Ester, Halide Or Nitrile Of Addition Polymer Patents (Class 428/522)
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Vinyl chloride-based resin emulsion, method for producing same, water-based ink, and recording paper
Patent number: 8822587Abstract: A vinyl chloride-based resin emulsion obtained by using a vinyl chloride-based polymer emulsion, which is obtained by subjecting a vinyl chloride monomer (B) or a monomer mixture comprising a vinyl chloride monomer (B) and an ethylenically unsaturated group-containing monomer (C) to emulsion polymerization in the presence of (A) a styrene-acrylic acid ester oligomer and/or an acrylic acid ester oligomer, as a seed (D), and subjecting a vinyl chloride monomer (E) or a monomer mixture comprising a vinyl chloride monomer (E) and an ethylenically unsaturated group-containing monomer (F) to emulsion polymerization using the seed (D). This vinyl chloride-based resin emulsion exhibits excellent water resistance, moisture resistance, high gloss and alcohol resistance if used in a water-based ink and exhibits excellent color development properties, water resistance, moisture resistance, color visibility, high gloss and release properties if used in a recording paper.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2012Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Nissin Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiro Mitta, Yuji Gama -
Publication number: 20140242332Abstract: A cover for a body, including at least one layer having a low emissivity coefficient for radiation associated with radiative heat loss from the body with wavelengths in a first frequency band.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2012Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: SUNBUBBLE LIMITEDInventors: Alan Sinclair Tucker, Campbell James Whyte, Charlie Michael Borrell, Edward Frederick Burger, George Ross Arana Bell, John Rombulow Pearse
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Publication number: 20140242376Abstract: A method, and an article made therefrom, of: contacting a substrate with a first solution of a first polyelectrolyte polymer to form a layer of the first polyelectrolyte polymer on the substrate; and contacting the layer of the first polyelectrolyte polymer with a second solution of a second polyelectrolyte polymer to form a layer of the second polyelectrolyte polymer on the layer of the first polyelectrolyte polymer. The first polyelectrolyte is a polyanion or polycation polymer. The second polyelectrolyte is a polyanion or polycation polymer of a charge opposite to that of the first polyelectrolyte polymer. At least one of the first solution or the second solution is an aggregate-forming solution comprising an ionic species having at least two discrete sites of a charge opposite to that of the polyelectrolyte polymer in the aggregate-forming solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Walter J. Dressick, Kathryn J. Wahl, Dmitri Y. Petrovykh, Nabil D. Bassim, Rhonda Michelle Stroud
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Patent number: 8815405Abstract: The present invention provides increased stain resistance, tannin blocking, adhesion, and various other properties. A composition in accordance with the principles of the present invention comprises at least three binders, nanoparticle pigment, and pigmentary titanium dioxide. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a coating on a substrate wherein the coating has three binders, nanoparticle metal oxide pigment, and pigmentary titanium dioxide. Various additives may be included to formulate paint as known in the art.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2011Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Behr Process CorporationInventors: Ming-Ren Tarng, Mark Minamyer, Anh Pham, Stan Brownell, Annie Pham, Anil Alexander, Deven Shah, Kim L. Nguyen, My Linh Pham, Sidney Maxey
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Publication number: 20140235132Abstract: Modified lignin having covalently attached phosphorous containing groups and methods for preparing such compounds are described herein. The modified lignin described herein provides a renewable source of flame retardant material.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2014Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLCInventor: Glen Leon BRIZIUS
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Patent number: 8808866Abstract: An elastomeric article, such as a glove or a condom, is coated with a compound containing silicone, collagen and allantoin.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2013Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignees: Precision Components, Inc., Xela CorporationInventors: Anil Segat, Andreas Brown
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Patent number: 8808868Abstract: A stain resistant, oil and water repellent copolymer comprising a copolymer prepared from fluorinated (meth)acrylate and amine salts of (meth)acrylic acid, and a method of providing stain resistance, oil and water repellency to substrates and a treated substrate.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2011Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Siddhartha Shenoy, Joel M. Pollino, Anilkumar Raghavanpillai, Brad M. Rosen, John Russell Crompton, Jr.
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Publication number: 20140220264Abstract: Provided are a pressure sensitive adhesive composition, a protective film, an optical film and a display device. The pressure sensitive adhesive composition shows appropriate low-speed and high-speed peel strengths after formation of a cross-linked structure, and has a superior balance between the two. Accordingly, when the pressure sensitive adhesive composition is applied to a protective film, for example, a superior protection effect as well as easy peel-off upon high-speed peeling, which is advantageous for a high-speed process, are shown, and in addition, a superior antistatic property may be obtained during the process.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: In Kyu PARK, No Ma KIM, In Ho HWANG, Min Joon KIM
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Patent number: 8790774Abstract: Exemplary embodiments provide materials and methods for a nanocomposite material and a fuser member containing the nanocomposite material in a fusing system, wherein the nanocomposite material can contain a plurality of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and a plurality of inorganic nano-fillers (INFs) disposed in a polymer matrix to provide the nanocomposite material with desirable properties.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2010Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Qi Zhang, Yu Qi, Nan-Xing Hu, Gordon Sisler
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Publication number: 20140205842Abstract: The present application describes compositions for making a cast, thermoformable sheet or slab, wherein the thermoformable sheet or slab demonstrates properties associated with both solid surface and polymeric materials. Additionally, the present application describes a method of welding the compositions described in the present application. Further, the present application describes a wall protection system utilizing the compositions described in the present application. Finally, the present application describes a method for laminating the compositions described in the present application onto a sheet or slab of a polymeric material.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2013Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: Aristech Acrylics LLCInventors: Kevin Arthur Heitfeld, Mark Christopher Gatman, Bryan J. Andrews
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Publication number: 20140202745Abstract: Provided is a conductive composition that has a high conductivity and from which a coating can be formed easily. Also provided is a conductive film that has a high conductivity and in which electric resistance is less likely to increase even during expansion. A conductive composition is prepared by including an elastomer component, a fibrous carbon material having a graphite structure and a fiber diameter of not less than 30 nm, and a conductive carbon black having a structure. A conductive film formed from the conductive composition. The viscosity of the conductive composition formed into a coating with a solid content concentration of not less than 20% by mass, which is measured with a B-type viscometer with an H7 rotor under the conditions of a temperature of 25° C. and a rotation speed of 20 rpm, is not more than 200 Pa·s.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2014Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: TOKAI RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Jun KOBAYASHI, Hitoshi YOSHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20140205849Abstract: The invention provides compositions that include crosslinking agents having multiple photoactivatable groups, such as diaryl ketones, or a diaryl ketone, such as benzophenone, and at least one polymerizable monomer, such as a zwitterionic monomer. The compositions are useful as surface coating agents that provide brush type polymeric coatings. These polymeric coatings can be used on medical devices, such as artificial joints, to reduce wear and tear between the components of the joint and thus reduce or eliminate debris generated by friction between the joint components.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2014Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: Innovative Surface Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jie Wen, Laurie R. Lawin, Patrick Guire
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Publication number: 20140199538Abstract: A weatherable, low heat build-up, UV-cured vacuum coating for PVC or other extruded plastic profiles comprising a dark-colored pigment system that is substantially IR transparent, an IR reflective substrate, and a vacuum coating system for same.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2012Publication date: July 17, 2014Inventor: George Melkonian
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Publication number: 20140199556Abstract: The present invention provides a (meth)acrylic resin composition comprising a carboxylic acid group produced by heating a (meth)acrylic-based resin (C), wherein the (meth)acrylic-based resin (C) is obtained by polymerizing a monomer mixture (A) containing 80 to 99 wt % of a linear alkyl (meth)acrylate and 1 to 20 wt % of tertiary-butyl (meth)acrylate, in the presence of an acrylic acid ester-based crosslinked elastic particle (B) that is obtained by mixing and polymerizing 0.5 to 5 parts by weight of a polyfunctional monomer having at least two non-conjugated double bonds per molecule, with respect to 100 parts by weight of a monomer mixture containing 50 to 100 wt % of an alkyl acrylate monomer and 0 to 50 wt % of an alkyl methacrylate monomer. This composition can be used to produce a film having excellent chemical resistance (in particular, sun-screening agent resistance).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2014Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Hirofumi INARI, Katsuyuki TANAKA, Kimihide NISHIMURA
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Publication number: 20140199550Abstract: Under one aspect of the present invention, a method for enhancing mobility of an atomic or molecular species on a substrate may include exposing a first region of a substrate to an atomic or molecular species that forms a molecular bond with the substrate in the first region; directing a laser pulse to a second region of the substrate so as to generate an acoustic wave in the second region, the acoustic wave having spatial and temporal characteristics selected to alter the molecular bond; and transmitting the acoustic wave from the second region to the first region, the acoustic wave altering the molecular bond between the substrate and the atomic or molecular species to enhance mobility of the atomic or molecular species on the substrate in the first region.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2013Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: The Aerospace CorporationInventor: Henry HELVAJIAN
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Publication number: 20140193652Abstract: The present invention relates to photocurable elastomer compositions and methods of preparation and use of such compositions for cure-in-place applications such as gaskets. The curable compositions generally include an elastomer component, a monofunctional and/or multifunctional reactant and a photoinitiator that in various aspects may be a visible and/or UV curing initiator. The various components may be present in different amounts, depending on the combination of components and composition desired.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2014Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: Henkel CorporationInventors: James E. Lionberger, John G. Woods, Joel D. Schall
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Publication number: 20140186605Abstract: An adhesive film for polarizing plates includes a (meth)acrylic copolymer obtained by polymerizing about 15 wt % to about 30 wt % of a (meth)acrylic monomer having a hetero-alicyclic ring. The adhesive film has a storage modulus (G?) of about 30 kPa or greater as determined from Frequency sweep testing at 85° C. by oscillation at an angular speed of 10?3 rad/s to 102 rad/s. An adhesive composition for the same, a polarizing plate including the same, and an optical display device including the same are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: CHEIL INDUSTRIES INC.Inventors: Won Kim, Ri Ra Jung, Irina Nam, Ha Yun Cho, In Cheon Han
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Publication number: 20140178498Abstract: Proposed is a method for the production of at least one composite layer (7) in which nanoparticles are embedded in a polymer matrix, comprising the following steps: 1. in situ production and aerosol deposition of nano-particles onto a substrate (1) for the formation of a particle film (2) on the substrate (1); 2 immersing said particle film (2) with a polymer solution or a liquid polymer precursor material for the formation of the composite layer (7).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2012Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: ETH ZURICHInventors: Sotiris E. Pratsinis, Georgios Sotiriou, Christoph O. Blattmann
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Patent number: 8753745Abstract: A high barrier film and method of forming a high barrier film. The film includes a biopolymer and metallization layers. A primer layer is applied to one of the metallization layer and the biopolymer layer and a nanocomposite barrier coating is disposed between the primer layer and the metallization layer. The film includes a second biopolymer layer and an adhesive layer, the adhesive layer disposed between the second biopolymer layer and the metallization layer, where the second biopolymer layer is adhered to at least one of the biopolymer layer, the metallization layer, the primer layer and the nanocomposite layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2011Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Clear Lam Packaging, Inc.Inventors: James J. Sanfilippo, Jeanne M. Skaggs, Paul Georgelos
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Patent number: 8753739Abstract: The present invention relates to a multi-layer product, the first layer being a UV-cured protective layer which contains SiO2 nanoparticles, and the second layer containing a thermoplastic substrate. In addition, the invention relates to the composition of the UV-curable first layer, a process for the production of the multi-layer products and products, such as e.g. glazing products, which contain the named multi-layer products.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2007Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience AGInventors: Frank Buckel, Robert Maleika, Walter Koehler, Reiner Meyer
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Publication number: 20140162081Abstract: A method for producing a laminate for configuring an image display device is provided, capable of realizing simultaneously unevenness followability and anti-bubble reliability. A method for producing a laminate for configuring an image display device is proposed, comprising the following steps (1) and (2): (1) The step of forming an adhesive composition into the form of a monolayer or a multilayer sheet, and by UV-crosslinking, primary-curing this thereby forming a pre-secondary curing transparent double-sided adhesive sheet. (2) The step of layering two image display device-constituting members via the pre-secondary curing transparent double-sided adhesive sheet and then irradiating ultraviolet light from at least a first image display device-constituting member side, UV-crosslinking through this member and secondary-curing the pre-secondary curing transparent double-sided adhesive sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2014Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: MITSUBISHI PLASTICS, INC.Inventors: Kahoru NIIMI, Makoto INENAGA, Takahisa UCHIDA
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Publication number: 20140162080Abstract: A method for producing a laminate for configuring an image display device is provided, capable of realizing simultaneously unevenness followability and anti-bubble reliability. A method for producing a laminate for configuring an image display device is proposed, comprising the following steps (1) and (2): (1) The step of forming an adhesive composition into the form of a monolayer or a multilayer sheet, and by UV-crosslinking, primary-curing this thereby forming a pre-secondary curing transparent double-sided adhesive sheet. (2) The step of layering two image display device-constituting members via the pre-secondary curing transparent double-sided adhesive sheet and then irradiating ultraviolet light from at least a first image display device-constituting member side, UV-crosslinking through this member and secondary-curing the pre-secondary curing transparent double-sided adhesive sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2014Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: MITSUBISHI PLASTICS, INC.Inventors: Kahoru NIIMI, Makoto INENAGA, Takahisa UCHIDA
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Publication number: 20140162034Abstract: Multiple bonding layer schemes that temporarily join semiconductor substrates are provided. In the inventive bonding scheme, at least one of the layers is directly in contact with the semiconductor substrate and at least two layers within the scheme are in direct contact with one another. The present invention provides several processing options as the different layers within the multilayer structure perform specific functions. More importantly, it will improve performance of the thin-wafer handling solution by providing higher thermal stability, greater compatibility with harsh backside processing steps, protection of bumps on the front side of the wafer by encapsulation, lower stress in the debonding step, and fewer defects on the front side.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2011Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: Brewer Science Inc.Inventors: Rama Puligadda, Xing-Fu Zhong, Tony D. Flaim, Jeremy McCutcheon
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Publication number: 20140147485Abstract: A polymer comprising a phosphoryl choline moiety(ies), a composition comprising the polymer and optionally a bioactive agent, an implantable device such as a DES or a non-implantable device such as an angioplasty balloon comprising thereon a coating comprising the polymer and optionally a bioactive agent, and a method of using the device for the treatment of a disorder in a human being are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2014Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.Inventors: Florian N. Ludwig, John Stankus, Mikael Trollsas
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Publication number: 20140141191Abstract: An encapsulation material is described that prevents moisture or oily substances from penetrating into a protected region or device. The encapsulation material includes alternating layers of a hydrophobic and oleophobic first layer and a hydrophilic second layer. The second hydrophilic layer traps water molecules, preventing them from migrating. By alternating hydrophobic/oleophobic layers with hydrophilic layers (including hydrophobic layers having a thickness of approximately that of a water molecule or a hydroxyl ion), the encapsulation material forms multiple, finite energetic wells at the hydrophilic layers. These potential wells confine water molecules, oxygen molecules, and hydroxyl ions preventing migration of through the encapsulation material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2013Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: Veeco ALD Inc.Inventor: Sang In Lee
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Publication number: 20140141270Abstract: Provided are an acrylic resin composition, an acrylic resin sheet, and an acrylic resin laminate that exhibit superior transparency and impact resistance. The acrylic resin composition contains 100 parts by mass of an acrylic polymer (A) having 50 to 100% by mass of a methyl methacrylate unit and 0.002 to 0.7 parts by mass of an olefin-alkyl (meth)acrylate copolymer (B). The copolymer (B) is preferably an ethylene-alkyl acrylate copolymer (B-2). The acrylic resin sheet contains this acrylic resin composition. The acrylic resin sheet has a haze value of 0.5% or less based on JIS K 7136, a 50% impact-puncture height of at least 350 mm or more in a falling ball test based on JIS K 7211 under the described conditions, and a sheet thickness of 2 mm or less. The acrylic resin laminate has a cured layer laminated on at least one surface of the acrylic resin sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2012Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.Inventors: Yukiko Tamura, Masahiko Ono, Osamu Kawai
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Patent number: 8722193Abstract: To provide a gas barrier laminate having a gas barrier layer obtained by crosslinking the carboxyl groups of a polycarboxylic acid-type polymer with polyvalent metal ions maintaining good productivity, the crosslinking being accelerated with polyvalent metal ions to exhibit more excellent gas barrier property. A gas barrier laminate comprising a layer (A) of a non-aqueous resin containing a metal element in the polymer skeleton thereof, and a layer (B) of a polycarboxylic acid-type polymer in which an ionic crosslinking is formed with a polyvalent metal among the carboxyl groups.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2010Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.Inventors: Tomohiro Miyai, Yusuke Obu, Kashiko Kawai, Shunya Nangou
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Publication number: 20140127481Abstract: Polymer compositions containing a polyoxymethylene polymer are disclosed that are receptive to paints and ink coatings. The polymer composition contains a polyoxymethylene polymer having a relatively high functional group content in combination with a coupling agent, a texturizing agent, and optionally a thermoplastic elastomer. The polymer composition can be molded into various articles at a mold temperature less than about 125° C., such as from about 60° C. to about 120° C. and then painted or printed with an ink composition. The polymer composition has been found to dramatically improve adhesion between the molded article and the ink or paint coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2013Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: Ticona LLCInventors: Malvika Bihari, Robert Gronner, Lowell Larson, Jeremy Hager Klug
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Publication number: 20140120358Abstract: This curable resin composition comprises (A) a polymerizable (meth)acrylic-based monomer, (B) a thiourea compound component, and (C) a peroxide component having a structure of formula (1), and may have (D) a (meth) acrylic-based polymer component as an optional component. (In formula (1), R is a C1-15 hydrocarbon group.) In the curable resin composition, preferably, the content of the (A) component is 5-100 mass % and the content of the (D) component is 0-95 mass % relative to the total mass of the (A) component and the (D) component.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2012Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.Inventor: Kazunari Matsumura
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Patent number: 8709611Abstract: Disclosed is a multilayer film. The multilayer film has the general structure of A/B/A/C or B/A/B/C, wherein A is a nucleated high density polyethylene (HDPE) layer, B is a single or multilayer structure, and C is a seal layer. Adding a nucleating agent to HDPE improves the water vapor barrier property of the HDPE layer and the multilayer film, but it also causes the multilayer film to curl in the conventional multilayer film structures. The invention provides a multilayer film, which includes at least one layer of nucleated HDPE, with reduced or eliminated curling while retaining high water vapor barrier.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2010Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Equistar Chemicals, LPInventor: Jeffrey C. Haley
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Publication number: 20140113085Abstract: A display panel assembly is made by optically bonding a display panel and a substantially transparent substrate. Optical bonding is carried out by forming an optical bonding layer having regions of different physical properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2013Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventor: Stanley C. Busman
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Publication number: 20140113155Abstract: Disclosed is a window profile provided with a skin layer which a co-extrusion resin composition is dual-extruded on one surface of a profile extruded from a main extruder, wherein the co-extrusion resin composition contains wood fiber. The co-extrusion resin composition comprises a first raw material for forming a base color, a second raw material for forming a mid-tone color, and a third raw material for forming a high-tone color. According to the present invention as described above, the skin layer is integrally formed with one side of the profile by the co-extrusion, and thus it is possible to provide the texture of natural wood and thus a luxurious atmosphere. Further, in the window profile, various colors can be naturally expressed on the skin layer of the window profile so as to be distinguished from each other, the embo-patterns are formed into two steps, the repetition period of the patterns becomes long and the like, and thus it is possible to provide the graphicness similar to natural wood.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2012Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: LG HAUSYS, LTD.Inventor: Seong Joong Kim
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Publication number: 20140113143Abstract: Conductive films containing substrates, primer layers, and conductive layers are disclosed and claimed. Such conductive films can exhibit superior total light transmission, in some cases greater than that of the substrates themselves. These conductive films are useful in electronics applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2013Publication date: April 24, 2014Inventors: William D. Devine, III, Eric J. Adsit, Margaret P. Evans
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Publication number: 20140110633Abstract: A prepared mold tool having a thermoplastic surface layer polymer coating on the mold surface of the mold tool or prepared prepreg having a thermoplastic surface layer polymer coating on the surface of the thermoplastic fiber reinforced prepreg are described that enhance first ply laydown of thermoplastic fiber reinforced composite prepregs onto mold tools for prepreg forming or in situ tape placement. Resulting thermoplastic fiber reinforced composite parts from a thermoplastic fiber reinforced thermoplastic composite material having structural reinforcement fibers with one or more high performance polymers, and a thermoplastic surface layer polymer coating which forms a polymer blend with the high performance polymers of the thermoplastic fiber reinforced composite material thereby imparting improved properties, and methods for making and using same, are provided herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2013Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: Cytec Industries Inc.Inventors: James Francis PRATTE, Scott Alfred ROGERS
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Publication number: 20140113117Abstract: The present invention relates to a plastic panel construction with improved resistance to heat build. An outdoor weatherable panel comprises a substrate having an upper surface, a decorative layer disposed about the upper surface of the substrate, and a size coat layer disposed between the decorative layer and the substrate, where the size coat layer comprises an additive that is reflective to infrared radiation, ultraviolet radiation, or both. The additive can be a color pigment, a white pigment, a metallic pigment, or a combination of two of more thereof. The modified size coat layer provides a construction with excellent properties and improved resistance to heat build.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2013Publication date: April 24, 2014Inventor: William J. Buehne
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Patent number: 8703293Abstract: Provided herein re a composition and a coating or a device (e.g., absorbable stent) that includes a PEGylated hyaluronic acid and a PEGylated non-hyaluronic acid biocompatible polymer and the methods of use thereof.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2010Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.Inventors: Lothar W. Kleiner, Connie S. Kwok
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Patent number: 8703298Abstract: The gas-barrier film of the present invention basically comprises a polymer of a polyvalent metal salt of an unsaturated carboxylic acid compound which gives an infrared absorption spectrum in which the ratio of the absorbance A0 at around 1,700 cm?1 attributable to V C?O of the carboxylic acid group to the absorbance A at around 1,520 cm?1 attributable to V C?O of the carboxylate ion, A0/A, is lower than 0.25, and this gas-barrier film and a gas-barrier layered body having the film can be manufactured by applying a solution of a polyvalent metal salt of an unsaturated carboxylic acid compound having a degree of polymerization lower than 20 to at least one side of a substrate layer and then polymerizing the polyvalent metal salt of the unsaturated carboxylic acid compound.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2005Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Tohcello Co., Ltd.Inventors: Osamu Nakamura, Tomoyoshi Hakamata, Akira Nomoto
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Publication number: 20140106148Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the continuous inline production of coated polymeric substrates or laminates and also to an apparatus for implementing this method.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2012Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: Evonik Roehm GmbHInventors: Waldemar Kanzler, Thomas Hasskerl, Ghirmay Seyoum, Patrick Kliem, Werner Krebs, Dieter Foerster, Manfred Dannehl
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Patent number: 8695119Abstract: An elastomeric article, such as a glove or a condom, is coated with a compound containing silicone, collagen and allantoin.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2013Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignees: Precision Components, Inc., Xela CorporationInventors: Anil Segat, Andreas Brown
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Patent number: 8697246Abstract: A antistatic hard coat layer-forming composition having the following (a), (b), (c) and (d): (a) an ion-conducting compound, (b) a polyethylene oxide compound having one or more photopolymerizable groups, having no hydroxyl group, and having a —(CH2CH2O)k— structure (wherein k represents a number of 1 to 50), (c) a compound having an unsaturated double bond, and (d) a photopolymerization initiator.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2011Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Fujifilm CorporationInventors: Miho Asahi, Daiki Wakizaka, Takayasu Yamazaki, Kenichi Fukuda
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Publication number: 20140099512Abstract: A roofing and/or siding material that reduces the incidence of undesired micro-organisms from entering into the air intake of air conditioner and/or heating systems of a building structure to thereby improve the quality of the air in the building structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2013Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: Garland Industries, Inc.Inventors: David Sokol, Jason Smith
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Patent number: 8691924Abstract: The present invention provides an optical-use pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet, which includes a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer containing a polymer formed of one or more monomer ingredients containing, as an indispensable monomer ingredient, a monomer of which homopolymer has a glass transition temperature of not lower than ?10° C., said sheet having a moisture content of at least 0.65% by weight after stored in an environment at 60° C. and 95% RH for 120 hours. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is preferably an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2010Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Nitto Denko CorporationInventors: Shou Takarada, Takahiro Nonaka, Hiroaki Kishioka, Hiroaki Fumoto, Tomohide Banba, Masayuki Okamoto, Masahito Niwa
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Patent number: 8691393Abstract: Disclosed herein are various exemplary embodiments of electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding heat shrinkable materials and articles (e.g., tapes, etc.). In an exemplary embodiment, an EMI shielding heat shrinkable tape includes a heat shrinkable layer and an EMI shielding layer. When heated to a shrink temperature of the heat shrinkable layer, the tape may shrink lengthwise.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2013Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Laird Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kelly G. Cook, Larry D. Creasy, Jr.
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Publication number: 20140093679Abstract: A building exterior material is made of a curable composition which has excellent water vapor permeability. The building exterior material comprises a building exterior substrate coated with a curable composition comprising an organic polymer (A) containing a silicon-containing group capable of being cross-linked by forming a siloxane bond, wherein the organic polymer (A) is a polyoxyalkylene polymer (A1) containing an oxyethylene repeating unit in a backbone skeleton, a weight of the oxyethylene repeating unit in the component (A1) being 1 to 80% by weight of the total weight of the component (A1), and/or a (meth)acrylate polymer (A2) containing an oxyethylene repeating unit at a side chain, a weight of the oxyethylene repeating unit in the component (A2) being 1 to 50% by weight of the total weight of the component (A2), and the curable composition is cured into a cured product having a thickness of 0.1 to 3.0 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2012Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATIONInventor: Toshihiko Okamoto
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Publication number: 20140087198Abstract: Improved methods and apparatus are provided for the production of prepreg slit tape wherein master rolls of prepreg sheet are formed which are capable of being slit, with liner attached, at high precision.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2012Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: WEB INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Grand Hou, Christopher R. Horn, Manish Patel, Jianghong Liang
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Patent number: 8679636Abstract: Presently described is a composition comprising at least one first divalent unit comprising a pendant perfluoropolyether or perfluoroalkyl group; at least one second divalent unit comprising a pendant phosphorus-containing acid group; and at least one third unit comprising a terminal or pendant alkoxy silane group. Also described is a coating comprising the composition described herein dissolved or dispersed in a solvent and a method of providing a coated article or surface. Such method is particularly useful for providing corrosion protection to a metallic surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2011Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Suresh Iyer, David A. Hesselroth, Richard M. Flynn, Karl J. Manske
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Patent number: 8679637Abstract: The optical lens according to the invention comprises a temporary protective coating comprising at least one outer layer, which is mechanically alterable through friction or contact, said layer being coated with a peelable film which electrostatically adheres to the outer layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2004Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Essilor International Compagnie Generale d'OptiqueInventors: Pascale Lacan, Dominique Conte
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Publication number: 20140076397Abstract: A color converter comprising at least one layer comprising at least one organic fluorescent colorant and at least one barrier layer having a low permeability to oxygen.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2012Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Gerhard Wagenblast, Martin Koenemann, Sorin Ivanovici, Gerardus De Keyzer, Robert Send
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Patent number: 8674031Abstract: The present invention provides a water- and oil-repellent soil-resistant composition comprising (A) a fluorine-containing polymer having repeating units derived from a monomer comprising a fluorine-containing monomer and (B) a silane compound. The water- and oil-repellent soil-resistant composition comprising the fluorine-containing acrylate polymer can impart the excellent water- and oil-repellency and soil resistance to the porous substrate and is free from an organic solvent.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2009Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignees: Daikin Industries, Ltd., Dow Corning CorporationInventors: Akihiko Ueda, Yasuo Itami, Tetsuya Masutani, Peter Cheshire Hupfield, Janet Smith, Jean-Paul Lecomte
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Patent number: 8673452Abstract: The invention relates to a security and/or valuable document containing a scratch-resistant coating obtained from a lacquer composition comprising I) from 12 to 70 parts by wt. of a C2-C12-diol diacrylate or C2-C12-diol dimethacrylate, II) from 12 to 40 parts by wt. of an alkoxylated mono-, di-, tri-, tetra-, penta- or hexaacrylate or alkoxylated mono-, di-, tri-, tetra-, penta- or hexamethacrylate, III) from 0 to 40 parts by wt. of a monomer selected from the group consisting of pentaerythritol triacrylate, pentaerythritol tetraacrylate, dipentaerythritol tetraacrylate, dipentaerythritol pentaacrylate, dipentaerythritol hexaacrylate, pentaerythritol trimethacrylate, pentaerythritol tetramethacrylate, dipentaerythritol tetramethacrylate, dipentaerythritol pentamethacrylate, dipentaerythritol hexamethacrylate, reaction products thereof with aliphatic or aromatic diisocyanates, and mixtures thereof, IV) from 5 to 60 parts by wt.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2011Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience AGInventors: Joachim Petzoldt, Mehmet-Cengiz Yesildag, Georgios Tziovaras