Abstract: Recycleable releasing polyethylene terephthalate film coated with a coating of polyethylene emulsion, polyurethane dispersion, or a mixture of the two, with an acrylic or polyester cobinder, which film is uniaxially oriented and thereafter coated with the coating and oriented in a direction transverse to the direction of the film's uniaxial orientation to generate a biaxially oriented film having a uniaxially oriented coating and a method of making the film.

Abstract: A directly embossable, coated polyethyleneterephthalate film including a dry, uniaxially oriented PET film, and a coating applied to the PET film, wherein the coating and the PET film have as a composite been transversely stretched, the coating resin being capable of impregnating the PET surface on drawing, rendering the film surface susceptible to embossing under pressure and the coating having low heat sealability and a method of producing a coated, directly embossable polyethyleneterephthalate film.

Abstract: This invention relates to methods for making ink-jet recording media using hot-melt extrudable ink-receptive compositions. The melt-extrudable compositions comprise a blend of a melt-extrudable polyvinyl alcohol composition and poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline), a hydrolyzed copolymer of ethylene and vinyl acetate, ethylene/acrylic acid copolymers or ethylene/methacrylic acid copolymers. The invention also encompasses media made by such methods. The media can be used to form high quality, multicolored images.

Abstract: A directly embossable, coated polyethyleneterephthalate film including a dry, uniaxially oriented PET film, and a coating applied to the PET film, wherein the coating and the PET film have as a composite been transversely stretched, the coating resin being capable of impregnating the PET surface on drawing, rendering the film surface susceptible to embossing under pressure and the coating having low heat sealability and a method of producing a coated, directly embossable polyethyleneterephthalate film.

Abstract: A directly embossable, coated polyethyleneterephthalate film including a dry, uniaxially oriented PET film, and a coating applied to the PET film, wherein the coating and the PET film have as a composite been transversely stretched, the film being coated from an aqueous solution at a thickness of about 0.1 &mgr;m-about 0.4 &mgr;m with a non-crosslinked polystyrene-acrylic emulsion and non-crosslinked polyester dispersion, the Tg of the coating resin being greater than about 20° C. and less than about 70° C.

Abstract: Ultra low haze, co-extruded, thermoplastic polymer film prepared by co-extrusion of a blend of polyethyleneterephthalate with organic and inorganic fillers in at least one skin layer on a virtually particle-free polyethyleneterephthalate core layer; the inorganic fillers are aluminum oxide particles and/or silicon oxide of average particle size of about 0.035 &mgr;m to about 0.3 &mgr;m, and wherein particles of the organic filler have a particle size of less than or equal to about 0.8 &mgr;m and are present in an amount less than about 0.04% by weight, based on the weight of the polyethyleneterephthalate, the skin layer being less than about 3 &mgr;m in thickness.

Abstract: An abrasion resistant coated film including a polyester film coated with a highly crosslinkable melamine coating with a crosslinking density of greater than about 50% and less than about 100%, wherein the coating is cured after transverse stretching and heat setting the film, a melamine coating having a crosslinking density between about 50% and about 100% containing between about 0.01% by weight and about 1.0% by weight of a colloidal particle selected from the group consisting of silica, TiO2, graphite and blends thereof, and a method of producing an abrasion resistant coated film including stretching a polyester film in the machine direction to form a uniaxially oriented film, applying a coating of highly crosslinkable melamine with a crosslinking density between about 50% and about 100% onto the uniaxially oriented film, heating and stretching the coated film in the transverse direction and curing the coating on the coated film.

Abstract: A biaxially oriented polyester film with a substantially non-crosslinked polymeric coating containing styrene and acrylate, wherein the coating is highly thermally stable with a primary onset temperature of greater than about 350C, having a glass transition temperature between about 0C and about 50C, having a solubility in a low molecular weight organic solvent, and having a surface energy of greater than about 35 dyne/cm and less than about 40 dyne/cm.

Abstract: An abrasion resistant coated film including a polyester film coated with a highly crosslinkable melamine coating with a crosslinking density of greater than about 50% and less than about 100%, wherein the coating is cured after transverse stretching and heat setting the film, a melamine coating having a crosslinking density between about 50% and about 100% containing between about 0.01% by weight and about 1.0% by weight of a colloidal particle selected from the group consisting of silica, TiO2, graphite and blends thereof, and a method of producing an abrasion resistant coated film including stretching a polyester film in the machine direction to form a uniaxially oriented film, applying a coating of highly crosslinkable melamine with a crosslinking density between about 50% and about 100% onto the uniaxially oriented film, heating and stretching the coated film in the transverse direction and curing the coating on the coated film.

Abstract: Recycleable releasing polyethylene terephthalate film coated with a coating of polyethylene emulsion, polyurethane dispersion, or a mixture of the two, with an acrylic or polyester cobinder, which film is uniaxially oriented and thereafter coated with the coating and oriented in a direction transverse to the direction of the film's uniaxial orientation to generate a biaxially oriented film having a uniaxially oriented coating and a method of making the film.

Abstract: A UVA stabilized polyethylene terephthalate overlamination film having a maximum peak absorption of about 380 nm, an approximate absorptive area % of <14% and a Visible Absorbance value of less than about 20%, coated with an adhesive layer to facilitate anchorage of the polyethylene terephthalate film to a secondary print substrate.

Abstract: A directly embossable, coated polyethyleneterephthalate film including a dry, uniaxially oriented PET film, and a coating applied to the PET film, wherein the coating and the PET film have as a composite been transversely stretched, the coating resin being capable of impregnating the PET surface on drawing, rendering the film surface susceptible to embossing under pressure and the coating having low heat sealability and a method of producing a coated, directly embossable polyethyleneterephthalate film.

Abstract: A biaxially oriented polyester film with a substantially non-crosslinked polymeric coating containing styrene and acrylate, wherein the coating is highly thermally stable with a primary onset temperature of greater than about 350C., having a glass transition temperature between about 0C. and about 50C., having a solubility in a low molecular weight organic solvent, and having a surface energy of greater than about 35 dyne/cm and less than about 40 dyne/cm.

Abstract: A directly embossable, coated polyethyleneterephthalate film including a dry, uniaxially oriented PET film, and a coating applied to the PET film, wherein the coating and the PET film have as a composite been transversely stretched, the film being coated from an aqueous solution at a thickness of about 0.1 &mgr;m-about 0.4 &mgr;m with a non-crosslinked polystyrene-acrylic emulsion and non-crosslinked polyester dispersion, the Tg of the coating resin being greater than about 20° C. and less than about 70° C.

Abstract: Ultra low haze, co-extruded, thermoplastic polymer film prepared by co-extrusion of a blend of polyethyleneterephthalate with organic and inorganic fillers in at least one skin layer on a virtually particle-free polyethyleneterephthalate core layer; the inorganic fillers are aluminum oxide particles and/or silicon oxide of average particle size of about 0.035 &mgr;m to about 0.3 &mgr;m, and wherein particles of the organic filler have a particle size of less than or equal to about 0.8 &mgr;m and are present in an amount less than about 0.04% by weight, based on the weight of the polyethyleneterephthalate, the skin layer being less than about 3 &mgr;m in thickness.

Abstract: A biaxially oriented polyester film with a substantially non-crosslinked polymeric coating consisting essentially of a styrene/acrylate copolymer emulsion, wherein the coating is highly thermally stable with a primary onset temperature of greater than about 350° C., having a glass transition temperature between about 0° C. and about 50° C., having a rapid solubility in a low molecular weight organic solvent, and having a surface energy of greater than about 35 dyne/cm and less than about 40 dyne/cm.

Abstract: A biaxially oriented polyester film with a substantially non-crosslinked polymeric coating consisting of a styrene/acrylate copolymer emulsion, wherein the coating is highly thermally stable with a primary onset temperature of greater than about 350° C., having a glass transition temperature between about 0° C. and about 50° C., having a rapid solubility in a low molecular weight organic solvent, and having a surface energy of greater than about 35 dyne/cm and less than about 40 dyne/cm.

Abstract: A UVA stabilized polyethylene terephthalate overlamination film having a maximum peak absorption of about 380 nm, an approximate absorptive area % of <14% and a Visible Absorbance value of less than about 20%, coated with an adhesive layer to facilitate anchorage of the polyethylene terephthalate film to a secondary print substrate.

Abstract: This invention relates to methods for making ink-jet recording media using hot-melt extrudable ink-receptive compositions. The melt-extrudable compositions comprise a blend of a melt-extrudable polyvinyl alcohol composition and poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline), a hydrolyzed copolymer of ethylene and vinyl acetate, ethylene/acrylic acid copolymers or ethylene/methacrylic acid copolymers. The invention also encompasses media made by such methods. The media can be used to form high quality, multicolored images.

Abstract: The present invention relates to ink jet recording media that are useful for making temporary tattoo images on human skin or other surfaces. The media comprise a water-soakable release-paper substrate coated with an ink jet imaging layer. The substrate is optionally coated with a water-insoluble protective layer. The media may further comprise a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape having a backing coated with a medical adhesive layer.