Abstract: Identity document comprising a data medium with data. These data comprise an image of a face. This image consists of two component images that are observed at different angles. By simultaneously viewing the two images, the person studying the identity document can obtain further information about the face. This is possible because the two images are applied at a relatively small angle of 5° to 20°.

Abstract: Book-like construction (1) such as a passport with a number of pages including a non-hinged holder page. The non-hinged holder page (2) is composed of a relatively stiff material and has to be connected by a separate hinged part (5) to the remainder of the book-like construction (1). The hinged part (5) according to the invention is made of a fabric-reinforced plastic material in which the plastic can be fusible with the plastic of the non-hinged holder page (2). The fixing is carried out ultrasonically, and more particularly by providing surface irregularities on one of the two parts to be fixed to each other.

Abstract: An identity card that can be used, for example, in a travel document or as a separate card, includes at least two core layers, preferably of polycarbonate material, that are fused to one another. In each of the core layers there is a recess, each of a different size. On assembly these recesses become situated on top of one another and a semiconductor chip is accommodated in the larger recess formed as a result. A covering layer can be fused to at least one of the core layers, and a layer that can be written on by laser can also be applied. There can be (semi-)transparent windows on top of one another in the core layer and if the covering layer is transparent, light can be transmitted, it being possible to define a specific pattern in the windows.

Abstract: The invention relates to the sue of a compound (B) as safener for reducing or avoiding phytotoxic side-effects of a pesticide (A) in useful plants selected from the plant order Liliiflorae, wherein (A) is one or more pesticides, and (B) is one or more safeners selected from the group consisting of safeners (B1) to (B19) as defined in claim 1. The safener can be applied by various methods including spraying techniques and seed treatment.

Abstract: An identity card that can be used, for example, in a travel document or as a separate card, includes at least two core layers, preferably of polycarbonate material, that are fused to one another. In each of the core layers there is a recess, each of a different size. On assembly these recesses become situated on top of one another and a semiconductor chip is accommodated in the larger recess formed as a result. A covering layer can be fused to at least one of the core layers, and a layer that can be written on by laser can also be applied. There can be (semi-)transparent windows on top of one another in the core layer and if the covering layer is transparent, light can be transmitted, it being possible to define a specific pattern in the windows.

Abstract: The invention relates to a coating composition comprising an acetal-functional binder and a thiol-functional cross-linker, wherein the acetal-functional binder is represented by the following formula wherein P is a binder backbone, K is a divalent and/or trivalent organic moiety having 1 to 30 carbon atoms and having one or two links to the binder backbone, A is selected from oxygen, sulphur, and NRVII, wherein RVII is hydrogen or an alkyl group with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, m is an integer from 1 to 50, n is an integer from 1 to 10, and R and R? may be the same or different and represent alkyl groups with 1 to 4 carbon atoms. In a further aspect, the invention relates to acetal-functional binders, acetal-functional monomers, a process for the preparation of said monomers, coating compositions comprising said acetal-functional binders, and to a process for the preparation of a coating composition comprising an acetal-functional polyurethane dispersion and a thiol-functional cross-linker.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a coating composition comprising a compound comprising at least one spiro-ortho silicate group and a hydroxyl-reactive cross-linker, to a process for curing the composition, and to the use of the composition. The coating composition of the current invention can be formulated to a coating composition having a low content of volatile organic solvents, is curable at a temperature as low as 5° C., and the cured coating composition of the current invention is essentially free of unreacted low-molecular weight blocking agents. Further, the pot life: drying time ratio of coating compositions according to the invention is particularly favorable.

Abstract: Photoactivatable water born coating composition comprising a) a (meth)acryloyl-functional polyurethane dispersion, with the (meth)acryloyl-functional polyurethane comprising 5 to 18 wt. % of alkylene oxide groups while the (meth)acryloyl functionality is in the range of 2 to 40, and b) a UV-initiator. Preferably, the (meth)acryloyl-functional polyurethane comprises 8 to 18 wt. % of alkylene oxide groups. More preferably, the coating composition comprises a reactive diluent.

Abstract: The invention is related to an iontophoretic method for the delivery of a compound of the formula wherein R is defined herein, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof; and, wherein the method comprises: (a) applying a transdermal device to the skin of a living body, wherein the transdermal device has a reservoir containing the compound of formula I or a composition thereof and optionally a pharmaceutically acceptable electrolyte; (b) causing current to flow through the skin so as to iontophoretically deliver the compound of formula 1. The invention is further related to iontophoretic systems and to kits containing the iontophoretic system combined with one or more cartridges containing a compound of formula I, and to cartridges containing a compound of formula I.

Abstract: The invention relates to a forge-proof document comprising a security feature in the form of a perforation pattern which displays gray tones when viewed against a bright background, wherein the document is manufactured from a material which transmits light to a limited extent, at least some of the perforations forming part of the perforation pattern extend over only a part of the thickness of the document at the position of the perforation, and the thickness of the remaining part of the document at the position of the perforation is modulated in accordance with the image to be displayed. The invention also relates to such a document comprising a security feature in the form of a perforation pattern which displays gray tones when viewed against a bright background, wherein at least some of the perforations forming part of the perforation pattern extend at an angle differing from 90° relative to the main plane of the document.

Abstract: The aqueous-based cross-linkable binder composition comprising (A) an aqueous dispersion of an aldehyde-functional polyurethane having a number average molecular weight of more than 1,000 and an average aldehyde functionality of ≧2, which polyurethane comprises ionic and/or non-ionic dispersing groups, and (B) a low-molecular weight aldehyde-reactive cross-linker selected from the group of low-molecular weight polyamines and low-molecular weight compounds comprising at least one group of one of the formulae E1—CHR1—E2 and H—C—(E1E2E3), wherein —E1, —E2 and —E3 are independently chosen from electron-withdrawing groups such as —P(═O)—O—, —CO—, —CN, —SO2—, —NO2 and wherein R1 has the meaning of hydrogen or a hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 10 carbon atoms.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a coating composition comprising a compound comprising at least one spiro-ortho silicate group and a hydroxyl-reactive cross-linker, to a process for curing the composition, and to the use of the composition. The coating composition of the current invention can be formulated to a coating composition having a low content of volatile organic solvents, is curable at a temperature as low as 5° C., and the cured coating composition of the current invention is essentially free of unreacted low-molecular weight blocking agents. Further, the pot life: drying time ratio of coating compositions according to the invention is particularly favourable.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multilayer coating system comprising

Abstract: The invention relates to a coating composition comprising an acetal-functional binder and a thiol-functional cross-linker, wherein the acetal-functional binder is represented by the following formula 1

Abstract: The invention pertains to a coating composition comprising a first compound comprising at least one bicyclo- or spiro-orthoester group and a second compound comprising at least two hydroxyl-reactive groups. The invention also comprises a process for curing the present coating composition. More particularly, the latent hydroxyl groups of the bicyclo- or spiro-orthoester groups have to be deblocked and reacted with the hydroxyl-reactive groups of the second compound if the present coating composition is to be cured. Further, a process for making bicyclo-orthoester compounds from the corresponding oxetane compound is described, as are polymers comprising at least one bicyclo- or spiro-orthoester group.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a coating composition comprising a) a first compound comprising at least one bicyclo-orthoester group, b) a second compound comprising at least two isocyanate groups, and c) a third compound comprising at least one thiol group. The invention also relates to a process for curing the present coating composition. More particularly, the latent hydroxyl groups of the bicyclo-orthoester groups have to be deblocked and reacted with the isocyanate-groups of the second compound if the present coating composition is to be cured.

Abstract: A non-aqueous coating composition based on an oxidatively drying alkyd resin and a photo-initiator. An acid or latent acid and one or more compounds of the group of vinyl ethers, acetals, and alkoxysilanes which are reactive in the presence of an acid are incorporated into the coating composition. The vinyl ethers, acetals, and alkoxysilanes preferably are covalently bounded to the alkyd resin. The ratio of the number of oxidatively drying groups present in the alkyd resin to the number of groups reactive in the presence of an acid preferably is in the range of 1/10 to 15/1. The acid preferably is the phosphoric acid dibutyl ester.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a coating composition comprising a first compound comprising at least one bicyclo- or spiro-orthoester group and a second compound comprising at least two hydroxyl-reactive groups. The invention also comprises a process for curing the present coating composition. More particularly, the latent hydroxyl groups of the bicyclo- or spiro-orthoester groups have to be deblocked and reacted with the hydroxyl-reactive groups of the second compound if the present coating composition is to be cured. Further, a process for making bicyclo-orthoester compounds from the corresponding oxetane compound is described, as are polymers comprising at least one bicyclo- or spiro-orthoester group.

Abstract: Photoactivatable water born coating composition comprising

Abstract: The invention pertains to a coating composition comprising