Displaying Color Change Patents (Class 252/586)
  • Publication number: 20140272468
    Abstract: The present invention relates to photochromic articles that include a substrate and at least one photochromic material that is adapted to change from an unactivated form to an activated form by exposure to radiation substantially in the wavelength range from 380 to 450 nanometers when measured over a range of from 380 to 700 nanometers. The photochromic article is also adapted to retain at least 12 percent of the delta OD measured in the Outdoor Test when tested in the Behind the Windshield Test. The photochromic material can be selected from certain compounds including, for example, fluoranthenoxazines, naphthopyrans, phenanthropyrans, fluoranthenopyrans, and indenonaphthopyrans, which each have bonded thereto at least one chiral or achiral lengthening group that provides the photochromic compound with dichroic properties. The present invention also relates to methods of forming a photochromic article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Transitions Optical, Inc.
    Inventors: Rachael L. DeMeio, Anil Kumar, Meng He, Darrin R. Dabideen, Sujit Mondal
  • Patent number: 8834749
    Abstract: Disclosed are a photosensitive resin composition including (A) a binder resin including a cardo-based resin including a repeating unit represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, (B) a photopolymerizable monomer, (C) a photopolymerization initiator, (D) a colorant and (E) a solvent, and a light blocking layer using the same. In the above Chemical Formula 1, each substituent is the same as defined in the detailed description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Cheil Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Hyun-Moo Choi, Chang-Min Lee, Ji-Hye Kim, Kyung-Won Ahn, A-Rum Yu, Jae-Bum Yim, Hwan-Sung Cheon, Ju-Ho Jung
  • Publication number: 20140254017
    Abstract: A photonic assembly for observing a preselected color includes an assembly of colloidal particles in a continuous liquid phase, the colloidal particles comprising a core scattering center and a shell layer surrounding the core, wherein the core scattering center is selected to scatter light having a predetermined wavelength, and wherein the shell has a thickness selected to provide an overall colloidal particle size that is about the same dimension as the wavelength of preselected color to be observed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
    Inventors: Vinothan MANOHARAN, Sofia MAGKIRIADOU, Jin-Gyu PARK
  • Patent number: 8828282
    Abstract: Disclosed are a photosensitive resin composition for a color filter including (A) a colorant including a dye represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 and/or a dye represented by the following Chemical Formula 2, wherein in the following Chemical Formulae 1 and 2, each substituent is the same as described in the detailed description; (B) an acrylic-based binder resin; (C) a photopolymerizable monomer; (D) a photopolymerization initiator; and (E) a solvent, and a color filter using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Cheil Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Kyung-Hee Hyung, Nam-Gwang Kim, Se-Young Choi, Yu-Jin Lee, Gyu-Seok Han
  • Publication number: 20140246633
    Abstract: A photosensitive resin composition for color filter including an alkai-soluble resin (A-1), an alkai-soluble resin (A-2) having a functional group represented by formula (2), a compound (B) having an ethylenically unsaturated group, a photoinitiator (C), an organic solvent (D), and a pigment (E) is provided, wherein the alkai-soluble resin (A-1) is formed by copolymerizing an ethylenically unsaturated monomer (a-1) having a carboxylic acid group, a compound (a-2) having a cyclicimide group represented by formula (1), and other copolymerizable ethylenically unsaturated monomers (a-3) except for the ethylenically unsaturated monomer (a-1) having the carboxylic acid group and the compound (a-2) having the cyclicimide group represented by formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Chi Mei Corporation
    Inventor: Jung-Pin Hsu
  • Publication number: 20140239241
    Abstract: The present invention provides a macromolecular dispersant and a synthesis method thereof, and the dispersant is synthesized by reacting polyisobutylene-g-succinic anhydride with amine compounds. In addition, the present invention also provides an oil-soluble dispersant composition with nano particle pigments and the manufacturing method thereof. The oil-soluble dispersant composition is manufactured by milling a macromolecular dispersant with a pigment and a grinding media. The oil-soluble dispersant composition is adequate for various pigments, shows the excellent immiscibility of oil/water interface, and owns the low viscosity of ?4 cps and the optical density of ink ?1.1. Therefore, the oil-soluble dispersant of the present invention for the nano particle pigment can be acted as the material of the electrowetting display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Jiang-Jen Lin, Chih-Wei Chiu, Tzu-Chien Lee, Ling-Yu Chang
  • Publication number: 20140231729
    Abstract: A negative-type photosensitive resin composition capable of forming a pattern having favorable adhesiveness at a low light exposure; a pattern forming method using the resin composition; a cured film, an insulating film, a color filter formed using resin composition; and a display device provided with the cured film, insulating film, or color filter. The resin composition contains a compound represented by the following formula (1). In the formula, R1 and R2 each independently indicate a hydrogen atom or an organic group, but at least one indicates an organic group. R1 and R2 may be bonded to form a ring structure and may contain a hetero atom bond. R3 indicates a single bond or an organic group. R4 to R9 each independently indicate a hydrogen atom, an organic group, etc., but R6 and R7 are never hydroxyl groups. R10 indicates a hydrogen atom or an organic group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dai Shiota, Mayumi Kuroko, Kunihiro Noda, Yoshinori Tadokoro
  • Publication number: 20140225050
    Abstract: A chromene compound which has a sulfur-containing substituent represented by the following formula (2) at the 6-position and/or 7-position carbon atom of an indeno (2,1-f)naphtho(1,2-b)pyran structure and is excellent in photochromic properties and stability at a high temperature. (In the above formula, ring X is an aromatic hydrocarbon ring or aromatic heterocyclic ring, R3 and R4 are each independently an alkyl group, haloalkyl group, cycloalkyl group, alkoxy group, amino group, heterocyclic group containing a ring member nitrogen atom and bonded to the ring X bonded thereto via the nitrogen atom, halogen atom, aryloxy group or aryl group, and “a” is an integer of 0 to 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasutomo Shimizu, Shinobu Izumi, Junji Takenaka, Junji Momoda
  • Publication number: 20140225049
    Abstract: The present invention provides ophthalmic devices comprising at least one photochromic material which is an indeno-fused naphthopyran having a pi-conjugation extending group bonded to the 11-position of the indeno-fused naphthopyran, the pi-conjugation extending group having at least one pendent halo-substituted group bonded thereto. The pi-conjugation extending group extends the pi-conjugation system of said indeno-fused naphthopyran. The 13-position of the indeno-fused naphthopyran is substantially free of spiro-substituents. The invention further provides photochromic materials of specified structure, photochromic compositions, photochromic articles and optical elements that include the photochromic materials. Other non-limiting embodiments relate to methods of making the ophthalmic devices comprising photochromic materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Anu Chopra, Jun Deng, Beon-Kyu Kim, David B. Knowles, Frank F. Molock, JR., Victor A. Montes, Stephen D. Straight, Wenjing Xiao, Huayun Yu
  • Publication number: 20140226115
    Abstract: The invention relates to photo-alignment layers for planar alignment of liquid crystals. Photo-alignment layers according to the invention exhibit a characteristic wavelength dependency of the dichroism in the uv wavelength range. The invention further relates to methods for providing such photo-alignment layers as well as liquid crystal devices containing them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: ROLIC AG
    Inventors: Mohammed Ibn-Elhaj, Eva Veenstra, Manuel Koechlin
  • Publication number: 20140225048
    Abstract: It is aimed to provide a liquid composition having a high solubility in solvents, high brightness and chroma, and spectral reflection characteristics with a broad color range. It is a liquid composition characterized by having a medium and a compound represented by the following general formula (1). In the general formula (1), R1 and R2 each represent an alkyl group, and either one of these represents an alkyl group having 7 or more carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Saito, Taichi Shintou, Takayuki Ujifusa, Yutaka Tani, Masao Nakano, Kaoru Takahashi, Takeshi Miyazaki, Masashi Hirose
  • Patent number: 8801976
    Abstract: Photochromic dyes are disclosed. A photochromic dye can include a first photo-reactive group and a second photo-reactive group. A first photochromic reaction can be induced in the first photo-reactive group of the photochromic dye by radiation having a first wavelength, and a second photochromic reaction can be induced in the second photo-reactive group of the photochromic dye by radiation having a second wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Korea University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventor: Dong Hoon Choi
  • Publication number: 20140220352
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical power-limiting composition for limiting optical power transmission for an entire solar UV spectrum. The composition includes photochromic dye molecules and UV fluorescent nanoparticles in a matrix material. The composition is configured to absorb wavelengths in the entire solar UV spectrum, including wavelengths of 300-340 nm, thereby enhancing photochromic responsiveness of the composition to solar light. The composition includes a first side that receives impinging light and a second side opposed to the first side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: KiloLambda Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Noam Gross, Ariela Donval, Moshe Oron, Doron Nevo
  • Publication number: 20140209842
    Abstract: A silicone-based material that incorporates a photochromic molecule, and methods of making the same. The material changes color when exposed to ultraviolet radiation, thereby providing a convenient indicator of exposure. The material reverts to its original color after the source of ultraviolet radiation is removed. Compositions and articles that comprise a silicone-based material that incorporates a photochromic dye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Luxes Brand, Incorporation
    Inventors: Allan D. Pagba, Gary K. Wong
  • Publication number: 20140203226
    Abstract: A photochromic curable composition that contains a (meth)acrylate compound represented by the following formula (1-X1); (wherein Y is an oxygen atom or a divalent group represented by —NH—, R1 and R2 are hydrogen atoms or methyl groups, R3 is an alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R4 is an alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a cycloalkylene group having 3 to 8 carbon atoms and which may include a double bond, or an arylene group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, and a is a positive number of 1 to 20), other radically polymerizable monomers and a photochromic compound. The invention provides a lens that features excellent durability and high photochromic property free of the problems of turbidity in the surfaces of the lens caused by bleed out or the peeling in the step of production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Tokuyama Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Takenaka, Junji Momoda
  • Patent number: 8786936
    Abstract: Core-shell coated pigment particles are prepared by core-shell coating using pigment particles, at least one hydrophilic organometallic compound, at least one hydrophobic organometallic compound, distilled water and a solvent. Ink particles coated with an ionized organometallic compound are prepared by using the core-shell coated pigment particles, the solvent and a halogen compound. The ink particles, a dispersing agent and a dielectric liquid are mixed to prepare an ink composition. The ink composition has an electrophoresis property to exhibit an electric movement and has a good dispersibility in a dielectric liquid. The ink composition may be applied in a reflective type color display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Noroo Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-II Kong, Jung-Sok Noh, Hoon Cheong, Deok-Min Park, Hee-Jong Kim, Jin-Hwan Jung, Cheol-Woo Kim
  • Publication number: 20140198374
    Abstract: A colored composition including a non-polar solvent and a methine dye represented by the following Formula (1) and having a solubility in n-hexane of 1% by mass or higher at 25° C. and 0.1 MPa: wherein, in Formula (1), R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, —COOR11, or —CONR11R12; Ar represents an aromatic ring; each of R9 and R10 independently represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; each of R11 and R12 independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an aryl group, and R11 and R12 may be linked to each other to form a 5-membered, 6-membered, or 7-membered ring; n represents an integer from 0 to 2; and none of R1, R9, R10 and Ar has a dissociable group different from NH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuichi FUKUSHIGE, Yoshihiro JIMBO, Takashi KATO
  • Publication number: 20140199616
    Abstract: A colored composition including a dipyrromethene metal complex compound represented by the following formula (I) or a tautomer thereof:
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Daisuke SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20140198285
    Abstract: A colored photosensitive composition includes: (A) a dye represented by the following Formula (1); (B) a multifunctional thiol compound; (C) a photopolymerization initiator represented by the following Formula (2); and (D) a polymerizable compound. In Formula (1), each of A and B independently represents an organic group containing an aromatic ring or an organic group containing a heterocyclic ring. In Formula (2), each of C, D, and E independently represents a hydrogen atom or an organic group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinori FUJITA, Kazumasa MOROZUMI
  • Publication number: 20140197361
    Abstract: A naphthopyran compound represented by the formula B1 and B2 are selected independently from the group consisting of a phenyl, naphthyl, or heterocyclic aromatic group, or may combine to form one or more aromatic rings. B1 and B2 may further include one or more substituents. R3, R4, R5, R6, and R16 are selected independently from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, —Ra, —OH, —ORa, —O—CO—Ra, —CN, —NO2, —SO2Ra, —SORa, —SH, —SRa, —NH2, —NHRa, —NRaRa, or —NRbRc; or wherein R5 and R6 combine to form a cyclic group. Ra may include an alkyl, polycycloalkyl, alkenyl, polyalkenyl, haloalkyl, perhaloalkyl, alkynyl, polyalkynyl, hydroxyalkynyl, polyhydroxyalkynyl; or (C3-20)cycloalkyl group. Rb and Rc may include hydrogen or alkyl groups, or may combine to form a saturated heterocyclic group, or together with an adjacent phenyl group may form a julolidinyl group. R7 is a mesogenic group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: AlphaMicron Incorporated
    Inventors: Ludmila Sukhomlinova, Linli Su, Tamas Kosa, Bahman Taheri
  • Patent number: 8778236
    Abstract: A novel photochromic compound which develops a color of a neutral tint and has high color optical density, high fading speed and excellent durability. The present invention is a chromene compound having an indeno(2,1-f)naphtho(1,2-b)pyran structure as the basic skeleton in which a hetero ring having two hetero atoms including at least one sulfur atom is directly bonded to the 6-position and the 7-position of the indeno(2,1-f)naphtho(1,2-b)pyran structure via the hetero atom like the compound represented by the following formula (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Tokuyama Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Takenaka, Junji Momoda, Kazuhiro Teranishi, Toshiaki Takahashi, Mitsuyoshi Sando, Shinobu Izumi
  • Patent number: 8778235
    Abstract: A colorant multimer includes, as a partial structure of a colorant moiety, a dipyrromethene metal complex compound or tautomer thereof obtained from: (i) a dipyrromethene compound represented by the following Formula (M); and (ii) a metal or a metal compound: wherein in Formula (M), R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, and R10 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a monovalent substituent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Ito, Masaru Yoshikawa, Yuki Mizukawa, Kenta Ushijima, Shinichi Kanna, Haruki Inabe, Yoshihiko Fujie, Akiyoshi Goto, Yushi Kaneko, Hiroaki Idei
  • Publication number: 20140191222
    Abstract: The resin composition of the present invention is a resin composition characterized by including (a) a polyimide, a polybenzoxazole, a polyimide precursor or a polybenzoxazole precursor, (b) 1,5-dihydroxynaphthalene, 1,6-dihydroxynaphthalene, 1,7-dihydroxynaphthalene, or 2,3-dihydroxynaphthalene, and (c) a thermal cross-linking agent having a specific structure. By the use of the resin composition of the present invention, it is possible to reduce the transmittance in the visible region of a cured film while maintaining the transmittance of a resin film before curing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuto MIYOSHI, Mika KOSHINO, Masao TOMIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20140191213
    Abstract: An object is to provide a photosensitive resin composition for color filters, configured to be able to form a high-luminance color layer with excellent heat resistance and light resistance. Disclosed is a photosensitive resin composition for color filters including the dye dispersion liquid, the dye dispersion liquid including a dye dispersed by a dispersant in a solvent, wherein the dye is a dye having a sulfonic acid group; the dispersant is a graft copolymer having an amine number of 30 mg KOH/g or more and including copolymerizable components that contain a specific monomer having a tertiary amine and a specific polymerizable oligomer; the solvent is a solvent having a solubility of the dye of 0.2 g/100 g solvent or less at 23° C.; and the tertiary amine of the dispersant and the sulfonic acid group of the dye form a micelle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Sawada, Michihiro Ogura, Tomoki Murata
  • Publication number: 20140191168
    Abstract: Photochromic dyes are disclosed. A photochromic dye can include a first photo-reactive group and a second photo-reactive group. A first photochromic reaction can be induced in the first photo-reactive group of the photochromic dye by radiation having a first wavelength, and a second photochromic reaction can be induced in the second photo-reactive group of the photochromic dye by radiation having a second wavelength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
    Inventor: KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
  • Patent number: 8773745
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrochromic polymer compound composed of a hyperbranched polymer having electrochromic characteristics derived from a quaternary pyridinium salt, a terephthalic acid diester or a biphenyl-4,4?-diester structure, and a varnish, a thin film structure and an electrochromic device that are obtained by the polymer compound. The electrochromic material has high response speed, high coloring efficiency, and excellent repetition stability and can be used for a long time, and has excellent solubility in various solvents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignees: Kyushu University, Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Nagamura, Masaaki Ozawa, Akihiro Tanaka, Osamu Hirata, Keisuke Odoi, Takeshi Sakano
  • Publication number: 20140183425
    Abstract: Disclosed are a photosensitive resin composition for a color filter including (A) a colorant including a dye represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 and/or a dye represented by the following Chemical Formula 2, wherein in the following Chemical Formulae 1 and 2, each substituent is the same as described in the detailed description; (B) an acrylic-based binder resin; (C) a photopolymerizable monomer; (D) a photopolymerization initiator; and (E) a solvent, and a color filter using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Cheil Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Kyung-Hee HYUNG, Nam-Gwang KIM, Se-Young CHOI, Yu-Jin LEE, Gyu-Seok HAN
  • Publication number: 20140175344
    Abstract: Disclosed are a photosensitive resin composition for a color filter including (A) a colorant including a compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 and/or a compound including repeating units represented by the following Chemical Formula 2 and the following Chemical Formula 3; (B) a binder resin; (C) a photopolymerizable monomer; (D) a photopolymerization initiator; and (E) a solvent, and a color filter using the same. In the above Chemical Formulae 1 to 3, each substituent is the same as described in the detailed description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Cheil Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Jee-Hyun RYU, In-Jae LEE, Ji-Young JEONG, Plueg CARSTEN, Gyu-Seok HAN
  • Publication number: 20140175345
    Abstract: Disclosed are a photosensitive resin composition for a color filter including (A) a colorant including green pigment and a color material having transmittance of about 0 to about 40% in a wavelength region of about 490 to about 500 nm, and transmittance of about 70 to about 100% in a wavelength region of about 520 to about 530 nm, (B) an acrylic-based binder resin, (C) a photopolymerization initiator, (D) a photopolymerizable monomer, and (E) a solvent, and a color filter using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Cheil Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Nam-Gwang KIM, Se-Young CHOI, Kyung-Hee HYUNG, Yu-Jin LEE, Gyu-Seok HAN
  • Publication number: 20140175348
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polymer compound represented by the following Formula (1) and a method for production thereof, a pigment dispersant, a pigment dispersion composition, and a photocurable composition respectively using the polymer compound, and a color filter and a method for production thereof [R1: an organic linking group having a valency of (m+n); R2: a single bond or a divalent organic linking group; A1: a monovalent organic group containing at least one moiety selected from an organic dye structure, a heterocyclic structure, an acidic group, a group having a basic nitrogen atom, a urea group, a urethane group, a group having a coordinating oxygen atom, a hydrocarbon group having 4 or more carbon atoms, an alkoxysilyl group, an epoxy group, an isocyanate group, and a hydroxyl group; m=1 to 8, n=2 to 9 (m+n=3 to 10); and P1: polymer skeleton].
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenori TAKAHASHI, Shuichiro OSADA
  • Publication number: 20140175347
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a photosensitive resin composition for black matrix, as well as a color filter and a liquid crystal display (LCD) device formed by the composition. The aforementioned photosensitive resin composition comprises an alkali-soluble resin (A), a compound containing vinyl unsaturated group(s) (B), a photo initiator (C), quinonediazide sulfonic acid ester (D), a solvent (E) and black pigment (F). The alkali-soluble resin (A) includes epoxy resin having unsaturated group(s) (A-1), which is obtained by reacting an epoxy resin (i) having at least two epoxy groups with a compound (ii) having at least one vinyl unsaturated group and carboxyl group. The aforementioned photo initiator (C) includes an O-acyloxime compound (C-1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: CHI MEI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hao-Wei LIAO, I-Chun HSIEH
  • Publication number: 20140175346
    Abstract: Disclosed is a photosensitive resin composition for a color filter including (A) a dye-polymer composite wherein the dye includes a repeating unit derived from a compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1; (B) a binder resin; (C) a photopolymerizable monomer; (D) a photopolymerization initiator; and (E) a solvent. In the above Chemical Formula 1, each substituent is the same as defined in the detailed description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Cheil Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Sang-Won CHO, Won-A NOH, Soo-Young HEO, Han-Chul HWANG, Gyu-Seok HAN
  • Patent number: 8758654
    Abstract: A photosensitive resin composition for a color filter includes (A) a binder resin including a cardo-based resin represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, (B) a photopolymerization initiator represented by the following Chemical Formula 14, (C) a photopolymerizable monomer, (E) a colorant, and (F) a solvent and a color filter using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Cheil Industries Inc.
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Uchikawa
  • Publication number: 20140166947
    Abstract: A photosensitive resin composition for a color filter includes (A) a binder resin including a cardo-based resin represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, (B) a photopolymerization initiator represented by the following Chemical Formula 14, (C) a photopolymerizable monomer, (E) a colorant, and (F) a solvent and a color filter using the same. In Chemical Formulae 1 and 14, each substituent is the same as defined in the detailed description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Uchikawa
  • Publication number: 20140166948
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds represented by the following Formula (II), Ring-A of Formula II can be, for example, an aryl group, and Q? and Q?? can each be independently selected from groups, such as, halogen, —OH, —CN, amine groups, amide groups, carboxylic acid ester groups, carboxylic acid groups, alkenyl groups, alkynyl groups, carbonate groups, sulfide groups, and sulfonic acid ester groups. The present invention also relates to photochromic compositions and photochromic articles that include one or more photochromic compounds such as represented by Formula II.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Inventors: Meng He, Anil Kumar, Darrin R. Dabideen
  • Publication number: 20140158954
    Abstract: The invention relates to use of quantum dots in a pigment dispersion liquid. The invention also relates to a pigment dispersion liquid, which comprises a pigment, quantum dots, a dispersion agent, a dispersing resin and a solvent. The invention also relates to the process for producing the pigment dispersion liquid. The use of quantum dots provided by the invention broadens the application field of the quantum dots and develops the use thereof in the field of liquid crystal display. The pigment dispersion liquid having quantum dots added therein provided by the invention has a significantly improved stability of dispersion. Furthermore, the quantum dots and the organic pigment can interact with each other by adjusting the composition, the size or the like of the quantum dots, so that the properties of the pigment are improved and the contrast thereof is increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: BOE Technology Group Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianchao Lun, Yangyang Xin, Jinbo Lu
  • Publication number: 20140158952
    Abstract: Disclosed are a photosensitive resin composition for a color filter that includes (A) a colorant including a cyanine dye represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, (B) an acrylic-based binder resin, (C) a photopolymerizable monomer, (D) a photopolymerization initiator, and (E) a solvent, and a color filter using the same. In the above Chemical Formula 1, each substituent is the same as described in the detailed description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Inventors: Ji-Young JEONG, Dong-Wan KIM, Ji-Hong KIM, Jee-Hyun RYU, In-Jae LEE, Gyu-Seok HAN
  • Publication number: 20140158956
    Abstract: The coloring matter compound is represented by the following general formula (1): wherein R1, R2, R6 represent an alkyl group; R3 to R5 represent an alkyl group, or satisfy either of the following conditions i) and ii): i) R3 and R4 are bonded to each other, so as to form a cyclic organic functional group containing R3, R4 and a carbon atom bonded to R3 and R4, and R5 represents an alkyl group; ii) R3 to R5 are bonded to one another, so as to form a cyclic organic functional group containing R3, R4, R5 and a carbon atom bonded to R3 to R5; and R7, R8 represent an alkyl group or an acyl group, or R7 and R8 are bonded to each other, so as to form a cyclic organic functional group containing R7, R8 and a nitrogen atom bonded simultaneously to R7 and R8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taichi Shintou, Yuko Katsumoto, Akiko Kitao, Takeshi Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20140158953
    Abstract: Disclosed are a photosensitive resin composition for a color filter including (A) an acrylic-based binder resin including at least one repeating unit represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, at least one repeating unit represented by the following Chemical Formula 2 and at least one repeating unit represented by the following Chemical Formula 3, (B) a photopolymerizable monomer, (C) a photopolymerization initiator, (D) a colorant, and (E) a solvent, and a color filter using the same. In the above Chemical Formulae 1 to 3, each substituent is the same as defined in the detailed description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Cheil Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Se-Young CHOI, Nam-Gwang KIM, Kyung-Hee HYUNG, Gyu-Seok HAN
  • Publication number: 20140158955
    Abstract: The coloring matter compound is represented by the following general formula (1): wherein R1 and R2 each independently represent an alkyl group or an acyl group, or R1 and R2 may be bonded to each other so as to form a cyclic organic functional group containing, as a hetero atom, a nitrogen atom to which R1 and R2 are bonded; R3 and R4 each independently represent an alkyl group; R5 and R6 each independently represent an alkyl group or an alkoxy group; R7 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an alkoxy group; and R8 represents an alkyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuko Katsumoto, Taichi Shintou, Akiko Kitao, Takeshi Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20140151614
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a colored composition for forming a green color filter, containing a color pigment, wherein a content of the color pigment to a total solid content of the colored composition is 60% by weight or more, and a layer having a thickness of 0.6 ?m formed from the colored composition has light transmittance of 80% or more at a wavelength of 550 nm and light transmittance of 50% or less at a wavelength of 450 nm, and a method of producing a color filter including (A) forming a first colored layer containing a first colored composition and (B) patterning with dry etching so as to from a through-hole group in the first colored layer, wherein the first colored composition is the colored composition as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Naotsugu MURO, Yasuo SUGISHIMA, Kaoru AOYAGI, Mitsuji YOSHIBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20140154616
    Abstract: Disclosed is a coloring composition with satisfactory heat resistance, no discoloration, excellent developability, and no development residues on a substrate and pixels of other colors, providing, a coloring composition for a color filter including (A) a polymer having a dye skeleton and (B) an organic solvent, wherein the content of an unreacted monomer component having the dye skeleton which is capable of forming (A) the polymer having the dye skeleton is less than or equal to 1 mass % with regard to (A) the polymer having the dye skeleton.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuzo NAGATA, Hiroaki IDEI, Atsuyasu NOZAKI, Kenta USHIJIMA, Yushi KANEKO, Yousuke MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20140151615
    Abstract: A coloring composition which suppresses color loss of the colored pattern to be formed, and may form a colored pattern which has excellent developability and heat resistance is provided. A colored cured film which suppresses color loss of the colored pattern to be formed, and may form a colored pattern which has excellent developability and heat resistance, a color filter which is provided with the colored pattern, and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. A solid state imaging device which has excellent color loss resistance and heat resistance is provided. A coloring composition of the present invention includes a resin (A) having a dye structure in which a peak area occupied by a component having a molecular weight of 2000 or less is below 10% in respect to a peak area of a total molecular weight distribution of the resin (A) which is measured using gel permeation chromatography.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Seiichi HITOMI, Yuzo NAGATA, Hiroaki IDEI, Kazuya OOTA, Yousuke MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20140151613
    Abstract: Described herein are photochromic glasses that are at least substantially free of rare earth elements. Methods of making and using the photochromic glasses are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Corning Incorporated
    Inventor: Yves Andre Henri Brocheton
  • Publication number: 20140154527
    Abstract: A chromene compound having a short fading half period, especially, a short fading half period even at a low temperature in a general-purpose polymer solid matrix. The chromene compound is represented by the following formula (1). wherein R1 is a hydroxyl group or the like, R2 and R3 are each an aryl group or the like, C* is a spiro carbon atom, a spiro ring A represented by the following formula is a saturated hydrocarbon ring having 4 to 12 ring member carbon atoms or the like, and at least one ring member carbon atom constituting the ring A is a group represented by the following formula (4), and X is a divalent group such as arylene group, wherein R7 and R8 are each a cycloalkyl group or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinobu Izumi, Kazuhiro Teranishi, Yusuke Daikoku, Mitsuyoshi Sando
  • Patent number: 8741190
    Abstract: To obtain a water-resistant polarizing film free from deterioration in dichroic ratio caused by water-resistant treatment, it is critical that adjacent sulfonic acid groups or sulfonate groups in the organic dyes to be used for the polarizing film are spaced at moderate intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Junzo Miyazaki, Shoichi Matsuda, Kyoko Nishiguchi
  • Patent number: 8741188
    Abstract: The present invention provides ophthalmic devices comprising at least one photochromic material which is an indeno-fused naphthopyran having a pi-conjugation extending group bonded to the 11-position of the indeno-fused naphthopyran, the pi-conjugation extending group having at least one pendent halo-substituted group bonded thereto. The pi-conjugation extending group extends the pi-conjugation system of said indeno-fused naphthopyran. The 13-position of the indeno-fused naphthopyran is substantially free of spiro-substituents. The invention further provides photochromic materials of specified structure, photochromic compositions, photochromic articles and optical elements that include the photochromic materials. Other non-limiting embodiments relate to methods of making the ophthalmic devices comprising photochromic materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Anu Chopra, Jun Deng, Beon-Kyu Kim, David B. Knowles, Frank F. Molock, Jr., Victor A. Montes, Stephen D. Straight, Wenjing Xiao, Huayun Yu
  • Publication number: 20140146285
    Abstract: A photochromic curable composition comprising, as radically polymerizable component (A), a silsesquioxane component (A1) having a radically polymerizable group and a bifunctional radically polymerizable monomer (A2) represented by the following general formula (1), wherein a is a number of 0 to 30, and b is a number of 0 to 30 on condition that an average value of a+b is 2 to 30, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are each a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and A is a divalent organic group on condition that the number of carbon atoms is 1 to 20, and a photochromic compound (B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiaki Otani, Junji Takenaka, Junji Momoda, Shinobu Izumi
  • Publication number: 20140145126
    Abstract: A photosensitive composition, suitable for a hardened film capable of sufficiently blocking light in the visible range and sufficiently transmitting light in the near infrared region, is provided. The photosensitive composition contains a colorant, a compound having an ethylenic unsaturated group, a photopolymerization initiator and a solvent. The colorant contains (A1) to (A3); (A1) a colorant of the following formula (1): (A2) a blue colorant, a green colorant, or both, and (A3) a yellow colorant, a red colorant, or both. R1 and R2 is a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a methoxy group or an acetyl group. R3 and R4 is a phenylene group or a direct bond. R5 and R6 is a direct bond or an alkanediyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, with the proviso that R3 and R5 are not simultaneously direct bonds, and R4 and R6 are not simultaneously direct bonds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Yuuki SUEMITSU, Mibuko SHIMADA, Yuusuke MURATA
  • Publication number: 20140141178
    Abstract: A color material dispersion liquid comprising a color material represented by the following general formula (I), a dispersant, and a solvent having a solubility of the color material of 0.1 (mg/10 g solvent) or less at 23° C., having excellent solvent resistance and excellent electrical reliability; a color resin composition for color filters, which can form a color layer that has high contrast, excellent solvent resistance and excellent electrical reliability; a color filter formed with the color resin composition for color filters; a liquid crystal display device having the color filter; and an organic light-emitting display device having the color filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masato OKADA