Patents by Inventor Johan Loccufier

Johan Loccufier 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).

  • Publication number: 20170101496
    Abstract: A copolymer includes (i) a plurality of ethylenic moieties A having a structure according to the following formula: wherein R2 and R3 independently represent hydrogen, a halogen or an optionally substituted linear, branched or cyclic alk(en)yl group, or an optionally substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic group, and (ii) a plurality of acetal moieties B having a structure according to the following formula: wherein L represents a divalent linking group; x=0 or 1 and R1 represents an optionally substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic group including at least one hydroxyl group and optionally one or more additional substituent(s), and at least one electron withdrawing group in ortho or para position relative to the at least one hydroxyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: AGFA GRAPHICS NV
    Inventors: Tim DESMET, Johan LOCCUFIER, Philippe MORIAME
  • Publication number: 20170101547
    Abstract: An inkjet printing method includes the steps of: a) jetting on a substrate one or more aqueous UV curable inkjet inks including at least one photoinitiator and capsules composed of a cross-linked polymeric shell surrounding a core, with the core containing UV curable compounds; and b) applying UV radiation to the one or more aqueous UV curable inkjet inks jetted on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Johan LOCCUFIER, Luc DECOSTER
  • Publication number: 20170096572
    Abstract: An inkjet printing radiation curable inkjet ink for forming a protective layer during an etching process includes at least 70 percent by weight of a polymerizable composition based on the total weight of radiation curable inkjet ink, wherein the polymerizable composition has an oxygen fraction OFR>0.250 and a weighted polymerizable functionality WPF?0.0050, and the polymerizable composition contains no polymerizable compound with an ethylenic double bond and including a phosphoester group or a carboxylic acid group in the molecule thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Stefaan SMET, Freddy ZUTTERMAN, Peter VERMEERSCH, Johan LOCCUFIER, Ann WILLEMS
  • Publication number: 20170088652
    Abstract: An (ethylene, vinyl acetal) copolymer includes (i) a plurality of ethylenic moieties A having a structure according to the formula: wherein R2 and R3 independently represent hydrogen, a halogen, an optionally substituted linear, branched or cyclic alk(en)yl group, or an optionally substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic group; (ii) a plurality of acetal moieties B having a structure according to the formula: wherein L1 represents a divalent linking group; X=0 or 1; and R1 represents an optionally substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic group including at least one hydroxyl group; and (iii) a plurality of acetal moieties C and/or moieties D which are different from the acetal moieties B, and which include at least one nitrogen atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Johan LOCCUFIER, Tim DESMET
  • Publication number: 20170075223
    Abstract: A method for making a lithographic printing plate includes the steps of: a) providing a lithographic printing plate precursor including a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer, and a coating provided thereon, the coating including a photopolymerisable layer including a photopolymerisable composition, b) image-wise exposing the precursor, c) optionally heating the precursor, d) developing the precursor by treating the precursor with a gum solution so that the precursor is developed and gummed in one single step, characterized in that the photopolymerisable composition includes a monomer represented by Formula (I) and/or Formula (II): wherein *denotes the linking positions to the rest of the compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Marin STEENACKERS, Johan LOCCUFIER, Sam VERBRUGGHE
  • Publication number: 20170058456
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing decorative laminates includes the steps of a) impregnating a paper substrate with a thermosetting resin by submersion of the paper substrate in a bath of thermosetting resin; b) applying on the thermosetting resin impregnated paper substrate an ink acceptance layer containing an inorganic pigment P and a polymeric binder B having a weight ratio P/B of inorganic pigment to polymeric binder of larger than 1.5; c) jetting on the ink acceptance layer a colour pattern with one or more aqueous pigmented inkjet inks and/or organic solvent based pigmented inkjet inks containing a colour pigment C; and d) heat pressing the thermosetting paper into a decorative laminate, wherein the weight ratio P/C of the inorganic pigment of the ink acceptance layer to the jetted colour pigment in the colour pattern is larger than 4.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicants: AGFA GRAPHICS NV, Unilin BvbA
    Inventors: Johan LOCCUFIER, Benjamin CLEMENT, Roel DE MONDT
  • Patent number: 9568822
    Abstract: A negative-working lithographic printing plate precursor includes a support and a coating containing a photopolymerizable layer including a polymerizable compound including: a free radical polymerizable group, and at least one moiety having a structure according to Formula (I): wherein n represents an integer equal to 0 or 1; L1 represents a divalent linking group; and * denotes the linking positions to the rest of the structure, with the proviso that the carbonyl groups in Formula (I) are bonded to a carbon atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: AGFA GRAPHICS NV
    Inventors: Marin Steenackers, Johan Loccufier, Sam Verbrugghe, Kristof Heylen
  • Publication number: 20170037270
    Abstract: An inkjet ink includes a) an aqueous medium; and b) capsules composed of a polymeric shell surrounding a core; wherein the capsules are dispersed in the aqueous medium using a dispersing group covalently bonded to the polymeric shell; the dispersing group is selected from the group consisting of a carboxylic acid or salt thereof, a sulfonic acid or salt thereof, a phosphoric acid ester or salt thereof, a phosphonic acid or salt thereof, an ammonium group, a sulfonium group, and a phosphonium group; the core contains one or more chemical reactants capable of forming a reaction product upon application of heat and/or light; and the capsules have an average particle size of no more than 4 ?m as determined by dynamic laser diffraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Johan LOCCUFIER, Luc DECOSTER
  • Patent number: 9562129
    Abstract: A copolymer includes (i) a plurality of ethylenic moieties A having a structure according to the following formula: wherein R2 and R3 independently represent hydrogen, a halogen, or an optionally substituted linear, branched, or cyclic alk(en)yl group, or an optionally substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic, and (ii) a plurality of acetal moieties B having a structure according to the following formula: wherein L represents a divalent linking group; x=0 or 1; and R1 represents an optionally substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic group including at least one hydroxyl group. Use of these polymers in the coating of lithographic printing plates provides a good abrasion resistance while the balance between the ink acceptance, arising from the ethylenic moieties, and the solubility in an alkaline developer, arising form the acetal moieties, can be controlled efficiently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: AGFA GRAPHICS NV
    Inventors: Johan Loccufier, Philippe Moriame
  • Publication number: 20170029637
    Abstract: An inkjet ink includes a) an aqueous medium; and b) capsules composed of a polymeric shell surrounding a core; wherein the capsules are dispersed in the aqueous medium using a dispersing group covalently bonded to the polymeric shell; the core contains one or more chemical reactants capable of forming a reaction product upon application of heat and/or infrared light; and the capsules have an average particle size smaller than 4 ?m as determined by dynamic laser diffraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Johan LOCCUFIER, Luc DECOSTER
  • Publication number: 20170029639
    Abstract: An inkjet ink includes a) an aqueous medium; and b) capsules composed of a polymeric shell surrounding a core; wherein the capsules are dispersed in the aqueous medium using a dispersing group covalently bonded to the polymeric shell; the core contains one or more chemical reactants capable of forming a reaction product upon application of heat and/or light; the polymeric shell includes a-polymer selected from the group consisting of polyureas, polyesters, polycarbonates, polyamides, and melamine based polymers and copolymers thereof; and the capsules have an average particle size of no more than 4 ?m as determined by dynamic laser diffraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Johan LOCCUFIER, Luc DECOSTER
  • Patent number: 9556349
    Abstract: An inkjet printing radiation curable inkjet ink for forming a protective layer during an etching process includes at least 70 percent by weight of a polymerizable composition based on the total weight of radiation curable inkjet ink, wherein the polymerizable composition has an oxygen fraction OFR>0.250 and a weighted polymerizable functionality WPF?0.0050, and the polymerizable composition contains no polymerizable compound with an ethylenic double bond and including a phosphoester group or a carboxylic acid group in the molecule thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: AGFA-GEVAERT
    Inventors: Stefaan Smet, Freddy Zutterman, Peter Vermeersch, Johan Loccufier, Ann Willems
  • Publication number: 20170022379
    Abstract: An inkjet ink includes a) an aqueous medium; and b) capsules composed of a polymeric shell surrounding a core; wherein the capsules are dispersed in the aqueous medium using a dispersing group covalently bonded to the polymeric shell; wherein the core contains a photoinitiator and one or more chemical reactants capable of forming a reaction product upon application of UV light; wherein the capsules have an average particle size of no more than 4 ?m as determined by dynamic laser diffraction; and wherein the photoinitiator is a diffusion hindered photoinitiator selected from the group consisting of multifunctional photoinitiators, oligomeric photoinitiators, polymeric photoinitiators and polymerizable photoinitiators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Johan LOCCUFIER, Luc DECOSTER
  • Patent number: 9550898
    Abstract: An inkjet printing method includes the steps of jetting ink dots on a substrate of a plurality- of radiation curable inkjet inks having a viscosity of no more than 50 mPa·s at 25° C. and a shear rate of 90 s?1, the plurality of radiation curable inkjet inks including a) at least one non-polymerizable, non-polymeric bisacylphosphine oxide present in a concentration of no more than 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: AGFA GRAPHICS NV
    Inventors: Johan Loccufier, Roel De Mondt
  • Publication number: 20170013723
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing conductive patterns includes the steps of a) printing and curing UV curable inkjet to define a cured inkjet ink pattern on a metal sheet bonded to a non-conductive substrate; b) etching the metal sheet not covered by the cured ink pattern to expose the non-conductive substrate; and c) applying an alkaline solution to dissolve the cured inkjet ink pattern within 5 minutes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Rita TORFS, Johan LOCCUFIER
  • Publication number: 20160318327
    Abstract: A colour laser markable laminate includes a colour laser markable layer including a leuco dye and an infrared absorbing compound, an optional adhesive layer, a polymeric support, an optional outerlayer, wherein the colour laser markable layer further includes an acid scavenger. The support, the optional adhesive layer, or the optional outer layer includes a UV absorbing compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Marin STEENACKERS, Johan LOCCUFIER, Bart AERTS, Anouschka DEPLA
  • Patent number: 9482954
    Abstract: A negative-working lithographic printing plate precursor includes a support and a coating containing a photopolymerisable layer; characterized in that the coating includes a compound including at least one moiety having a structure according to Formula (I) at a level above 10% wt and below 40% wt relative to the total dry weight of the ingredients of the coating: wherein n represents an integer equal to 0 or 1; L1 represents a divalent linking group; with the proviso that the carbonyl groups in Formula (I) are bonded to a carbon atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: AGFA GRAPHICS NV
    Inventors: Johan Loccufier, Marin Steenackers, Sam Verbrugghe, Kristof Heylen
  • Publication number: 20160311242
    Abstract: A colour laser markable article includes a colour laser markable layer provided on a support, the laser markable layer including an infrared absorbing compound;—a leuco-dye; and— an acid generating compound, wherein the acid generating compound has a structure according to Formulae (I) or (II): wherein R1 and R3 independently represent an optionally substituted alkyl group, an optionally substituted (hetero)cyclic alkyl group, an optionally substituted (hetero)aryl group, an optionally substituted aralkyl group, an optionally substituted alkoxy group, an optionally substituted (hetero)cyclic alkoxy group, or an optionally substituted (hetero)aryl group; R2, R4 and R5 independently represent an optionally substituted alkyl, an optionally substituted (hetero)cyclic alkyl group or an optionally substituted aralkyl group; and R1 and R2, R4 and R5, R3 and R4, and R3 and R5 may represent the necessary atoms to form a ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Marin STEENACKERS, Johan LOCCUFIER
  • Publication number: 20160303831
    Abstract: A method for producing laminated safety glass includes the steps of applying imagewise a thermally reducible composition including a organic metal salt on a glass surface or a thermoplastic polymeric surface, and heating at least the imagewise applied thermally reducible composition to form a metal from the organic metal salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Tom Cloots, Johan Loccufier, Guido Fransen
  • Publication number: 20160282718
    Abstract: A lithographic printing plate precursor includes (i) a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer, and (ii) a coating including a photopolymerisable layer, characterised in that the photopolymerisable layer includes a compound including at least one free radically polymerisable group and at least one moiety having a structure according to Formula (I): wherein X represents O or NR* and R* represents hydrogen, an optionally substituted alkyl, aryl, aralkyl or heteroaryl group; and * denotes the linking positions to the rest of the compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Marin STEENACKERS, Johan LOCCUFIER, Sam VERBRUGGHE