Abstract: A purified green tea extract is improved in bitterness and aftertaste. The purified green tea extract, which comprises satisfying the following conditions: (1) a ratio of a sum of content weights of (A) myricetin, (B) quercetin and (C) kaempferol to a sum of content weights of (D) epigallocatechin gallate and (E) gallocatechingallate, ((A)+(B)+(C))/((D)+(E)), is from 0.0000001 to 0.010, (2) a sum of content weights of (D) the epigallocatechin gallate and (E) the gallocatechin gallate in non-polymer catechins, ((D)+(E))), is from 0.01 to 29 wt %, and (3) a percentage of gallate body in the non-polymer catechins is from 0.01 to 49 wt %.

Abstract: A biodegradable plastic film 1 has at least one surface formed with a printed region 5. Within the region 5, non-printed sub-regions 7 are rather evenly distributed.

Abstract: A vehicle structure can include a coating that provides a three-dimensional tactile pattern to the vehicle structure. In addition, a method for forming a vehicle structure can include applying a film that provides a three-dimensional tactile pattern to the vehicle structure. The vehicle structure can be a trim piece of a vehicle to which the film provides decorative and tactile features. A thin metal layer can be applied on top of a substrate by a metallizing technique, such as physical vapor deposition, followed by applying a radiation curable formulation and exposing it to radiation source, such as UV light. The radiation curable formulation can be a UV ink that is spaced at separate and distinct locations on the film and extends from the metallic layer to such an extent that it is discernable by human touch.

Abstract: This invention is thought as a material for decoration and construction. It can be used in wet areas, walls, floors, and all surfaces. Changing appearance glass tile (8) is made up of colored, non colored, transparent, translucent, or any type, any size, shape, form and thickness of glass (6) laminated with the use of an adhesive material (7) to a lenticular image (5) which is made up of more than one image (1) divided into dozens of strips per cm with the use of special computer programs (2) and are interlaced in to one image (3) which is then printed behind a lenticular film (4) which is a semi cylindrical formed, precisely specified dimensioned, ribbed transparent plastic which allows the viewer to see one image at a time according to the observation angle or printed on a graphic film and then laminated to lenticular film (4).

Abstract: A security information and graphic image fusion system to be used with verification equipment to provide a tamper proof labeled article having security information thereon. The label comprises a printable sheet having at least one invisible IR or UV image, or both, printed thereon, at least one visible image printed thereon, and an over-coating layer thereon. The invisible IR or UV image, or both, provide security information. The visible image provides the graphic image. The label is permanently fused by an in-mold molding process to an article made of plastic, rubber or the combination thereof to render it tamper proof.

Abstract: An overmolded article and process for camouflaging or layering the overmolded article, e.g. hunting equipment, etc., is described. The camouflaged or layered areas run continuously from outside to beneath the overmolded areas on the article so there are no lines of edges where the camouflaged or layered areas end and the overmolding areas begin.

Abstract: Multilayer articles comprising a coating layer comprising resorcinol arylate chain members bound to a support substrate via an optional intermediate tie layer. Adhesion between the layers of the multilayer article is enhanced by modifying at least a part of a surface of at least one of the layers in the multilayer article by a technique selected from at least one of: surface adhesive treatment, surface corona treatment, flame treatment, plasma surface treatment, vacuum deposition treatment, ionization radiation, chemical surface treatment, surface abrasion treatment, and surface texturing treating.

Abstract: A plastic film comprising a multi-layer structure obtained by co-casting film formation or sequential-casting film formation of two or more layers of polyarylate having a glass transition temperature of 250° C. or higher and having a chemical structure represented by the following formula: wherein X represents a linking group having a naphthalene or biphenyl structure and A is represented by the following formula: wherein R1 and R2 represent an alkyl group or aryl group, j and k are an integer of from 0 to 4.

Abstract: This invention provides a decorative sheet having a high glossy impression, comprising a surface protective layer formed of an ionizing radiation curing resin, which is excellent in surface specularity and marker ink erasing capability and has suppressed slipperiness as a decorative sheet, and a decorative plate comprising the sheet and a substrate jointed to each other. In the decorative sheet, a silicone having a high lifting effect (the effect of lifting on the surface) and a silicone having high compatibility with the ionizing radiation curing resin are incorporated, either separately from each other or simultaneously, into an ionizing radiation curing resin for forming the surface protective layer.

Abstract: A method is described for producing a decorative laminate including: providing a decorative layer, applying a mixture of a thermohardening synthetic resin and hard particles to said layer, pressing the decorative layer and the mixture in a hot press at a press temperature in order to obtain a laminate, the mixture also containing a wax whose melting point is less than approximately 140° C. and/or by more than approximately 50° C. lower than the press temperature. A decorative laminate, a decorative laminate board and a method for producing a decorative prepreg sheet are also disclosed.

Abstract: A main object of the present invention is to provide a pattern formed body capable of forming highly precise functional parts on various base materials, and a method for manufacturing the same. To achieve the object, the present invention provides a method for manufacturing a pattern formed body, having a plasma radiating step of radiating plasma to a patterning substrate having: a base material; an intermediate layer formed on the base material and containing a silane coupling agent or a polymer of the silane coupling agent; and a resin layer formed in a pattern form on the intermediate layer, wherein a fluorine gas is used as an introduction gas to radiate the plasma from the resin layer side.

Abstract: A security image and method of forming said image is disclosed wherein a substrate having an image or indicia thereon is coated with a dilute solution of pigment flakes in an ink or paint. The flakes are subsequently aligned in a magnetic field and are fixed after the field is applied. Most or all of the flakes in a region are aligned so as to be partially upstanding wherein their faces are essentially parallel. Coating the image with flakes yields a latent image which can be clearly seen at a small range of predetermined angles.

Abstract: The invention provides a coated metal substrate comprising a metal substrate having an outer surface, a maskant film adhered to at least a portion of the outer surface of the metal substrate, the maskant film having a pattern of scribed lines therein, and a line sealant composition applied to the scribed lines in a maskant film. Both the maskant film and the line sealant composition are preferably radiation cured and substantially solvent-free. The invention also provides a method of protecting a metal substrate from chemical exposure by utilizing the radiation-cured maskant film and line sealant composition.

Abstract: A water-based drawing surface and a toy employing same are disclosed. The drawing surface includes a plastic substrate layer and a fabric layer adhered to the plastic substrate layer. A substantially water-resistant layer is applied to the fabric layer, and an ink layer is applied to the substantially water-resistant layer. The ink layer includes ink imprinted thereon, the ink being water-soluble when initially applied to the substantially water-resistant layer and insoluble after the ink has dried on the substantially water-resistant layer. When water is applied to the ink layer after the ink has dried thereon, the ink layer darkens in the shape of the water applied thereto. The ink is preferably screen-printing ink and it is preferably hand brushed onto the fabric layer.

Abstract: This invention relates to a component surface (side section 1a), in particular a vehicle surface, with a three-dimensional surface texture. This invention further relates to a method for the creation of a component surface (side section 1a), in particular a vehicle surface, with a three-dimensional surface texture. To keep the effort and expense required for the achievement of a three-dimensional surface texture low, the invention teaches that a film is glued to the component surface (side section 1a), which film has been provided prior to the gluing with a plurality of coats of paint, each using the screen printing process, which in their totality form a three-dimensional surface texture.

Abstract: A multi-layer laminate having a textured surface comprises a thin, flexible, thermoformable polymeric base layer, and a layer of spaced part segments of an ink material screen printed in a pattern on a surface of the polymeric base material. The ink material comprises a UV curable screen printing ink which contains a resinous binder, a hardener, and a fine particulate filler. The ink is pressed through a screen having an emulsion with a thickness from about 40 to 50 microns. The ink segments are dried on the base layer by UV curing to a height and a hardness sufficient to form a heat stable textured surface adhered to the base layer. In one embodiment, the printed ink layer has a print height from about 25 to about 50 microns and resists deformation from subsequent thermoforming and/or injection molding. The ink segments meet automotive hardness and abrasion specification requirements.

Abstract: The present invention relates to printable security paper that includes a region capable of receiving printed indicia on the front side and on the reverse side which are observable in reflected light and form an image observable in transmitted light, as security element protecting against two-sided copying, characterized in that such region is a screened region having an average overall opacity less than the opacity of the vellum part of the rest of the paper, said screened region being made up from alternations of vellum miniregions, having an approximately constant thickness equal to that of the vellum part of the rest of the paper, and of miniregions of reduced opacity because of their smaller thickness compared with the vellum miniregions. The invention also relates to the security document obtained with this paper.

Abstract: A decorative material having a pattern on a surface thereof and exhibiting a difference in gloss according to the pattern which is visually recognized as a concave portion, the decorative material further exhibiting not only a good surface strength such as abrasion resistance but also good marring resistance and oil resistance. The decorative material includes at least a substrate, a low-gloss pattern ink layer formed on part of the substrate, and a surface protective layer which is present on and contacted with the low-gloss pattern ink layer so as to cover a whole surface including both a region where the low-gloss pattern ink layer is formed and a region where no low-gloss pattern ink layer is formed.

Abstract: A method of placing a logo on an article or substrate by placing a contrast sheet behind the logo and a blocking sheet therebetween to prevent a shadow effect. The contrast sheet and blocking sheet may be hidden within the hem of an article.

Abstract: A printing medium includes: a rectangular lens sheet that has a surface formed in a predetermined lens shape; and a thin base that is fixed to a rear surface of the lens sheet on which no lens is formed and has an extending portion extending from one side of the lens sheet to the outside. In the printing medium, when a region corresponding to the rear surface of the lens sheet is referred to as a unit region, the extending portion includes a plurality of unit regions adjacent to one another with adjacent portions, which are common sides, interposed therebetween, and a first printing surface and a second printing surface having predetermined images formed thereon are formed in corresponding unit regions on one surface of the base that is fixed to the rear surface of the lens sheet or the other surface of the base. In addition, at least one unit region is additionally interposed between the unit region where the first printing surface is formed and the unit region where the second printing surface is formed.