Patents Examined by Jessica Paul
  • Patent number: 8436069
    Abstract: The present invention provides an ink composition containing: a radical polymerizable compound; a photopolymerization initiator, and a chain transfer agent; and the radical polymerizable compound includes a monofunctional monomer at a ratio of 85% by weight or more in the total weight of the radical polymerizable compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Yokoi
  • Patent number: 8426487
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fluorine-based compound and a coating composition and a film including the same. By using the fluorine-based compound according to the present invention, a film having excellent functionalities of water repellency, oil repellency, weatherability and contamination resistance can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chong-Kyu Shin, Yeong-Rae Chang, Joon-Koo Kang
  • Patent number: 8344041
    Abstract: A novel monomer, 1,1,1-tri-[4-(methacryloxyethylaminocarbonyloxy)-phenyl]ethane (MPE) can be used in preparing dental compositions The MPE monomer can be combined into a dental adhesive with hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) and BisGMA (bisphenol A dimethacrylate). The MPE polymer can be polymerized with a photoinitiator system, such as a system that includes an iodonium salt. The iodonium salt can be diphenyliodonium hexafluorophosphate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: University of Kansas
    Inventors: Jonggu Park, Paulette Spencer, Elizabeth Murphy Topp, Qiang Ye
  • Patent number: 8338502
    Abstract: To provide a polymerizable fluorine-containing compound useful for producing a treated substrate having a hydrophilic region and a water repellent region, of which the contrast is high on its surface, without requiring a special apparatus, high energy light, or irradiation with light for a long time. A polymerizable fluorine-containing compound, which is a derivative of a polyhydric alcohol and comprises at least one following structure (A) and at least one following structure (B) in its molecule: structure (A): a structure wherein a compound having a fluoroalkyl group and a carboxyl group is bonded to one hydroxyl group of a polyhydric alcohol by an ester linkage, structure (B): a structure wherein a compound having an ethylenic double bond and a carboxyl group is bonded to one hydroxyl group of a polyhydric alcohol by an ester linkage or a structure wherein a compound having an ethylenic double bond and an isocyanate group is bonded to one hydroxyl group of a polyhydric alcohol by a urethane bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Taiki Hoshino, Yutaka Furukawa
  • Patent number: 8334328
    Abstract: The main goal of the present invention is the development of a polymerizable material for isolation and protection of the gums and generally the soft tissues of the oral cavity. For better protection during various procedures of the dental surfaces. The composition of the material can contain many other substances that strengthen its qualities and protective action. Such substances can be various substances that have antioxidative, sedative, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, anti-irritant action etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: KLOX Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Vassilios Marmarinos, Paschalis Paschalakis
  • Patent number: 8222312
    Abstract: The invention relates to radiation-curable formulations which contain adhesion promoters containing phosphoric acid and which in the cured state afford a particular degree of corrosion control for metallic substrates, and to a process for preparing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Emmanouil Spyrou, Marion Ebbing-Ewald
  • Patent number: 8207242
    Abstract: To provide a photocurable material which can form a cured product having a high transparency and a high refractive index, a process for producing the material easily, and an article having a high transparency and a high refractive index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hideo Nomoto, Yasuhide Kawaguchi, Hideshi Sasakura
  • Patent number: 8207241
    Abstract: Nanosize titanium dioxide having supported thereon metallic platinum are efficient hydrosilylation catalysts whose hydrosilylation activity may be increased by irradiation. The catalysts are prepared by depositing soluble platinum compounds on a titanium dioxide sol or titanium dioxide pigments followed by drying, calcining, and reduction to platinum metal. The catalysts are particularly useful in preparing addition-curable organopolysiloxane elastomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Wacker Chemie AG
    Inventors: Marco Hofmann, Hans-Juergen Eberle
  • Patent number: 8193259
    Abstract: A photocurable pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) composition includes an acrylic PSA binder, the acrylic PSA binder including at least one fluoro group in an amount of about 6 mol % to about 30 mol % based on a total amount of the acrylic PSA binder, a thermal curing agent, and a photoinitiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Cheil Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Seung Jib Choi, Kyoung Jin Ha, Jun Suk Kim, Kyung Ju Lee, Chang Beom Chung
  • Patent number: 8143324
    Abstract: The use of hindered phenol containing anti-oxidants enable arylcyclobutene-based formulations to be cured in oxygen containing environments such as air without unacceptable degradation in key properties of dielectric constant, water uptake, or transmittance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Ying Hung So, Edmund J. Stark, Jack E. Hetzner, Shellene K. Thurston
  • Patent number: 8133931
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an acrylate nanocomposite material which can apply to optoelectronic device encapsulation, dental restorations and light waveguide. The acrylate nanocomposite material comprises an inorganic nano-particle, an acrylate monomer with at least one acrylate group, an imidized acrylate oligomer and a photo-initiator. The acrylate nanocomposite material photopolymerizes to form an organic/inorganic 3D network wherein the absorption (%) is 0.01 to 5.00 and the permeability (g mm/m2 day) is 0.01 to 10.00 thereof. In addition, the transmittance of the nanocomposite is over 90%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Wei-Fang Su, Sheng-Hao Hsu, Chein-Chih Lin, Min-Huey Chen
  • Patent number: 8124666
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an energy ray-curable ink composition which is excellent in curability and adhesion, and is also excellent in storage stability. The present invention relates to an energy ray-curable ink composition comprising a coloring material; a polyfunctional monomer having three or more ethylenical double bonds in one molecule as a polymerizable compound; an ?-aminoalkylphenone-based compound and a thioxanthone-based compound as photopolymerization initiators; and a hindered amine-based compound having a 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidinyl group as an antigelling agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Kito, Masayuki Oya, Satoshi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8124667
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for radiation grafting a compound by irradiation, that can be grafted onto a fluoropolymer, so as to prevent destabilization of the fluorinated polymer. Said method comprises the following steps: a) the fluoropolymer is mixed in the melted state thereof with a graftable compound; b) the mixture obtained in a) is converted into films, plates, granulates or powder; c) the products from step b) are subjected to photonic (?) or electronic (?) irradiation in a dose of between 0.5 and 15 Mrad; and d) optionally, the products from step c) are washed and/or a degassed. According to said method, a stabilizing agent is added to the fluorinated polymer. Said stabilizing agent can be an antioxidant, a graftable metal salt, or a combination of the two. The invention also relates to structures comprising at least one layer of said mixtures and at least one layer of another material, and to the use of said structures to obtain a barrier effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Arkema France
    Inventors: Anthony Bonnet, Fabrice Chopinez, Pascal Sebire, Karine Triballier, Michael Werth, Michaela Steng
  • Patent number: 8119245
    Abstract: A radiation-curable coating composition is provided. The composition comprises a) an amino-functional polyaspartate; b) a (cyclo) aliphatic polyisocyanate; c) an acrylate-functional compound; and d) a photoinitiator. Substrates coated with the coating compositions are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience LLC
    Inventors: Margaret A. Kendi, Terrell D. Wayt
  • Patent number: 8101675
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for producing a polyester in powder form, which process comprises: (a) rendering a polyester comminutable by (i) chemical pre-treatment of the polyester, or (ii) irradiating the polyester; and (b) comminuting the polyester produced in step (a) to form a powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Cleansors Limited
    Inventor: Ralph Edmund Harris
  • Patent number: 8093310
    Abstract: A multilayer body 20 formed by applying a layer between sheet-like bases 2 and 3 using an application portion 5 is conveyed at a predetermined speed by a conveying roll 11, and a polymerization reaction is induced in the layer of photoreactive product 8 by irradiating the multilayer body 20 that has been conveyed in an irradiation chamber 10 with ultraviolet rays emitted from ultraviolet ray emitting LEDs 25, and furthermore, low temperature air is blown out from cooling apparatuses 17, and thus, the multilayer body 20, which becomes of a high temperature state as a result of the polymerization reaction of the layer of photoreactive product 8, is cooled in the configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventor: Isao Hirose
  • Patent number: 8088836
    Abstract: An oxime ester compound represented by the following general formula (I): (the symbols of which are defined in the specification) is used as the photopolymerization initiator in a photosensitive resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Nippon Chemical Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuji Taguchi
  • Patent number: 8053487
    Abstract: This invention describes an adhesive used for bonding dental and medical biomaterials to hard tissues via a molecular bridge formed from calcium-reactive amines and acrylic or methacrylic ester monomers to hard tissues such as enamel, dentin, and bone. This formulation consists of an acid-stable polymerizable compound with multi-functional acrylate cross-linkers. This formula provides good self-adherence without prior preparation of the hard tissue substrates. The formulation can contain chemical- and/or light-activated free-radical initiators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: James C. Ragain, Jr., Amer Tiba, David G. Charlton
  • Patent number: 8048937
    Abstract: The present invention relates to UV-curable polyurethane dispersions, to a process for preparing them, and to their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Yvonne Heischkel, Harald Larbig, Werner Lebkuecher, Reinhold Schwalm, Nick Gruber, Christian Krueger, Michael Kluge, Cedric Dieleman
  • Patent number: 8048482
    Abstract: Coating composition comprising a liquid first phase comprising one or more polymer binder components having functional groups capable of cross-linking by electron pair exchange, and a second phase which is a powder material, such as sand, comprising one or more compounds capable of activating crosslinking of the binder components in the liquid phase after the second phase is exposed to the first phase. The activating compound in the second phase may include a Lewis acid or Lewis base. Alternatively, the liquid phase comprises a compound which is reactive with the activating compound in the powder phase to form a Lewis base or Lewis acid. Method of applying a coating composition curable by cross-linking chemistry based on electron pair exchange, wherein after application of a layer of the coating composition on a substrate, a powder material comprising one or more cross-linking activating compounds is sprinkled over the wet layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Akzo Nobel Coatings International B.V.
    Inventor: Franciscus Hubertus Maria Stappers