Patents by Inventor Thomas Steinhausler
Thomas Steinhausler has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 8188166Abstract: Unsaturated polyester resin compositions with improved weathering characteristics are presented. Further, the manufacture of these unsaturated polyester resin compositions and their potential applications are presented.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2006Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: AOC, LLCInventors: John E. McAlvin, Daniel A. Oakley, James S. Tedesco, Thomas J. Folda, Paul Taylor Hutson, Kamana Kigweba, Diana Klein, Thomas Steinhausler, David Treadwell, John Wilson, David J. Zwissler
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Patent number: 7217497Abstract: The present invention is directed to a thermally curable polymer composition, and a photolithographic substrate coated therewith, the composition comprising a hydroxyl-containing polymer, an amino cross-linking agent and a thermal acid generator. The thermally curable polymer composition may be dissolved in a solvent and used as an undercoat layer in deep UV lithography.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2004Date of Patent: May 15, 2007Assignee: Arch Specialty Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Patrick Foster, Sydney George Slater, Thomas Steinhäusler, Andrew J. Blakeney, John Joseph Biafore
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Publication number: 20070032608Abstract: Unsaturated polyester resin compositions with improved weathering characteristics are presented. Further, the manufacture of these unsaturated polyester resin compositions and their potential applications are presented.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2006Publication date: February 8, 2007Inventors: John McAlvin, Daniel Oakley, James Tedesco, Thomas Folda, Paul Hutson, Kamana Kigweba, Diana Klein, Thomas Steinhausler, David Treadwell, John Wilson, David Zwissler
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Publication number: 20060281838Abstract: Powder-coatable compositions for sheet and bulk molded products with a Class A surface after powder coating comprise an unsaturated polyester and/or vinyl ester, a monomer which is copolymerizable with the polyester and/or vinyl ester, at least two thermoplastic polymers, a filler and a reinforcing agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2006Publication date: December 14, 2006Inventors: Thomas Steinhausler, Thomas Folda, John Young, Jeffrey Klipstein, David Brown, William Gaines, Edward Kleese
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Patent number: 6924339Abstract: Thermally cured undercoat for use in lithography of a thermally cured composition comprising a hydroxyl-containing polymer, an amino cross-linking agent and a thermal acid generator, wherein the hydroxyl containing polymer is a polymer comprising units m, n and o of the following formula: wherein R1 is H or methyl; R2 is a substituted or unsubstituted C6-C14 aryl acrylate or C6-C14 aryl methacrylate group wherein the substituted groups may be phenyl, C1-4 alkyl or C1-4 alkoxy; R3 is a hydroxyl functionalized C1-C8 alkyl acrylate, methacrylate or C6-C14 aryl group, R4 is a C1-C10 linear or branched alkylene; p is an integer of from 1 to 5 with the proviso that there are no more than thirty carbon atoms in the [—R4O—]p; R5 is a C1-C10 linear, branched or cyclic alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C6-C14 aryl, or substituted or unsubstituted C7-C15 alicyclic hydrocarbon; and m is about 40 to 70, n is about 15 to 35 and o is about 15 to 25.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2003Date of Patent: August 2, 2005Assignee: Arch Specialty Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Binod B. De, Sanjay Malik, Gregory Spaziano, John Joseph Biafore, Patrick Foster, Sidney George Slater, Thomas Steinhausler, Andrew J. Blakeney
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Publication number: 20040219454Abstract: The present invention is directed to a thermally curable polymer composition, and a photolithographic substrate coated therewith, the composition comprising a hydroxyl-containing polymer, an amino cross-linking agent and a thermal acid generator. The thermally curable polymer composition may be dissolved in a solvent and used as an undercoat layer in deep UV lithography.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2004Publication date: November 4, 2004Applicant: ARCH SPECIALTY CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Patrick Foster, Sydney George Slater, Thomas Steinhausler, Andrew J. Blakeney, John Joseph Biafore
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Patent number: 6783916Abstract: The present invention is directed to a thermally curable polymer composition, and a photolithographic substrate coated therewith, the composition comprising a hydroxyl-containing polymer, an amino cross-linking agent and a thermal acid generator. The thermally curable polymer composition may be dissolved in a solvent and used as an undercoat layer in deep UV lithography.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2001Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: Arch Specialty Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Patrick Foster, Sydney George Slater, Thomas Steinhäusler, Andrew J. Blakeney, John Joseph Biafore
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Patent number: 6767950Abstract: Pigmented molding compositions having good weatherability for sheet and bulk molded articles are made by mixing a resin component comprising an unsaturated polyester, a monomer which will react with the polyester and a non-aromatic, thermoplastic polymer; an ultraviolet light absorbing material and/or a hindered amine light stabilizing material; a pigment; and a reinforcing agent.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2001Date of Patent: July 27, 2004Assignee: AOC, L.L.C.Inventors: Thomas Steinhäusler, Robert M. Walrath, John J. Young, Thomas J. Folda, Mark S. Harber
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Patent number: 6759466Abstract: Molding compositions for sheet and bulk molded products having improved toughness comprise an unsaturated polyester, a monomer which is copolymerizable with the polyester, a thermoplastic polymer, a filler and a reinforcing agent.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2002Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: AOC, L.L.C.Inventors: Thomas Steinhausler, John J. Young, Thomas J. Folda, Thomas C. Kendrick, Jr.
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Publication number: 20030204035Abstract: Thermally cured undercoat for use in lithography of a thermally cured composition comprising a hydroxyl-containing polymer, an amino cross-linking agent and a thermal acid generator, wherein the hydroxyl containing polymer is a polymer comprising units m, n and o of the following formula: 1Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2003Publication date: October 30, 2003Applicant: Arch Specialty Chemicals Inc.Inventors: Binod B. De, Sanjay Malik, Gregory Spaziano, John Joseph Biafore, Patrick Foster, Sidney George Slater, Thomas Steinhausler, Andrew J. Blakeney
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Patent number: 6610808Abstract: Thermally cured undercoat for use in lithography of a thermally cured composition comprising a hydroxyl-containing polymer, an amino cross-linking agent and a thermal acid generator, wherein the hydroxyl containing polymer is a polymer comprising units m, n and o of the following formula: wherein R1 is H or methyl; R2 is a substituted or unsubstituted C6-C14 aryl acrylate or C6-C14 aryl methacrylate group wherein the substituted groups may be phenyl, C1-4 alkyl or C1-4 alkoxy; R3 is a hydroxyl functionalized C1-C8 alkyl acrylate, methacrylate or C6-C14 aryl group, R4 is a C1-C10 linear or branched alkylene; p is an integer of from 1 to 5 with the proviso that there are no more than thirty carbon atoms in the [—R4O—]p; R5 is a C1-C10 linear, branched or cyclic alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C6-C14 aryl, or substituted or unsubstituted C7-C15 alicyclic hydrocarbon; and m is about 40 to 70, n is about 15 to 35 and o is about 15 to 25.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2002Date of Patent: August 26, 2003Assignee: Arch Specialty Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Binod B. De, Sanjay Malik, Gregory Spaziano, John Joseph Biafore, Patrick Foster, Sidney George Slater, Thomas Steinhausler, Andrew J. Blakeney
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Publication number: 20030092823Abstract: Molding compositions for sheet and bulk molded products having improved toughness comprise an unsaturated polyester, a monomer which is copolymerizable with the polyester, a thermoplastic polymer, a filler and a reinforcing agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2002Publication date: May 15, 2003Inventors: Thomas Steinhausler, John J. Young, Thomas J. Folda, Thomas C. Kendrick
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Patent number: 6492092Abstract: The present invention is directed to a thermally curable polymer composition comprising a hydroxyl-containing polymer and a polyfunctional epoxide as a crosslinking agent. The thermally curable polymer composition may be dissolved in a solvent and used as an undercoat layer in deep UV lithography. In addition, the present invention also relates to a photolithographic coated substrate comprising: a substrate, the thermally cured undercoat composition on the substrate, and a radiation-sensitive resist topcoat on the thermally cured undercoat composition. Furthermore, the present invention further relates to a process for using the photolithographic coated substrate for the production of relief structures.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 1999Date of Patent: December 10, 2002Assignee: Arch Specialty Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Patrick Foster, Sydney George Slater, Thomas Steinhäusler, Andrew J. Blakeney, John Joseph Biafore
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Publication number: 20020173594Abstract: Thermally cured undercoat for use in lithography of a thermally cured composition comprising a hydroxyl-containing polymer, an amino cross-linking agent and a thermal acid generator, wherein the hydroxyl containing polymer is a polymer comprising units m, n and o of the following formula: 1Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2002Publication date: November 21, 2002Applicant: ARCH SPECIALTY CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Binod B. De, Sanjay Malik, Gregory Spaziano, John Joseph Biafore, Patrick Foster, Sidney George Slater, Thomas Steinhausler, Andrew J. Blakeney
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Publication number: 20020151630Abstract: Pigmented molding compositions having good weatherability for sheet and bulk molded articles are made by mixing a resin component comprising an unsaturated polyester, a monomer which will react with the polyester and a non-aromatic, thermoplastic polymer; an ultraviolet light absorbing material and/or a hindered amine light stabilizing material; a pigment; and a reinforcing agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2001Publication date: October 17, 2002Inventors: Thomas Steinhausler, Robert M. Walrath, John J. Young, Thomas J. Folda, Mark S. Harber
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Publication number: 20020007018Abstract: The present invention is directed to a thermally curable polymer composition, and a photolithographic substrate coated therewith, the composition comprising a hydroxyl-containing polymer, an amino cross-linking agent and a thermal acid generator. The thermally curable polymer composition may be dissolved in a solvent and used as an undercoat layer in deep UV lithography.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2001Publication date: January 17, 2002Applicant: Arch Specialty Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Patrick Foster, Sydney George Slater, Thomas Steinhausler, Andrew J. Blakeney, John Joseph Biafore
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Patent number: 6323287Abstract: The present invention is directed to a thermally curable polymer composition, and a photolithographic substrate coated therewith, the composition comprising a hydroxyl-containing polymer, an amino cross-linking agent and a thermal acid generator. The thermally curable polymer composition may be dissolved in a solvent and used as an undercoat layer in deep UV lithography.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 1999Date of Patent: November 27, 2001Assignee: Arch Specialty Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Patrick Foster, Sydney George Slater, Thomas Steinhäusler, Andrew J. Blakeney, John Joseph Biafore
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Patent number: 6146793Abstract: A terpolymer with chemically amplified (acid labile) moieties and organosilicon moieties suitable for use as the binder resin for a photoimageable resist photoresist composition suitable for use in 193 nm photolithographic processes.The terpolymers have the following structural units: ##STR1## where R is a methyl or hydroxyethyl group, R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or a --CH.sub.2 COOCH.sub.3 group and R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a methyl group.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 1999Date of Patent: November 14, 2000Assignee: Arch Specialty Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Ulrich Schaedeli, Andrew J. Blakeney, Thomas Steinhausler, Daniela White, Allen H. Gabor
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Patent number: 6054248Abstract: The present invention is directed to a thermally curable polymer composition comprising a hydroxyl-containing polymer and a polyfunctional isocyanate as a crosslinking agent, which is particularly useful in photolithographic coating of substrates. The thermally curable polymer composition may be dissolved in a solvent and used as an undercoat layer in deep UV lithography. Furthermore, the present invention further relates to a process for using the photolithographic coated substrate for the production of relief structures.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 1999Date of Patent: April 25, 2000Assignee: Arch Specialty Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Patrick Foster, Sydney George Slater, Thomas Steinhausler, Andrew J. Blakeney, John Joseph Biafore