Patents by Inventor Douglas A. Usifer

Douglas A. Usifer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5736190
    Abstract: An electrical component comprising an electrical component having an exterior protective layer on at least a portion of a surface. The layer is a cured copolymer of a reaction between at least one oligomer having a terminal ethylenically unsaturated group and at least one monomer having a terminal ethylenically unsaturated group. Alternatively, the layer is a cured copolymer of a reaction between at least two oligomers having a terminal ethylenically unsaturated group. The copolymerization reaction is preferably in the presence of a free radical initiator curing agent and a transition metal catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1998
    Assignee: Cashem, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas A. Usifer, Melvin Brauer, James C. Chang, Yuan Chieh Chu
  • Patent number: 5688601
    Abstract: An electrical component comprising an electrical component having an exterior protective layer on at least a portion of a surface. The layer is a cured copolymer of a reaction between at least one oligomer having a terminal ethylenically unsaturated group and at least one monomer having a terminal ethylenically unsaturated group. Alternatively, the layer is a cured copolymer of a reaction between at least two oligomers having a terminal ethylenically unsaturated group. The copolymerization reaction is preferably in the presence of a free radical initiator curing agent and a transition metal catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1997
    Assignee: Caschem, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas A. Usifer, Melvin Brauer, James C. Chang, Yuan Chieh Chu
  • Patent number: 5624759
    Abstract: UV curable adhesive compositions which provide improved bonding to substrates such as carbonates and metals is provided. The compositions are formed as the reaction product of a urethane methacrylate and reactive diluents such as N-vinyl caprolactam and isobornyl acrylate, a photoinitiator compound, and adhesion promoting additives. Urethane methacrylates which may be employed include ester-based urethane methacrylates as well as ether based urethane methacrylates. Also, methods of bonding substrates using their compositions and the articles produced by the methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1997
    Assignee: CasChem, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas A. Usifer, Ifeanyi C. Broderick
  • Patent number: 5484864
    Abstract: UV curable adhesive compositions which provide improved bonding to substrates such as carbonates and metals is provided. The compositions are formed as the reaction product of a urethane methacrylate and reactive diluents such as N-vinyl caprolactam and isobornyl acrylate, a photoinitiator compound, and adhesion promoting additives. Urethane methacrylates which may be employed include ester-based urethane methacrylates as well as ether based urethane methacrylates. Also, methods of bonding substrates using their compositions and the articles produced by the methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1996
    Assignee: CasChem, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas A. Usifer, Ifeanyi C. Broderick
  • Patent number: 5426166
    Abstract: UV curable adhesive compositions which provide improved bonding to substrates such as carbonates and metals is provided. The compositions are formed as the reaction product of a urethane methacrylate and reactive diluents such as N-vinyl caprolactam and isobornyl acrylate, a photoinitiator compound, and adhesion promoting additives. Urethane methacrylates which may be employed include ester-based urethane methacrylates as well as ether based urethane methacrylates. Also, methods of bonding substrates using their compositions and the articles produced by the methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1995
    Assignee: CasChem, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas A. Usifer, Ifeanyi C. Broderick
  • Patent number: 5360543
    Abstract: The invention relates to polyurethane compositions that can be formulated as a two component systems of a first component of a polyol and an amine of formula (I): ##STR1## and a second component of isocyanate. This invention further relates to methods of formulating those polyurethanes, and to use of those polyurethanes in separatory devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1994
    Assignee: Caschem, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas A. Usifer, Carlos Ramirez
  • Patent number: 5104770
    Abstract: A photolithographic resist with sensitivity for actinic radiation in the short wavelength, ultraviolet region is produced from (1) an organic film-forming material, and (2) an oxime carboxylate ester which releases a carboxylic acid on exposure to deep ultraviolet radiation, thereby rendering the composition more soluble in a developer in the exposed regions than in the unexposed regions. A process for the formation of an image is also disclosed comprising (1) exposing the above composition to actinic radiation in a pre-determined pattern and (2) treating the composition with aqueous base developer to remove the exposed areas. The image-forming process may be used in the production of printing plates and microelectronic circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1992
    Assignee: Hoechst Celanese Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas A. Usifer, Michael G. Kelly
  • Patent number: 5019488
    Abstract: A method for producing a negative image by coating a substrate with a photosensitive layer containing a blocked hydrophobic polymer capable of deblocking in the presence of an acid, and an oxime sulfonate ester or o-quinone-4-sulfonyl-containing diazide, then imagewise exposing, treating with a gaseous base, removing excess base, overall flood exposing, baking and developing with an aqueous alkaline solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1991
    Assignee: Hoechst Celanese Corporation
    Inventors: Donald C. Mammato, Sangya Jain, Dana Durham, Mark A. Spak, Douglas A. Usifer, Michael McFarland