Patents Examined by A. Koeckert
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Patent number: 5091439Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## in which a is 1, 2, or 3, R.sup.1 is an uncharged, carbocyclic or heterocyclic aromatic ring, unsubstituted or substituted, R.sup.2 is an unsubstituted or substituted cyclopentadienyl or indenyl anion, and .vertline.X.vertline..sup.a- is an a-valent anion, are suitable for use as latent curing catalysts for two-component polyurethane coatings which are activated by irradiation with actinic light or by heating.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 1988Date of Patent: February 25, 1992Assignee: Ciba-Geigy CorporationInventors: Godwin Berner, Manfred Rembold, Franciszek Sitek, Werner Rutsch
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Patent number: 5089536Abstract: An energy polymerizable composition and process therefore, comprising a cationically polymerizable material and a catalytically effective amount of an ionic salt of an organometallic complex cation as polymerization initiator, said ionic salt of an organometallic complex cation being capable of adding an intermediate strength nucleophile or upon photolysis capable of liberating at least one coordination site, said metal in said organometallic complex cation being selected from elements of Periodic Groups IVB, VB, VIB, VIIB, and VIIIB are disclosed. Certain of the organometallic metallic polymerization initiators are novel cationic salts.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 1982Date of Patent: February 18, 1992Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventor: Michael C. Palazzotto
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Patent number: 5086192Abstract: Disclosed are siloxanyl-substituted diaromatic iodonium salts such as 4-[3-1,1,3,3,5,5,5-heptamethyl siloxanyl propoxy]phenyl-phenyliodonium hexafluoroantimonate. These diaryl iodonium salts are useful as photoinitiators for epoxy containing compounds, especially epoxypolysiloxanes. Also disclosed is a process for the preparation of a siloxanyl-substituted diaromatic iodonium salt.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 1990Date of Patent: February 4, 1992Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Carl R. Kessel, Tracy R. Woodward
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Patent number: 5082598Abstract: A thermosetting resin composition of highly satisfactory storage stability comprises 100 parts by weight of a thermosetting resin composition, 0.0001 to 2.0 parts by weight of a thiuram compound possessing at least one atomic group represented by the following formula: ##STR1## wherein p stands for an integer in the range of 1 to 8, and 0.00001 to 0.1 part by weight (as copper metal) of a copper-containing compound.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 1989Date of Patent: January 21, 1992Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Kagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshio Awaji, Kenichi Ueda, Daisuke Atobe
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Patent number: 5079047Abstract: The current invention provides a photopolymerized pressure-sensitive adhesive which adheres well to all common surfaces and has an outstanding ability to bond to plasticized vinyl substrates and to remain firmly bonded thereto even after the in contact therewith for extended periods of time comprising the photopolymerization reaction product of a mixture containing about: 60-95 parts of alkyl acrylate; 5-40 parts monoethylenically unsaturated polar copolymerizable monomer; 10-30 parts ethylene vinylacetate copolymer containing about 40% to 70% vinylacetate; and 0.1-1 part photoinitiator.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 1989Date of Patent: January 7, 1992Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Yvan A. Bogaert, Martine H. A. Deketele
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Patent number: 5077402Abstract: Compounds of the formula I, II, III and IIIa ##STR1## in which Ar.sup.1 is an unsubstituted or substituted aromatic radical and at least one of the radicals R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 is an alkenyl, cycloalkenyl or arylmethyl group, are effective photoinitiators for photopolymerization of unsaturated compounds. They are particularly suitable for photocuring of pigmented systems.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 1990Date of Patent: December 31, 1991Assignee: Ciba-Geigy CorporationInventors: Vincent Desobry, Kurt Dietliker, Rinaldo Husler, Werner Rutsch, Manfred Rembold, Franciszek Sitek
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Patent number: 5075347Abstract: An improved process for forming hydroperoxide derivatives of rubbery polymers. The hydroperoxide derivatives being particularly well suited for use as intermediates in forming graft rubbery polymers. The process involves dissolving a rubbery polymer in a monomer mixture and adding to the rubbery polymer/monomer mixture a photosensitizing agent. The rubbery polymer-monomer mixture is then oxygenated and exposed to light under conditions wherein triplet oxygen is converted to singlet oxygen. The improvement comprises adding to the rubbery polymer/monomer mixture a solvent capable of solubilizing the photosensitizing agent in the rubbery polymer/monomer mixutre. The solubilizer increases the yield of hydroperoxide derivatives of rubbery polymers formed by a factor of 3.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 1989Date of Patent: December 24, 1991Assignee: The Dow Chemical CompanyInventors: Alan E. Platt, Jerry L. Hahnfeld, David A. Habermann
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Patent number: 5073476Abstract: Iron (II)-aromatic compound complexes mixed with electron acceptors as an oxidizing agent are suitable initiators for the polymerization by irradiation of organic material which can be polymerized by cations and/or free radicals. The composition composed of the polymerizable material and of the initiator mixture is suitable for the production of protective coatings and can be used as a photographic recording material.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 1984Date of Patent: December 17, 1991Assignee: Ciba-Geigy CorporationInventors: Kurt Meier, Giuliano Eugster, Franz Schwarzenbach, Hans Zweifel
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Patent number: 5069929Abstract: An actinic radiation-curable, rust-preventive coating composition suitable for use in temporary protection of steel products from rusting and having improved rust preventing property even in the presence of oil on the steel surface is disclosed. The coating composition comprises: (A) from 10 to 50 parts by weight of a vinyl polymer having a glass transition temperature of not lower than 5.degree. C. and a solubility parameter in the range of 9 to 11.5; (B) from 50 to 90 parts by weight of one or more polymerizable compounds having at least one unsaturated group capable of initiating reaction by actinic radiation; and (C) from 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of an organic phosphate of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen or methyl; Y is a straight or branched chain alkylene having 2 to 20 carbon atoms which may be interrupted by one or more ester or oxy linkages and/or aromatic rings; and n is an integer of 1 to 3.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 1989Date of Patent: December 3, 1991Assignees: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd., Nippon Paint Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuzo Arai, Yasushi Yamamoto, Mitsuyuki Raijo, Isao Fujita
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Patent number: 5047446Abstract: Disclosed is a method of treating a free-radical-containing, optionally room-temperature-aged, irradiated, normally solid high-molecular-weight, semi-crystalline propylene polymer material at about from 40.degree. C. to 110.degree. C. for at least about 10 minutes before being exposed to the higher temperatures that deactivate the residual free radicals therein. Treatment of the polymer at the intermediate temperature causes recombination, and better utilization, of free radicals with the production of more long-chain branching. A two-stage fluid bed process, with a first stage at the intermediate temperature for radical recombination and a second radical-deactivation stage at a higher temperature, is preferred.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 1988Date of Patent: September 10, 1991Assignee: Himont IncorporatedInventor: Anthony J. DeNicola, Jr.
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Patent number: 5047442Abstract: A photopolymerizable composition comprising a vinylic compound, a sulfur-containing compound and an .alpha.-diketone is disclosed. The sulfur-containing compound may be a mercaptobenzoic acid or a polysulfide.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 1988Date of Patent: September 10, 1991Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Company LimitedInventors: Isao Sasaki, Nobuhiro Mukai
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Patent number: 5045573Abstract: Compounds of the general formula I ##STR1## wherein Z is CR.sup.1 R.sup.2 (OR.sup.3) or phenyl,R.sup.1 being H, C.sub.1-6 -alkyl or phenyl,R.sup.2 being H, C.sub.1-6 -alkyl or C.sub.1-6 -alkoxy andR.sup.3 being H, C.sub.1-6 -alkyl or C.sub.1-6 -alkanoyl andZ' is Y-[(CH.sub.2).sub.m -X].sub.n -,X being CH.sub.2 or 0,Y being OH; COOH or SO.sub.3 H including the alkali metal, alkaline earth metal or ammonium salts thereof and also the salts thereof with organic nitrogen bases; or NRR' in which R and R' are in each case H, C.sub.1-20 -alkyl or C.sub.1-4 -hydroxyalkyl, if appropriate quaternized or in the form of the acid addition salts, andn and m each being the numbers 1-4, are excellently suitable as photoinitiators for the photopolymerization of ethylenically unsaturated compounds, in particular in aqueous systems.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 1989Date of Patent: September 3, 1991Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter HaftungInventors: Manfred Kohler, Jorg Ohngemach, Gregor Wehner, Jurgen Gehlhaus
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Patent number: 5043363Abstract: An active energy ray-curing resin composition comprises (i) a heat-crosslinkable linear copolymer comprising 5 to 30 mol % of a monomer represented by the general formula I shown below and 5 to 50 mol % of a monomer represented by the general formula II shown below as the copolymer constituents: ##STR1## (wherein R.sup.1 is hydrogen or alkyl or hydroxyalkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms; R.sup.2 is hydrogen or alkyl or acyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms which may have a hydroxyl group; R.sup.3 is hydrogen or alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms; R.sup.4 is a divalent hydrocarbon group which may have internally an ether bond and may also be substituted with halogen atoms; and R.sup.5 is alkyl having 3 to 12 carbon atoms or phenylalkyl group or phenyl group), and (ii) a monomer having an ethylenically unsaturated bond.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 1990Date of Patent: August 27, 1991Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiromichi Noguchi, Tadayoshi Inamoto, Megumi Munakata
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Patent number: 5041470Abstract: A photocurable adhesive composition comprising a phenoxy resin; a reaction product of an unsaturated carboxylic acid and epoxidized non-linear novolak; reaction product of an unsaturated carboxylic acid and a tetrabrominated diglycidyl ether of a phenol; monohydroxy dipentaerythritol acrylate and/or pentaerythritol tetraacrylate; polyethylenically unsaturated compound; and photoinitiator, and optionally, hexamethylol melamine-formaldehyde; and/or a thixotropic agent; and use thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 1989Date of Patent: August 20, 1991Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jeffrey D. Gelorme, Eugene R. Skarvinko
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Patent number: 5026740Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a new class of sulphurated derivatives of aromatic-aliphatic or aliphatic ketones as a) polymerization or crosslinking photoinitiators for transparent or pigmented mixtures containing ethylenically unsaturated photopolymerizable compounds, in particular for obtaining polyacrylates, b) photochemically releasable latent acid catalysts, useful for crosslinking systems polycondensable by acid catalysis, of the type comprising etherified aminoplasts together with compounds containing hydroxyl, carboxyl, amido, amino and other functionalities.Said sulphurated derivatives enable manufactured articles to be obtained with exceptionally clear color while maintaining photochemical reactivity at high levels.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 1988Date of Patent: June 25, 1991Assignee: Fratelli Lamberti S.p.A.Inventors: Giuseppe Li Bassi, Luciano Cadona, Carlo Nicora
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Patent number: 5021467Abstract: Disclosed herein are i) a resin composition comprising (A) a di-(meth)acrylic acid ester of a carbonate diol having an average molecular weight of 500 to 3000 or of an addition compound of the carbonate diol with an .epsilon.-caprolactone, (B) a monoethylenically unsaturated monomer and optionally, (C) an initiator of photopolymerization, ii) a di-(meth)acrylic acid ester of an addition compound of a carbonate diol having an average molecular weight of 500 to 3000 with an .epsilon.-caprolactone and iii) a di(meth)acrylic acid ester represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents an alkylene group having 4 to 10 carbon atoms, R.sup.2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, the mean values of a and b are 0 to 5, respectively, the mean sum of a plus b is 0.5 to 5 and the mean value of l is 1 to 10.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 1988Date of Patent: June 4, 1991Assignee: Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Minoru Yokoshima, Tetsuo Ohkubo, Masayuki Kiyomoto
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Patent number: 5017626Abstract: A visible light-curing polyester resin composition comprises an unsaturated polyester resin and a photocuring agent composed of an .alpha.-diketone, a benzyidimethyl ketal, and at least one member selected from the group consisting of (1) 2-(dimethylamino)-ethyl benzoate, (2) 2-(dimethylamino)-ethyl benzoate plus a peroxy ketal, and (3) a peroxy ketal plus a tertiaryamine.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 1988Date of Patent: May 21, 1991Assignee: Nippon Oil & Fats Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihiro Tomura, Shigeki Banno
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Patent number: 5011560Abstract: A method of adhesion which comprises applying a two-step reactive type tacky adhesive agent comprising (1) a non-photopolymerizable epoxy resin or isocyanate compound, (2) a curing agent therefor and (3) a compound having at least one photopolymerizable vinyl group in one molecule onto a substrate, irradiating the whole applied surface with light to develop the tackiness, and sticking the substrate together to a material to be bonded, while the tackiness is retained, followed by curing.The method provides excellent green bonding strength and can permit the satisfactory adhesion without clamping, and can be particularly suitably utilized in the adhesion of materials to be bonded which have a curved surface difficult to be clumped.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 1988Date of Patent: April 30, 1991Assignee: Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshikazu Nakai, Tsutomu Kubota
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Patent number: 5009982Abstract: A photosetting liquid ink composition developable with a dilute alkaline aqueous solution and comprising (A) a resin curable with an activated energy ray, obtained by the reaction of a saturated or unsaturated polybasic acid anhydride with a product of the reaction of a novolak type epoxy compound and an unsaturated monocarboxylic acid, (B) a photopolymerization initiator, and (C) a diluent can be used for the production of an etching resist or a solder resist in the manufacture of a printed circuit. This composition, when combined with a thermosetting component, produces a photosetting and thermosetting liquid ink composition.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1988Date of Patent: April 23, 1991Assignee: Taiyo Ink Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuichi Kamayachi, Syoji Inagaki
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Patent number: 5009970Abstract: A solid polymer electrolyte is in the form of a gel comprising a complex of a solid polymer (e.g. poly(ethene oxide) and an alkali metal salt (e.g. LiClO.sub.4), the polymer being cross-linked to inhibit its transformation from an amorphous form to a crystalline form thereby to improve the alkali metal ion conductivity of the electrolyte at lower temperatures. The electrolyte may be made by irradiating (e.g. by gamma radiation or an electron beam) a solution, preferably aqueous, of the complex to cause the polymer to cross-link and form a gel. The electrolyte may be used as a component in a solid state electrochemical cell (e.g. for a rechargeable lithium battery), where the gel form of the electrolyte assists fabrication.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 1988Date of Patent: April 23, 1991Assignee: United Kingdom Atomic Energy AuthorityInventors: Esam Kronfli, Keith V. Lovell, Alan Hooper, Robin J. Neat