Patents by Inventor Marcy Zimmer

Marcy Zimmer 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: 20080206476
    Abstract: A process for coating microporous surfaces which have pores with a size of from 10 to 1500 nm, in which the surfaces in question are coated with at least one coating material curable thermally and with actinic radiation, after which the resulting film(s) is(are) cured thermally and with actinic radiation, wherein the coating material or at least one of the coating materials comprises (a1) at least one constituent containing (a11) on average per molecule at least two functional groups which contain at least one bond which can be activated with actinic radiation and which serves for crosslinking with actinic radiation, and, if desired, (a12) at least one isocyanate-reactive group, (a2) at least one thermally curable constituent containing at least two isocyanate-reactive groups, and (a3) at least one polyisocyanate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Maxime Allard, Hubert Baumgart, Christopher Bradford, Cyrille Jaecques, Karl-Heinz Joost, Isabelle Kauffer, Yvonne Lichte, Uwe Meisenburg, Marcy Zimmer
  • Patent number: 6835759
    Abstract: The coating composition comprises a radiation curable component (a1), a thermally curable binder component (a2), a thermally curable crosslinking component (a3), and optionally, one or more reactive diluents (a4). Radiation curable component (a1) is polymerizable upon exposure to electromagnetic radiation and comprises at least two functional groups (a11) comprising at least one bond activatable with electromagnetic radiation. Thermally curable binder component (a2) is polymerizable upon exposure to heat and has at least two functional groups (a21) which are reactive with functional groups (a31). Third component (a3) comprises at least 2.0 functional groups (a31) which are reactive with functional groups (a21). The value of UV/TH, the nonvolatile weight ratio of the sum of radiation curable component (a1) and optional reactive diluent (a4) to the sum of thermally curable binder component (a2) and thermally curable crosslinking component (a3) is from 0.20 to 0.60.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher J. Bradford, Marcy Zimmer, Ryan F. O'Donnell, Lyle Caillouette, Jennifer A. Rischke
  • Publication number: 20030083397
    Abstract: The dual cure coating composition requires electromagnetic radiation and heat energy to cure and comprises a radiation curable component (a1), a thermally curable binder component (a2), and a thermally curable crosslinking component (a3). Radiation curable component (a1) polymerizes upon exposure to electromagnetic radiation, and comprises at least two functional groups (a11) comprising at least one bond activatable with electromagnetic radiation, and one or more isocyanate-reactive functional groups (a12). Thermally curable binder component (a2) polymerizes upon exposure to heat and has at least two isocyanate-reactive functional groups (a21) and substantially no functional groups (a22) having bonds activatable upon exposure to electromagnetic radiation. Third component (a3) comprises at least 2.0 isocyanate groups (a31) per molecule. The ratio of NCO groups to the sum of isocyanate-reactive functional groups (a12) and (a21) is less than 1.30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2001
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventors: Christopher J. Bradford, Marcy Zimmer, Ryan F. O'Donnell, Lyle Caillouette, Jennifer A. Rischke
  • Publication number: 20030078315
    Abstract: The dual cure coating composition requires electromagnetic radiation and heat energy to cure and comprises a radiation curable component (a1), a thermally curable binder component (a2), and a thermally curable crosslinking component (a3). Radiation curable component (a1) is polymerizable upon exposure to electromagnetic radiation and comprises at least two functional groups (a11) comprising at least one bond activatable with electromagnetic radiation. Thermally curable binder component (a2) is polymerizable upon exposure to heat and comprises (a21) at least two functional groups which are reactive with functional groups (a31) and no more than 5% by weight of aromatic ring moieties (a22), based on the nonvolatile weight of thermally curable binder component (a2). Third component (a3) comprises at least 2.0 isocyanate groups per molecule. The invention further comprises methods of making coated surfaces having both optimum porosity sealing and adhesion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2001
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventors: Christopher J. Bradford, Marcy Zimmer, Ryan F. O'Donnell, Lyle Caillouette, Jennifer A. Rischke
  • Publication number: 20030078316
    Abstract: The coating composition comprises a radiation curable component (a1), a thermally curable binder component (a2), a thermally curable crosslinking component (a3), and optionally, one or more reactive diluents (a4). Radiation curable component (a1) is polymerizable upon exposure to electromagnetic radiation and comprises at least two functional groups (a11) comprising at least one bond activatable with electromagnetic radiation. Thermally curable binder component (a2) is polymerizable upon exposure to heat and has at least two functional groups (a21) which are reactive with functional groups (a31). Third component (a3) comprises at least 2.0 functional groups (a31) which are reactive with functional groups (a21). The value of UV/TH, the nonvolatile weight ratio of the sum of radiation curable component (a1) and optional reactive diluent (a4) to the sum of thermally curable binder component (a2) and thermally curable crosslinking component (a3) is from 0.20 to 0.60.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2001
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventors: Christopher J. Bradford, Marcy Zimmer, Ryan F. O'Donnell, Lyle Caillouette, Jennifer A. Rischke
  • Publication number: 20030077394
    Abstract: The dual cure coating composition requires both radiation and heat energy to cure and comprises a radiation curable component (a1), a thermally curable binder component (a2), and a thermally curable crosslinking component (a3). Radiation curable component (a1) is polymerizable upon exposure to radiation and comprises at least two functional groups (a11) comprising at least one bond activatable with radiation. Thermally curable binder component (a2) is polymerizable upon exposure to heat, and comprises (a21) at least two functional groups which are reactive with functional groups (a31), and a polydispersity of less than 4.0. Thermally curable crosslinking component (a3) comprises functional groups (a31) which are reactive with functional groups (a21). The invention further comprises methods of making coated surfaces that have both optimum porosity sealing and adhesion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2001
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventors: Christophen J. Bradford, Marcy Zimmer, Ryan F. O'Donnell, Lyle Caillouette, Jennifer A. Rischke