Nitrogen Patents (Class 522/116)
  • Patent number: 8106134
    Abstract: A golf ball having a polymer layer that has been subjected to impregnation treatment with an isocyanate and/or isothiocyanate-containing olefin compound exhibits at least one improved golf ball attribute, such as scuff resistance or spin performance, compared with an original golf ball that has not been treated by impregnation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Egashira, Jun Shindo, Eiji Takehana, Takashi Ohira
  • Patent number: 8053486
    Abstract: The invention provides a coating composition comprising a thermal plastic resin selected from the group consisting of a polycycloolefin resin, polyester resin, polyacrylate resin, and a mixture thereof; and a radiation curable resin comprising a radiation polymer containing at least one mono- or multi-functional acrylic acid based monomer as a polymerization unit, an oligomer containing an ethylenically unsaturated functional group, and a photoinitiator, wherein the radiation curable resin is used in an amount of 220-1000% by weight on the basis of the weight of the thermal plastic resin. The invention improves the hardness of the coating composition, prevent the coated substrate from being scratched or impaired, and impart the substrate with high transparency without causing warping problem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Eternal Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lung-Lin Hsu, Sue-Hong Liu
  • Patent number: 8030367
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of chemistry and relates to radically coupled PTFE polymer powders that can be used, for example, as tribomaterials, and a method for the production thereof. There is disclosed radically coupled PTFE polymer powders which, when incorporated into a matrix as PTFE polymer compound, exhibit improved wear resistance, and furthermore a simple and efficient method for the production thereof. There is provided radically coupled PTFE polymer powders comprising radiation-chemically and/or plasma-chemically modified PTFE powders, onto the particle surface of which homopolymers, copolymers or terpolymers are radically coupled via a reaction in dispersion or in solid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Leibniz-Institut Fuer Polymerforschung Dresden E.V.
    Inventors: Dieter Lehmann, Bernd Kluepfel
  • Patent number: 8008366
    Abstract: A process for producing a cured coating is provided that includes a step of forming on a substrate layer of a curable composition that includes at least one compound represented by Formula (I) and a step of curing the layer of the curable composition by irradiation with electron beam. In formula (I) , Q1 denoted a cyano group or a —COX2 group, X1 denoted a hydrogen atom, organic residue, or polymer chain bonded to carbon atom CA via a heteroatom, or a halogen atom, X2 denoted a hydrogen atom, organic residue, or polymer chain boned to the carbonyl group via a heteroatom, or a halogen atom, Ra and Rb independently denote a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a cyano group, or an organic residue, and X1 and X2, Ra and Rb, and X1 and Ra or Rb may be bonded to each other to form a cyclic structure. There is also provided an electron beam-curable composition that includes a compound represented by Formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuto Kunita
  • Patent number: 8009264
    Abstract: According to a composition for a photo-alignment film of the present invention, which includes an azo compound and a polymer that exhibits mutual solubility with the azo compound, an adhesion to a substrate, particularly to a plastic substrate, is improved within both a photo-alignment film having a haze of not more than 1 obtained by forming a layer of the above composition for a photo-alignment film on a substrate and subsequently irradiating the layer with light to generate a liquid crystal alignment ability; and an optically anisotropic medium, wherein a layer (A) obtained by irradiating a layer of the above composition for a photo-alignment film with light to generate a liquid crystal alignment ability, and a polymer layer (B) obtained by polymerizing a liquid crystal compound having a polymerizable group in an aligned state generated by the layer (A) are bonded and laminated together by covalent bonds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kuwana, Isa Nishiyama, Kazuaki Hatsusaka
  • Patent number: 7985782
    Abstract: The present invention provides an ink for a color filter comprising a polymer binder, a crosslinking monomer, a solvent, a pigment, and a polymerization initiator. The polymer binder comprises acrylate or methacrylate including a hydroxy group. The polymer binder may comprise 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate or 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Dongjin Semichem Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwang Ho Lee, Byoung Joo Kim, Jang Sub Kim, Chang Hun Kwak, Seong Gyu Kwon, Chan Seok Park, Kyung Ah Kim, Hyun Il Cho, Gil Lae Kim, Yoon Ho Kang
  • Patent number: 7964249
    Abstract: Method for producing a polyacrylate adhesive compound by a hot-melt method in which a polyfunctional ?-cleaving initiator, which is present as an oligomer, is added to the polymer to be crosslinked prior to the hot-melt method and ultraviolet crosslinking is carried out after treatment in the hot-melt method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: tesa SE
    Inventors: Ulf Cartellieri, Marc Husemann, Christian Ring, Stephan Zöllner
  • Patent number: 7951429
    Abstract: A radiation curable coating composition comprising: (i) a thermoplastic polymer; (ii) at least one ethylenically unsaturated adhesion-promoting monomer or oligomer; (iii) at least one other ethylenically unsaturated radiation polymerizable reactant; and (iv) at least one initiator for initiating cure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: The Sherwin-Williams Company
    Inventor: Joseph E. Miller
  • Patent number: 7943067
    Abstract: The present invention includes a method for preparing polymer hydrogel spherical particles on a nanometer scale (nanogels). The method includes encapsulating hydrogel-forming components into liposomes, diluting the large unilamellar liposomes suspension to prevent polymerization outside the liposomes, and polymerizing the encapsulated hydrogel-forming components. The lipid bilayer may be solubilized with detergent. The phospholipid and detergent molecules and their micelles may then be removed by dialysis. The resulting nanogels may then be dried by evaporation in a temperature gradient. Poly(acrylamide), poly(N-isopropylacrylamide), and poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-1-vinylimidazole) hydrogel particles with a diameter from 30 to 300 nm were detected and characterized by dynamic light scattering technique. The solvent, temperature, pH, and ionic sensitivities of the nanogels were studied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Polytechnic Institute of New York University
    Inventors: Sergey Kazakov, Marian Kaholek, Kalle Levon
  • Patent number: 7883648
    Abstract: Lipobeads (liposome-encapsulated hydrogels) combine properties of hydrogels and liposomes to create systems that are sensitive to environmental conditions and respond to changes in those conditions in a fast time scale. Lipobeads may be produced by polymerizing anchored or unanchored hydrogels within liposomes or by mixing anchored or unanchored hydrogels with liposomes. Giant lipobeads may be produced by shrinking unanchored nanogels in lipobeads and fusing the resulting lipobead aggregates, long-term aging of anchored or unanchored lipobeads, or mixing anchored or unanchored aggregated nanogels with liposomes. Poly(acrylamide), poly(N-isopropylacrylamide), and poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-1-vinylimidazole) lipobeads were produced and characterized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Polytechnic Institute of New York University
    Inventors: Sergey Kazakov, Marian Kaholek, Kalle Levon
  • Patent number: 7868054
    Abstract: The present invention concerns photopolymerisable systems comprising reactive oligomers and/or monomers having ethylenically unsaturated groups and at least one phenylglyoxalic ester that, by photochemical decomposition, generates fragments having low migratability and low odor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Lamberti SpA
    Inventors: Stefano Romagnano, Gabriele Norcini, Marco Visconti, Giuseppe Libassi
  • Patent number: 7867433
    Abstract: Methods for making a crosslinked elastomeric composition and articles made of the same are provided. In at least one specific embodiment, an elastomeric composition comprising at least one propylene-based polymer is blended with at least one component selected from the group consisting of multifunctional acrylates, multifunctional methacrylates, functionalized polybutadiene resins, functionalized cyanurate, and allyl isocyanurate; and blended with at least one component selected from the group consisting of hindered phenols, phosphites, and hindered amines. The propylene-based polymer can include propylene derived units and one or more dienes, and have a triad tacticity of from 50% to 99% and a heat of fusion of less than 80 J/g. The blended composition can then be extruded and crosslinked. The extruded polymer can be crosslinked using electron beam radiation having an e-beam dose of about 100 KGy or less. The crosslinked polymers are particularly useful for making fibers and films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Sunny Jacob, Alistair D. Westwood, Tonson Abraham
  • Publication number: 20100331441
    Abstract: The present invention relates to functionalizing a surface of an organic material. For example, surfaces of materials having C—H bonds, such as polymers having C—H bonds, can be functionalized. In certain embodiments, a heterobifunctional molecule having a photoactive anchor, a spacer, and a terminal functional group is applied to the surface of an organic material that contains one or more C—H bonds. The heterobifunctional molecule can be bound to any surface having C—H bonds as the photoactive anchor can react with C—H bonds upon irradiation. The terminal functional group has a “click” functionality which can be utilized to functionalize the surface of the organic material with any desired functionalizing moiety having the orthogonal click functionality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: Columbia University
    Inventors: Jeffrey LANCASTER, Nicholas J. Turro, Jeffrey T. Koberstein
  • Publication number: 20100298461
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of chemistry and relates to radically coupled PTFE polymer powders that can be used, for example, as tribomaterials, and a method for the production thereof. The object of the invention is to disclose radically coupled PTFE polymer powders which, when incorporated into a matrix as PTFE polymer compound, exhibit improved wear resistances, and furthermore a simple and efficient method for the production thereof. The object is attained through radically coupled PTFE polymer powders comprising radiation-chemically and/or plasma-chemically modified PTFE powders, onto the particle surface of which homopolymers, copolymers or terpolymers are radically coupled via a reaction in dispersion or in substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FUER POLYMERFORSCHUNG DRESEDEN E. V.
    Inventors: Dieter LEHMANN, Bernd KLUEPFEL
  • Patent number: 7825168
    Abstract: The present invention provides an ink composition including a polymerization initiator and a monofunctional (meth)acrylate having a —CONH— bond in the molecule thereof. The present invention also provides an ink jet recording method and a planographic printing plate producing method using the ink composition, and a planographic printing plate prepared by the planographic printing plate producing method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Ippei Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7790780
    Abstract: Radically coupled PTFE polymer powders useful, for example, as tribomaterials, and a method for production thereof. Radically coupled PTFE polymer powders are provided which, when incorporated into a matrix as PTFE polymer compound, exhibit improved wear resistances, and furthermore there is provided a simple and efficient method for the production thereof. Radically coupled PTFE polymer powders are provided comprising radiation-chemically and/or plasma-chemically modified PTFE powders, onto the particle surface of which homopolymers, copolymers or terpolymers are radically coupled via a reaction in dispersion or in substance. A method is provided in which PTFE powders with reactive perfluoroalkyl-(peroxy) radical centers after a radiation-chemical and/or plasma-chemical modification are reacted in dispersion or in substance with the addition of polymerizable, olefinically unsaturated monomers, whereby during the reaction a polymer-forming reaction is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Leibniz-Institut fuer Polymerforschung Dresden E.V.
    Inventors: Dieter Lehmann, Bernd Kluepfel
  • Patent number: 7767381
    Abstract: This invention relates to a photosensitive composition characterized by comprising components A, B and C, and a photosensitive film and a stencil for screen printing using the photosensitive composition; Component A: a poly(vinyl alcohol) polymer represented by formula (1) or (2) wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl or aralkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, wherein the alkyl and aralkyl groups may be substituted by a hydroxyl or carbamoyl group and the bond between carbon atoms thereof may be present through an oxygen atom or an unsaturated bond; R2 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms; m is an integer of 1 to 6; n is 0 or 1; and X? represents a halogen ion, a phosphate ion, a methosulfate ion, or a sulfonate ion, or a mixture of the anions; component B: a radical polymerizable monomer containing at least one ethylenically unsaturated bond and possesses an anion dissociating capability; and component C: a radical photoinitiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Murakami Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunihiro Ichimura, Junichi Kawanobe, Chieko Hotta, Eri Nagabuchi
  • Patent number: 7723397
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel photoinitiators of formula (I) wherein A is —O—, —CH2?, CH(CH3)— or —C(CH3)2?, and R is methyl or trimethylsilyl, and R may in addition be hydrogen when A is simultaneously the group —C(CH3)2?. The invention relates also to compositions comprising (A) at least one ethylenically unsaturated compound, (B) a photoinitiator of formula (I), (C) optionally further binders or additives, (D) optionally further photoinitiators or co-initiators. Compositions comprising (A) an ethylenically unsaturated compound that contains at least one aminoacrylate, (B) a photoinitiator of formula (II) or (III), (C) optionally further binders or additives, (D) optionally further photoinitiators or co-initiators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Rinaldo Hüsler, André Fuchs
  • Patent number: 7713462
    Abstract: An ink composition is provided that includes a perfluoroalkyl group-containing polymer, a polymerizable monomer, and a radical polymerization initiator, in which at least 80 wt % of the polymerizable monomer is a monofunctional polymerizable monomer selected from the group consisting of a monofunctional acrylate, a monofunctional methacrylate, a monofunctional vinyloxy compound, a monofunctional N-vinyl compound, a monofunctional acrylamide, and a monofunctional methacrylamide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuuichi Hayata, Kazuhiro Yokoi
  • Patent number: 7687551
    Abstract: Adhesive compositions useful for laminating cellulosic substrates are formulated using an aqueous emulsion of a vinyl ester polymer such as polyvinyl acetate, one or more monomers or oligomers functionalized with (meth)acrylate groups, and a photoinitiator. The adhesive is cured by drying and exposing the adhesive to UV or visible light and is particularly useful for attaching clear films to cellulosic substrates such as paper and boxboard (e.g., in the manufacture of envelopes or folding cartons having windows).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Henkel Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander P. Mgaya, Balasubramaniam Ramalingam
  • Patent number: 7659324
    Abstract: Dental materials which contain a radically polymerizable organic binder, at least one radical polymerization initiator and at least one radical polymerization accelerator, both the initiator and the accelerator each having at least one radically polymerizable group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Norbert Moszner, Urs Karl Fischer, Peter Burtscher, Jörg Angermann, Volker M. Rheinberger
  • Patent number: 7642298
    Abstract: A polymeric surfactant formed by the reaction of an oligomeric or polymeric substrate with at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer, wherein the reaction is conducted in the presence of a type II photo initiator and by the action of actinic radiation. The polymeric surfactant is useful for stabilising the interface in emulsions or dispersions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Water Treatments Ltd.
    Inventor: Michael Singh
  • Patent number: 7632875
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel hybrid polymer useful for alignment layers for inducing alignment of a liquid crystal medium. Hybrid polymers of this invention are prepared from at least one component selected from the group consisting of monomer, oligomer and polymer within the class of polyimides, poly(amic acids) and esters thereof and at least one component selected from the group consisting of addition monomer and functionalized addition polymer wherein the two components are covalently bonded to form a copolymer. The invention further describes liquid crystal optical elements such as all liquid crystal display products or modes, liquid crystal devices and liquid crystal optical films comprising the novel hybrid polymer alignment layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Elsicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne M. Gibbons, Michael G. P. Reppy, Patricia A. Rose, Hanxing Zheng
  • Patent number: 7618565
    Abstract: Lipobeads (liposome-encapsulated hydrogels) combine properties of hydrogels and liposomes to create systems that are sensitive to environmental conditions and respond to changes in those conditions in a fast time scale. Lipobeads may be produced by polymerizing anchored or unanchored hydrogels within liposomes or by mixing anchored or unanchored hydrogels with liposomes. Giant lipobeads may be produced by shrinking unanchored nanogels in lipobeads and fusing the resulting lipobead aggregates, long-term aging of anchored or unanchored lipobeads, or mixing anchored or unanchored aggregated nanogels with liposomes. Poly(acrylamide), poly(N-isopropylacrylamide), and poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-1-vinylimidazole) lipobeads were produced and characterized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Polytechnic Institute of New York University
    Inventors: Sergey Kazakov, Marian Kaholek, Kalle Levon
  • Patent number: 7576138
    Abstract: A method of surface cross-linking superabsorbent polymer particles using UV irradiation is provided. The method is carried out in a so-called drum reactor, which comprises a hollow drum and an irradiation source. The drum has a longitudinal axis and a cross-section. Superabsorbent polymer particles are fed into the drum and are irradiated while they move within the drum, which is rotated around its longitudinal axis. The irradiation source is provided such that the radiation emitted by the irradiation source is able to reach superabsorbent polymer particles within said drum. The irradiation source for use in the method is able to emit UV radiation of a wavelength between about 100 nm and about 200 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Andreas Flohr, Torsten Lindner, Esther Oliveros, Yoshiro Mitsukami
  • Patent number: 7569618
    Abstract: A method of surface cross-linking superabsorbent polymer particles using UV irradiation is provided. The method is carried out in a so-called drum reactor, which comprises a hollow drum and an irradiation source. The drum has a longitudinal axis and a cross-section. Radical former molecules are applied on the surface of superabsorbent polymer particles. These superabsorbent polymer particles are fed into the drum and are irradiated while they move within the drum, which is rotated around its longitudinal axis. The irradiation source is provided such that the radiation emitted by the irradiation source is able to reach superabsorbent polymer particles within said drum. The irradiation source for use in the method is able to emit UV radiation of a wavelength between about 201 nm and about 400 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Andreas Flohr, Torsten Lindner, Esther Oliveros, Yoshiro Mitsukami
  • Patent number: 7541391
    Abstract: Disclosed is an optical device structure comprising a low shrinkage mixture wherein the shrinkage of the mixture is limited after the curing of the mixture during optical device formation. Disclosed also are methods for forming optical devices which comprise the low shrinkage mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas Bert Gorczyca, Renato Guida, Kung-Li Justin Deng, Hua Xia
  • Patent number: 7514479
    Abstract: An active energy ray curable coating composition comprising a mixture (A) of compounds each having a (meth)acryloyl group and a colloidal silica (B), wherein the mixture (A) contains from 22 to 62% of a copolymer (A1) having (meth)acryloyl groups and obtained by reacting a specific amount of a radical polymerizable monomer (a1) having a quaternary ammonium salt group, a radical polymerizable monomer (a2) having a hydroxyl group and a radical polymerizable monomer (a3) having a lactone ring-opening addition structure. A molded product having a coating film made of a cured product of the coating composition. To form a coating film made of a cured product which provides excellent abrasion resistance, transparency and antistatic property and undergoes little decrease in the antistatic property even when kept at a high humidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventor: Satoshi Kondo
  • Publication number: 20080314519
    Abstract: This invention relates to cyanoacrylate-containing compositions that include, in addition to the cyanoacrylate component, a rubber toughening component, which is substantially clear and colorless and which is substantially free of release agents and anti-oxidants known to impair the fixture speeds and shelf life stability of cyanoacrylate compositions to which they are added. As a result, the inventive rubber cyanoacrylate adhesive compositions demonstrate improved properties, such as fixture speed, strength and shelf life under accelerated aging conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: Henkel Corporation
    Inventors: Shabbir Attarwala, Rosa M. Davila, Benjamin Surowiecki, Stan Wojciak, Ling Li, Roger Grismala
  • Patent number: 7462652
    Abstract: A water based coating mixture for the application of a polymeric coating to a substrate mixture includes water and optionally an organic solvent, at least one free-radically polyerizable compound. Preferably the coating is weldable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Chemetall GmbH
    Inventor: Georg Gros
  • Patent number: 7459014
    Abstract: An ink preferably used in piezoelectric ink jet devices includes an ink vehicle that includes at least one curable monomer, at least one polymerizable organic gelator, at least one initiator, at least one colorant and optionally at least one low molecular mass non-reactive organic gelator and/or at least one thermal solvent. The use of the curable gelator enables the ink to form a gel state having a viscosity of at least 102.5 cps at very low temperatures of about 30° C. to about 50° C. The ink may thus be jetted at low temperatures of about 50° C. to about 90° C. The ink is heated to a first temperature above the gel point of the ink, jetted onto a surface maintained at a second temperature at which the ink forms a gel state, and when on the image receiving substrate, is exposed to radiation energy to polymerize the polymerizable components of the ink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Marcel P. Breton, Peter G. Odell, Christine E. Bedford, Jennifer L. Belelie, Jeffrey H. Banning
  • Publication number: 20080206528
    Abstract: There are provided an ink composition including at least an initiator, a polymerizable monomer and a polymer comprising a fluorine containing group and a polymerizable group; an inkjet recording method using the ink composition; a printed material recorded by the inkjet recording method; a method of producing a planographic printing plate using the ink composition; and a planographic printing plate obtained by the method of producing a planographic printing plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kotaro WATANABE
  • Patent number: 7342053
    Abstract: Producing a printed circuit board, by coating a resin composition comprising an aromatic cyanate compound having two or more cyanato groups in a molecule and a radical-polymerizable resin on a circuit substrate, photo-curing the resin composition, and thermally curing the photo-cured resin composition to thereby form an insulation layer, affords an insulation layer with improved surface smoothness and excellent dielectric properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Shigeo Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7312255
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mixture for the application of a polymeric coating to a substrate. Said mixtures comprises water and optionally an organic solvent, at least one water-dispersible radically polymerizable compound, at least one water-dispersible polymerizable crosslinking compound and at least one water-dispersible compound which forms free radicals upon exposure to actinic radiation. The radically polymerizable compound cannot fully set with the free radicals formed on irradiation at room temperature, but rather comprises further reactive bonds, which lead to further or complete setting with the crosslinking compound. The invention further relates to a method for application of a non-adhesive corrosion protection layer to a substrate, by application of a mixture to the surface of a metallic or polymeric substrate, drying the mixture and irradiation of the applied coating with actinic radiation of such an intensity and for such a period that a solid, hard, tough coating is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Chemetall GmbH
    Inventor: Georg Gros
  • Patent number: 7250238
    Abstract: Disclosed are toner compositions comprised of a polymer, an optional colorant, and an UV light curable oligomer. Also disclosed are methods for producing a UV curable toner compositions, the toner compositions produced thereby, and methods of utilizing the UV curable toner compositions in various painting applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Mary C. Fromm, Michelle M. Bruzee, Grazyna E. Kmiecik-Lawrynowicz, Pinyen Lin, Chieh-Min Cheng
  • Patent number: 7235591
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ultraviolet-curable coating composition comprising: (A) an ultraviolet curable four or more functional groups-containing polyfunctional (meth)acrylate having four or more (meth)acryloyl groups in the molecule and a number average molecular weight of 300 to 2,000, (B) a lactone-modified polymer of polyhydric alcohol mono(meth)acrylate containing 20 to 60 percents by weight of ?-caprolactone ring-opening addition product and having a hydroxyl value derived from the lactone modification of 100 to 180 mgKOH/g, and/or a lactone-modified polyester resin containing 10 to 50 percents by weight of lactone ring-opening addition product and having a hydroxyl value of 50 to 180 mgKOH/g, (C) a non-yellow polyisocyanate compound and/or an amino resin, (D) a light stabilizer and, (E) a photopolymerization initiator, wherein a weight ratio of component (A) against to a total weight of component Components (B) and (C) is 10:90 to 50:50, a weight ratio of component (B) against to component
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: BASF Coatings Japan Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Tsunoda, Shinji Mitsumune
  • Patent number: 7220788
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fluororubber molded article obtained by subjecting a fluororubber composition to crosslinking by irradiation of ionizing radiation, wherein the fluororubber composition comprises: (i) a raw rubber having a metal element content of 1.5% or less and comprising a tetrafluoroethylene-propylene copolymer; and (ii) a prepolymer of triallyl isocyanurate. Also disclosed is a method for producing the fluororubber molded article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Nichias Corporation
    Inventors: Naoya Kuzawa, Mitsuyuki Nakano, Hitoshi Ogura, Masayuki Saito
  • Patent number: 7192991
    Abstract: A cationically curable composition comprises (a) at least one cationically curable species; (b) at least one cationic photoinitiator; and (c) at least one encapsulated, polymer-bound base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Michael A. Kropp, Wayne S. Mahoney, Bridget K. Warmka
  • Patent number: 7056408
    Abstract: A method is provided for bonding substrates using a homogeneous fluid and a polymerizing condition. Also provided are composite articles formed by such a method. The composite articles show improved adhesion between the substrates and the adhesive composition over a wide range of temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventor: David William Whitman
  • Patent number: 7041711
    Abstract: To provide a polymerizable composition suitable for a lithographic printing plate precursor which can satisfy the requirements of high sensitivity, excellent storage stability and long press life and enables direct plate making from digital data from computer, etc. when recording is conducted a solid laser or semiconductor laser emitting ultraviolet ray, visible light or infrared ray and a compound therefore, the present invention relates to a photoradical polymerizable composition comprising a polyfunctional crosslinking agent having a specific structure represented by formula (I) or (II) defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuto Kunita
  • Patent number: 7037972
    Abstract: A multicomponent system curable thermally and with actinic radiation (dual cure), comprising (A) at least one component comprising at least one constituent containing at least one isocyanate-reactive functional group and at least one functional group having at least one bond which can be activated with actinic radiation, and at least one vinylaromatic-allyl alcohol copolymer, and (B) at least one component comprising at least one polyisocyanate, and its use as a coating material, adhesive and sealing compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: BASF Coatings AG
    Inventors: Egbert Nienhaus, Bernhard Lettmann
  • Patent number: 7030171
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a production method by which a polymer of a functional group-terminated vinyl monomer can be easily and practically produced. Further, it is another object of the present invention to provide a functional group-terminated vinyl polymer which is useful as a material for the production of various functional products. The first aspect of the present invention is concerned with a production method of a functional group-terminated vinyl polymer comprising a step of synthesizing a halogen atom-terminated vinyl polymer by the radical polymerization reaction of a vinyl monomer in the presence of a halogen compound and a step of introducing a functional group to a terminus by substituting a functional group-containing group for the terminal halogen atom of said vinyl polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Wakiya, Takamaro Kakehi
  • Patent number: 7001955
    Abstract: An electron beam curing resin for a magnetic recording medium is provided, wherein a known thermosetting vinyl chloride resin or polyurethane resin is modified to become sensitive to an electron beam, and the resulting resin has a high cross-linking property. A method for readily manufacturing the above-described electron beam curing resin from a known thermosetting resin is provided. Furthermore, a high-performance magnetic recording medium including the above-described electron beam curing resin is provided. The electron beam curing resin is produced through a reaction between active hydrogen groups of a vinyl chloride resin or polyurethane resin having the active hydrogen groups in a molecule and a compound having an isocyanate group and a radical-polymerizing unsaturated double bond in a molecule, wherein the amount of water in the reaction system is controlled at 0.05 to 0.5 percent by mass relative to the resin when the reaction is effected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Sasaki, Shigeo Kurose, Hiroyuki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6921638
    Abstract: Methods and devices for detecting nucleic acid and protein targets on hydrogel microarrays are disclosed. Fluorophores are incorporated into the targets and detected. A linear correlation between target concentration and signal amplitude is maintained through the elimination of active enzyme amplification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: Amersham Biosciences AB
    Inventors: Chang-Gong Liu, Abhijit Mazumder, Charles K. Brush, W. Travis Johnson
  • Patent number: 6916855
    Abstract: The invention relates to a radiation curable composition comprising radiation curable components wherein at least one component of the radiation curable composition contains a functional group which, when attached to an acrylate group has a calculated Boltzmann average dipole moment of higher than 3.5 Debye. The invention further relates to radiation curable optical fiber coating compositions having a high dielectric constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventors: Johan F. G. A. Jansen, Aylvin J. A. A. Dias, Marko Dorschu, Betty B Coussens
  • Patent number: 6906113
    Abstract: Compounds of formula Ia, Ib and Ic, (Ic), in which R, R1 and R2 are e.g. phenyl, naphthyl, anthracyl, phenanthryl or a heterocyclic radical, are suitable as photoinitiators which accumulate at the surface of coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp.
    Inventors: Gisèle Baudin, Tunja Jung
  • Patent number: 6852802
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a heavy metal ion scavenger having more excellent scavenging performance than previously. In order to attain this object, organic polymer materials of the present invention are characterized in that they have a polymer side chain derived from a haloalkyl-substituted styrene on the backbone of an organic polymer base and a functional group capable of forming a complex with a heavy metal ion has been introduced onto said polymer side chain. These organic polymer materials have excellent heavy metal ion scavenging performance so that they can be suitably used as heavy metal ion scavengers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Komatsu, Kazuyoshi Takeda, Kunio Fujiwara, Takeshi Takai
  • Patent number: 6746632
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a process for the rapid in-situ curing of polymerizable materials to provide macromolecular networks and articles of manufacture that are “morphology-trapped”; that is, they exhibit a fixed phase morphology and/or molecular orientation that is locked in by the curing step. The process includes the steps of mixing together a dead polymer, a reactive plasticizer and an initiator to give a polymerizable composition; further processing the mixture in order to achieve a desired phase morphology and/or molecular orientation of the polymeric constituents; shaping the polymerizable composition into a desired geometry; and exposing the polymerizable composition to a source of polymerizing energy, without mixing, to give a final product with the desired phase morphology and/or molecular orientation locked in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: ZMS, LLC
    Inventors: Michael R. Houston, Toshiaki Hino, David S. Soane
  • Patent number: 6733700
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a process for the rapid in-situ curing of polymerizable materials to provide macro-molecular networks and articles of manufacture that are “morphology-trapped”; that is, they exhibit a fixed phase morphology and/or molecular orientation that is locked in by the curing step. The process includes the steps of mixing together a dead polymer or a prepolymer, a reactive plasticizer or a diulent, and an initiator to give a polymerizable composition; further processing the mixture in order to achieve a desired phase morphology and/or moelcular orientation of the polymeric constitutents; shaping the polymerizable composition into a desired geometry; and exposing the polymerizable composition to a source of polymerizing energy, without mixing to give a final product with the desired phase morphology and/or moelcular orientation locked in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: ZMS, LLC
    Inventors: Michael R. Houston, Toshiaki Hino, David S. Soane
  • Patent number: RE39000
    Abstract: A method of modifying the surface of a solid polymer substrate comprising the steps of a) generating radicals on the substrate surface by subjecting it to a gas plasma or by subjecting it to UV light, and b) treating the surface with a vapor of a monomer or a monomer mixture comprising cyano acrylate and/or isocyanate, where step b) starts before step a), simultaneously with step a), under step a), or follows immediately after step a), and a polymer substrate modified accordingly; a method of binding an organic binder material to a surface of a solid polymer substrate comprising the steps of modifying the surface of the substrate by said method, and bringing the organic material in contact with the surface of the substrate, and a polymer bonded to an organic material by the last mentioned method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: NKT Research A/S
    Inventors: Kristian Glejbol, Bjorn Winther-Jensen