authentication reader and a dispenser comprising the authentication reader for authenticating a product having a taggant ink disposed on the product's surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mohammad Farahat, Jessica Blatt, Sidney Persley, Charles Achkar, Stephen Postle, Danny Rich
  • UV-curable compositions comprising acylphosphine oxide photoinitiators
    Patent number: 11267977
    Abstract: The present invention is drawn to UV-curable ink and coating compositions comprising acylphosphine oxide photoinitiators and acids. The acids may be inorganic or organic acids, or acids generated by a photoacid generator during UV-cure. Incorporation of the acids into the UV-curable ink and coating compositions results in a reduction of migratable aldehydes that are produced by acylphosphine oxide photoinitiators during UV-cure. The ink and coating compositions are particularly useful for use in applications N that require low migration of low molecular weight materials, such as, for example, food packaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Sun Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Derek Ronald Illsley, Shaun Lawrence Herlihy
  • UV CURABLE COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20220056285
    Abstract: UV curable compositions comprising vinyl ether and acrylate compounds and a cationic photo initiator system. The compositions of the invention are particularly useful for the preparation of highly reactive and very low viscosity systems that may be applied via any printing or coating method, although inkjet printing is the preferred method. The inventive compositions can be cured with doses of 100 mJ/cm2 or less and deliver highly resistant surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Derek Ronald ILLSLEY, Shaun Lawrence HERLIHY
  • Actinic radiation curable compositions including semiconductor metal oxide materials
    Patent number: 11254830
    Abstract: Described herein are inks and coating compositions comprising semiconductor metal oxides and composites thereof, which are natural environmentally sustainable materials that may be recycled and/or reused indefinitely. Semiconductor metal oxides offer an alternative to relatively more toxic, non-sustainable, photo and heat-degrading, migrating traditional photoinitiator agents used in actinic radiation curable compositions. The semiconductor metal oxides and composites thereof absorb visible or UV-light as photocatalysts and/or semiconductors, or absorb electron beam radiation, forming radicals for radical events as polymerization reactions and color enhancement events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Sun Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Aldo G. Bruccoleri, Juanita M. Parris, Richard R. Durand, Jr., Terry Best
  • COMPOSITE AQUEOUS INKJET FLUIDS
    Publication number: 20220041874
    Abstract: Aqueous inkjet compositions comprising a composite resin vehicle wherein at least one component of the composite resin vehicle is a polyurethane dispersion (PUD) preferably with a glass transition temperature (Tg) of less than 80° C., and the other component is an acrylic resin dispersion preferably with a Tg of greater than 40° C. or a metal oxide nanoparticle dispersion such as colloidal silica with a particle size of less than 100 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Derek Ronald ILLSLEY, Valerie Elizabeth MOSS, Donna MATEER
  • Aqueous inkjet ink compositions
    Patent number: 11242465
    Abstract: Aqueous inkjet ink compositions, methods of preparing the inkjet ink compositions, inkjet ink cartridges containing the aqueous inkjet ink composition, methods of filling a print cartridge with the aqueous inkjet ink composition, and methods of printing an image on a substrate using the inkjet ink composition are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Sun Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Wenbin Hong, Mihaela Madaras, Peter John Lyon
  • Grease, oil, and water resistant coating compositions
    Patent number: 11242461
    Abstract: Described herein are coatings which impart oil, grease, and water resistance to various materials, such as paper, paperboard and polymeric materials. Such coatings may be applied as barrier coatings to the substrate materials in order to inhibit and prevent the transmission of oil, grease and water; that is, to prevent oil, water grease from passing into and/or through the substrate material. The coatings include an acrylic-based polymer latex, a styrene-butadiene rubber latex, a styrene-acrylic resin solution, a large particle size wax, and optionally, a small particle size wax. Also disclosed herein is a process of preparing the coatings. Also disclosed are products to which the coatings have been applied in order to impart oil, grease and/or water resistance, and processes for preparing such products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Sun Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Yongping Zha, Vanessa Gordon, Saverio Lucci, Philippe Schottland
  • Energy curable compositions comprising partially acrylated polyols
    Patent number: 11236244
    Abstract: Energy curable composition including partially acrylated polyols, and one or more monofunctional or multifunctional free-radically polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated monomer and/or oligomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Sun Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Derek Ronald Illsley, Jürgen Dieker, Lars Keller
  • Wet-trapping method
    Patent number: 11235610
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for applying multiple ink and/or coating layers on a substrate. At least one of the ink and/or coating layers contains one or more photoinitiators, and at least one of the ink and/or coating layers does not contain any photoinitiators. In certain embodiments, all of the ink and/or coating layers are wet trapped and the entire print construct is cured by exposure to UV radiation after all of the ink and/or coating layers have been applied. In certain embodiments, the wet trapping method of the present invention can be used to prepare laminates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Sun Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: John G. Tiessen, Kai-Uwe Gaudl
  • Low migration energy curable inks
    Patent number: 11236243
    Abstract: The present invention provides energy curable ink and coating compositions that comprise polymerizable compounds, photoinitiators, and colorants. The polymerizable compounds comprise one or more polymerizable monomers and/or oligomers, wherein at least a portion is 3-methyl-1,5-pentanediol diacrylate. The inks and coatings of the invention exhibit excellent print properties after UV-LED, standard UV mercury vapor lamp, and electron beam cure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Sun Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Mathew C. Mathew, David Biro
  • Water-soluble or dispersible polyester resins made from terephthalate plastic materials useful as dispersant resins for inks
    Patent number: 11236213
    Abstract: The present invention provides water-soluble or water-dispersible polyester resins prepared by depolymerizing a terephthalate plastic material in an alcoholysis/glycolysis reaction, and re-polymerizing the product by reacting with a polybasic acid and/or anhydride. The polyester resins of the invention contain 70% to 95% by weight of the terephthalate material, based on the total weight of the composition. The polyester resins of the present invention are useful as dispersants, for example in pigment preparations, and as binders in let-down varnishes, inks, coatings, etc, and as adhesion promoters in aqueous-based inks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Sun Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Jürgen Dieker, Robert Deighton, Kai-Uwe W. Gaudl, Leonora Nurcaj-Dreshaj
  • FLEXIBLE FOOD PACKAGING LAMINATES
    Publication number: 20220010182
    Abstract: Described herein are adhesive compositions, and in particular to solventless adhesive compositions, which can be used to construct laminates, such as flexible laminate materials used to construct flexible packaging (among other things). In another aspect, the solventless adhesive materials are essentially monomer and/or catalyst free, making them well suited for use in making laminates for packaged foods, beverages, and other sensitive materials, e.g., materials which should not be contaminated or not contaminated to unacceptable levels. Also described are laminates made with the adhesive compositions. Laminates made with the adhesive compositions exhibit sufficient bond strength to be slit after 4-8 hours after formation and even 4-5 hours after formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thierry Frinault, Paul M. Kurtz, Philippe Schottland