Patents by Inventor Robert Liska

Robert Liska 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: 20240059927
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a range of printed materials comprising discrete layers or segment with distinct compositions, and which can collectively lend to high levels of strength, toughness, and break resistance, and these printed materials may contain thin, ductile layers interspersed between thicker, harder layers, thus in printing such materials, the present disclosure further provides a range of compositions and methods, including low viscosity, air stable, and rapidly solutions amenable to thin layer inkjet printing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Bettina KOCH, Timon THEUER, Alexander HOCHWALLNER, Robert LISKA, Jürgen STAMPFL, Yan CHEN, Chunhua LI, Peter DORFINGER
  • Patent number: 11793732
    Abstract: Dental material which comprises at least one compound of formula I, in which R1 is a linear, branched or cyclic aliphatic C1-C30 hydrocarbon radical or an aromatic C6-C30 hydrocarbon radical, wherein the aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbon radical can be substituted or unsubstituted and wherein aliphatic hydrocarbon radicals can be interrupted by one or more urethane groups, ester groups, oxygen atoms and/or sulfur atoms; X, Y, Z independently of each other in each case are —COOR2, —CON(R3R4)—, an aromatic C6-C10 hydrocarbon radical or CN, wherein R2, R3, R4 in each case independently of each other is hydrogen, a linear, branched or cyclic aliphatic C1-C30 hydrocarbon radical or an aromatic C6-C30 hydrocarbon radical, wherein the aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbon radical can be substituted or unsubstituted and wherein aliphatic hydrocarbon radicals can be interrupted by one or more oxygen atoms, and m is 2 or 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Iris Lamparth, Norbert Moszner, Robert Liska, Christian Gorsche, Yohann Catel, Gernot Peer
  • Publication number: 20230272148
    Abstract: A thermoplastic poly(urethane-urea) polyadduct with sterically hindered urea groups of the following Formula (I): —[I-M-(I—C1)a—(I-M)b-(I—C2)c]n-??(I) I, M, C1 and C2 each representing bivalent residues linked to each other via a urethane or urea moiety. In the residues I, C1 and C2, when more than four carbon atoms are present, optionally at least one of them is substituted by a heteroatom selected from oxygen and nitrogen. Optionally at least one of the residues I, M, C1 and C2 includes one or more ester moieties. a, b and c each independently represent an integer from 0 to 10, and n is a number ?3 representing the number of blocks in the polyadduct. Within each separate block a+c?1, and in all blocks together at least one a?1 and at least one c?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Katharina EHRMANN, Stefan BAUDIS, Robert LISKA, Markus FITZKA
  • Publication number: 20230210635
    Abstract: Provided herein are curable compositions for use in a high temperature lithography-based photopolymerization process, a method of producing crosslinked polymers using said curable compositions, crosslinked polymers thus produced, and orthodontic appliances comprising the crosslinked polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Robert LISKA, Christian GORSCHE, Gyorgy HARAKALY, Markus KURY, Jurgen STAMPFL, Peter DORFINGER, Yan CHEN, Chunhua LI, Srinivas KAZA
  • Patent number: 11655314
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) are photoinitiators or photosensitizers in a photopolymerizable composition: R1 represents a monovalent, linear, branched or cyclic, aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, optionally substituted with substituent(s) selected from —Cl, —Br, —OH, ?O, —NH—CO—OR2, —NH—CO—R2 or free-radically or ionically polymerizable groups. Each R2 is independently —H or C1-6 alkyl; n is ?1. If n=1, Z and Y are absent and X represents —OR3; if n is >1, Z represents —OR4—, Y represents —OR5— and X represents —H or —OH. R3 represents —H or R1; and R4 and R5 each independently represent a bivalent hydrocarbon group. The polymerizable moieties as optional substituents of R1 are polymerizable double or triple bonds, lactam, lactone and epoxide moieties, which are subjectable to ring-opening polymerization; and two of R1 to R5 may be linked to one another to form a ring or a dimer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN
    Inventors: Robert Liska, Patrick Knaack, Paul Gauss, Roland Taschner
  • Publication number: 20230078469
    Abstract: A polymerizable composition which may be used as an adhesive mass in a method for preparing an adhesive tape or as molding mass in a method for preparing molded articles is provided. The polymerizable composition contains: A) a thermal cationic initiator, or B) a combination of a cationic photoinitiator and a thermal free-radical initiator for inducing the polymerization of the cationically polymerizable monomers in such an amount that the heat energy released during polymerization is sufficient for cleaving the thermal initiator. The adhesive mass is curable via a local impulse a) of thermal energy orb) of thermal energy and/or radiation energy through frontal polymerization; or the molding mass is initially prepared by mixing all components and then molded into the desired shape, whereafter its frontal polymerization is induced by a local impulse a) of thermal energy and/or b) of radiation energy in order to prepare a cured molded article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Christoph SCHNÖLL, Robert LISKA, Patrick KNAACK, Moritz MITTERBAUER, Daniel GRUNENBERG
  • Patent number: 11542362
    Abstract: Provided herein are curable compositions for use in a high temperature lithography-based photopolymerization process, a method of producing crosslinked polymers using said curable compositions, crosslinked polymers thus produced, and orthodontic appliances comprising the crosslinked polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Liska, Christian Gorsche, György Harakaly, Markus Kury, Jürgen Stampfl, Peter Dorfinger, Yan Chen, Chunhua Li, Srinivas Kaza
  • Patent number: 11518823
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) are photoinitiators or photosensitizers in a photopolymerizable composition: R1 represents a monovalent, linear, branched or cyclic, aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, optionally substituted with substituent(s) selected from —Cl, —Br, —OH, ?O, —NH—CO— OR2, —NH—CO—R2 or free-radically or ionically polymerizable groups. Each R2 is independently —H or C1-6 alkyl; n is ?1. If n=1, Z and Y are absent and X represents —OR3; if n is >1, Z represents —OR4—, Y represents —ORs— and X represents —H or —OH. R3 represents —H or R1; and R4 and R5 each independently represent a bivalent hydrocarbon group. The polymerizable moieties as optional substituents of R1 are polymerizable double or triple bonds, lactam, lactone and epoxide moieties, which are subjectable to ring-opening polymerization; and two of R1 to R5 may be linked to one another to form a ring or a dimer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN
    Inventors: Robert Liska, Patrick Knaack, Paul Gauss, Roland Taschner
  • Patent number: 11492464
    Abstract: A light-curable composition is provided which may be used as a photopolymerizable material in an additive manufacturing process. The additive manufacturing process involves heating the light-curable composition which has a viscosity at 20° C. of at least 20 Pa·s. The light-curable composition includes a photopolymerizable matrix material, at least one thermoplastic polymer dissolved therein, and at least one photoinitiator. Polycaprolactone or a derivative thereof is used as the dissolved thermoplastic polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT WIEN
    Inventors: Bernhard Steyrer, Robert Liska, Jürgen Stampfl
  • Publication number: 20220235153
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) are photoinitiators or photosensitizers in a photopolymerizable composition: R1 represents a monovalent, linear, branched or cyclic, aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, optionally substituted with substituent(s) selected from —Cl, —Br, —OH, ?O, —NH—CO—OR2, —NH—CO—R2 or free-radically or ionically polymerizable groups. Each R2 is independently —H or C1-6 alkyl; n is ?1. If n=1, Z and Y are absent and X represents —OR3; if n is >1, Z represents —OR4—, Y represents —OR5— and X represents —H or —OH. R3 represents —H or R1; and R4 and R5 each independently represent a bivalent hydrocarbon group. The polymerizable moieties as optional substituents of R1 are polymerizable double or triple bonds, lactam, lactone and epoxide moieties, which are subjectable to ring-opening polymerization; and two of R1 to R5 may be linked to one another to form a ring or a dimer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Robert LISKA, Patrick KNAACK, Paul GAUSS, Roland TASCHNER
  • Patent number: 11198668
    Abstract: Radically polymerizable composition which contains at least one vinyl ether according to general formula I:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignees: Ivoclar Vivadent AG, Technische Universität Wien
    Inventors: Norbert Moszner, Yohann Catel, Iris Lamparth, Robert Liska, Christian Gorsche, Gernot Peer
  • Patent number: 11174338
    Abstract: Provided herein are curable compositions for use in a high temperature lithography-based photopolymerization process, a method of producing crosslinked polymers using said curable compositions, crosslinked polymers thus produced, and orthodontic appliances comprising the crosslinked polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Liska, Christian Gorsche, György Harakaly, Markus Kury, Jürgen Stampfl, Peter Dorfinger, Yan Chen, Chunhua Li, Srinivas Kaza
  • Patent number: 11142592
    Abstract: Polymerizable compositions are described which contain, as photoinitiator, at least one acyltin compound according to the general formula (I):
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Norbert Moszner, Urs Karl Fischer, Peter Burtscher, Robert Liska, Patrick Knaack, Moritz Mitterbauer
  • Publication number: 20210236388
    Abstract: Dental material which comprises at least one compound of formula I, in which R1 is a linear, branched or cyclic aliphatic C1-C30 hydrocarbon radical or an aromatic C6-C30 hydrocarbon radical, wherein the aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbon radical can be substituted or unsubstituted and wherein aliphatic hydrocarbon radicals can be interrupted by one or more urethane groups, ester groups, oxygen atoms and/or sulfur atoms; X, Y, Z independently of each other in each case are -COOR2—, -CON(R3R4)—, an aromatic C6-C10 hydrocarbon radical or CN, wherein R2, R3, R4 in each case independently of each other is hydrogen, a linear, branched or cyclic aliphatic C1-C30 hydrocarbon radical or an aromatic C6-C30 hydrocarbon radical, wherein the aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbon radical can be substituted or unsubstituted and wherein aliphatic hydrocarbon radicals can be interrupted by one or more oxygen atoms, and m is 2 or 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Iris Lamparth, Norbert Moszner, Robert Liska, Christian Gorsche, Yohann Catel, Gernot Peer
  • Patent number: 10982071
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of sulfonic acid esters of the following Formula 1 and/or Formula 2, individually or as a mixture of more than one thereof, as regulators in polymerization reactions of radically polymerizable, ethylenically unsaturated monomers: wherein A in each case independently is selected from H, CN, linear, branched or cyclic aliphatic or aromatic C1-C30 hydrocarbon residues; X in each case independently is —COO— or —CON(R1)—, wherein the binding to A occurs via O or N, or is absent if A is an aromatic hydrocarbon residue or CN; B in each case independently is selected from linear, branched or cyclic aliphatic or aromatic C1-C30 hydrocarbon residues; R1 in each case independently is selected from hydrogen and linear, branched or cyclic aliphatic or aromatic C1-C10 hydrocarbon residues, which are optionally substituted with one or more OH groups, wherein the aliphatic hydrocarbon residues are optionally interrupted by one or more oxygen atoms; and n in each case independently is
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Robert Liska, Christian Gorsche, Konstanze Seidler, Norbert Moszner
  • Patent number: 10954334
    Abstract: Provided herein are curable compositions for use in a high temperature lithography-based photopolymerization process, a method of producing crosslinked polymers using said curable compositions, crosslinked polymers thus produced, and orthodontic appliances comprising the crosslinked polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Liska, Christian Gorsche, György Harakaly, Markus Kury, Jürgen Stampfl, Peter Dorfinger, Yan Chen, Chunhua Li, Srinivas Kaza
  • Publication number: 20210032441
    Abstract: A light-curable composition is provided which may be used as a photopolymerizable material in an additive manufacturing process. The additive manufacturing process involves heating the light-curable composition which has a viscosity at 20° C. of at least 20 Pa·s. The light-curable composition includes a photopolymerizable matrix material, at least one thermoplastic polymer dissolved therein, and at least one photoinitiator. Polycaprolactone or a derivative thereof is used as the dissolved thermoplastic polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Bernhard STEYRER, Robert LISKA, Jürgen STAMPFL
  • Publication number: 20210002396
    Abstract: Provided herein are photopolymerizable monomers, optionally for use as reactive diluents in a high temperature lithography-based photopolymerization process, a method of producing polymers using said photopolymerizable monomers, the polymers thus produced, and orthodontic appliances comprising the polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Robert LISKA, Christian GORSCHE, Markus KURY, Yan CHEN, Chunhua LI, Srinivas KAZA
  • Patent number: 10781223
    Abstract: Radically polymerizable silane according to the general formula I in which R1 is a linear or branched aliphatic C1-C9-alkyl radical, phenyl or alkylated phenyl radical, R2, R3 independently of each other in each case are absent or are a linear or branched aliphatic C1-C20-alkylene radical, which can be interrupted by S or O atoms, R4, R5, R6 independently of each other in each case are —Cl, —O—CH3, —O—C2H5, —CH3 or —C2H5, X is CH2 or O, Y is absent, or is O or NR?, wherein R? is H or a C1-5-alkyl radical, and Z is absent, or is O, NR?, —CO—O—, —CO—NR?—, —O—CO—O—, —O—CO—NR?—, or —NR?—CO—NR?—, wherein R? is H or a C1-5-alkyl radical and wherein the radicals R2 and R3 cannot be absent at the same time and Z is absent if R2 or R3 is absent, polycondensates based thereon and fillers surface-modified therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignees: Technische Universität Wien, Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Norbert Moszner, Jörg Angermann, Urs Karl Fischer, Iris Lamparth, Yohann Catel, Robert Liska
  • Patent number: 10781274
    Abstract: Provided herein are photopolymerizable monomers, optionally for use as reactive diluents in a high temperature lithography-based photopolymerization process, a method of producing polymers using said photopolymerizable monomers, the polymers thus produced, and orthodontic appliances comprising the polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Liska, Christian Gorsche, Markus Kury, Yan Chen, Chunhua Li, Srinivas Kaza