Abstract: There is provided an over-sheet for a card, the sheet being formed of at least three layers including a skin layer and a core layer and laminated by a coextrusion technique. The skin layer, which is an outermost layer on both sides of the three-layer sheet, is formed of a substantially amorphous aromatic polyester-based resin composition containing 0.01 to 3 parts by mass of at least one lubricant selected from the group of fatty acid ester, fatty acid amide, and fatty acid metal salt. The core layer is formed of a polycarbonate resin.

Abstract: A laser marking multilayer sheet includes a multilayer sheet A, and a multilayer sheet B that is stacked under the multilayer sheet A. The multilayer sheet A is a transparent laser marking multilayer sheet. A skin layer that forms each outermost layer of the multilayer sheet A is formed of a noncrystalline aromatic polyester resin composition, and a core layer of the multilayer sheet A is formed of a polycarbonate resin composition. The multilayer sheet B is a colored laser marking multilayer sheet. A skin layer that forms each outermost layer of the multilayer sheet B is formed of a noncrystalline aromatic polyester resin composition, and a core layer of the multilayer sheet B is formed of a polycarbonate resin composition.

Abstract: There is provided a laser-marking multilayer sheet for an electronic passport formed by laminating five sheets of a multilayer sheet A/a multilayer sheet B/a film C/a multilayer sheet B/a multilayer sheet A. The multilayer sheet B is a colored laser-marking multilayer sheet. The film C is a laser-marking multilayer sheet made of a film for the electronic passport. The laser-marking multilayer sheet can have clear letters, symbols, and images, which are excellent in a laser-marking property and high in contrasts between the original surface color and the printed portions. The laser-marking multilayer sheet is excellent especially for inhibiting the falsification and forgery thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed is a composite hinge sheet including thermoplastic resin layers 5 made of a thermoplastic resin formed on both surfaces of a woven-fabric like sheet 3 having multiple openings therein. The woven-fabric like sheet 3 includes woven fabric or non-woven fabric made of at least one type selected from polyester, polyamide and polypropylene. The thermoplastic resin layers 5 include, as a raw material, resin having Shore A surface hardness flexibility of 85 or greater and Shore D surface hardness flexibility of less than 70. A part of the thermoplastic resin enters the openings in the woven-fabric like sheet 5, thus blocking all the openings, so that the thermoplastic resin layers 5 are integrated with the woven-fabric like sheet 3. The composite hinge sheet has excellent tearing and tensile strength, is resistant to light and heat in the binding part thereof, and has excellent resistance to repeated bending.

Abstract: A multilayer laser-markable sheet for an electronic passport includes three sheets of a sheet A/a multilayer sheet B/a sheet C as a basic constitutional unit. The sheet A includes a transparent polycarbonate resin composition including a thermoplastic polycarbonate resin and a laser light energy absorbing agent, the multilayer sheet B includes a transparent thermoplastic resin including a thermoplastic polycarbonate resin, at least one layer of the skin layers and the core layer of the multilayer sheet B including at least one selected from a dye and a pigment. The sheet C includes a sheet or a laminate sheet. The multilayer laser-markable sheet for an electronic passport has excellent laser markability and high contrast, can achieve clear letters, symbols and images, and further has excellent thermal adhesiveness, transparency, sheet conveyance property, releasability from a die after thermal press, thermal resistance, foldability and wear resistance.

Abstract: A cyclic olefin addition copolymer includes a structural unit (1) derived from a cyclic olefin compound with a C4 alkyl substituent group and a structural unit (2) derived from a cyclic olefin compound with a C5-12 alkyl substituent group, and optionally includes a structural unit (3) derived from another cyclic olefin compound. The novel cyclic olefin addition copolymers according to the present invention are excellent in melt-formability, transparency and heat resistance, have low water absorption properties, low dielectric constant and low metal content, and are suitably used in optical parts such as optical films. Processes according to the present invention produce the cyclic olefin addition copolymers at high yield with small amounts of catalysts.

Abstract: There is provided an over-sheet for a card, the sheet being formed of at least three layers including a skin layer and a core layer and laminated by a coextrusion technique. The skin layer, which is an outermost layer on both sides of the three-layer sheet, is formed of a substantially amorphous aromatic polyester-based resin composition containing 0.01 to 3 parts by mass of at least one lubricant selected from the group of fatty acid ester, fatty acid amide, and fatty acid metal salt. The core layer is formed of a polycarbonate resin.

Abstract: A laser marking multilayer sheet includes a multilayer sheet A, and a multilayer sheet B that is stacked under the multilayer sheet A. The multilayer sheet A is a transparent laser marking multilayer sheet. A skin layer that forms each outermost layer of the multilayer sheet A is formed of a noncrystalline aromatic polyester resin composition, and a core layer of the multilayer sheet A is formed of a polycarbonate resin composition. The multilayer sheet B is a colored laser marking multilayer sheet. A skin layer that forms each outermost layer of the multilayer sheet B is formed of a noncrystalline aromatic polyester resin composition, and a core layer of the multilayer sheet B is formed of a polycarbonate resin composition.

Abstract: There is provided a laser-marking multilayer sheet for an electronic passport formed by laminating five sheets of a multilayer sheet A/a multilayer sheet B/a film C/a multilayer sheet B/a multilayer sheet A. The multilayer sheet B is a colored laser-marking multilayer sheet. The film C is a laser-marking multilayer sheet made of a film for the electronic passport. The laser-marking multilayer sheet can have clear letters, symbols, and images, which are excellent in a laser-marking property and high in contrasts between the original surface color and the printed portions. The laser-marking multilayer sheet is excellent especially for inhibiting the falsification and forgery thereof.

Abstract: A cyclic olefin addition copolymer includes a structural unit (1) derived from a cyclic olefin compound with a C4 alkyl substituent group and a structural unit (2) derived from a cyclic olefin compound with a C5-12 alkyl substituent group, and optionally includes a structural unit (3) derived from another cyclic olefin compound. The novel cyclic olefin addition copolymers according to the present invention are excellent in melt-formability, transparency and heat resistance, have low water absorption properties, low dielectric constant and low metal content, and are suitably used in optical parts such as optical films. Processes according to the present invention produce the cyclic olefin addition copolymers at high yield with small amounts of catalysts.

Abstract: A coated film and a coated glass improved in the resistance to fouling derived from water and oil repellency, and in the durability, the abrasion resistance, and the exfoliation of stacked outer layer, are provided by a specific coating composition having at least one component (a) selected from organosilanes, hydrolyzates of the organosilanes, and condensates of the organosilanes, and component (b) containing a silyl group wherein one of silicon atoms bonded with a hydrolytic group and/or a hydroxy group.

Abstract: A coating glass which is improved in the resistance to fouling, the durability, and the transparency and has a photocatalytic function is provided by a method of making photocatalyst contained,d coating layers which comprises the steps of forming on the surface of a glass an (under) coating of a coating composition composed mainly of at least one component (a) selected from organosilanes, hydrolyzates of the organosilanes, and condensates of the organosilanes and, when desired, a polymer component (b) having a silyl group containing silicon atoms bonded with a hydrolytic group and/or a hydroxy group, and forming on the (under)coating an (over)coating of a coating composition composed mainly of the component (a), a photocatalyst and, if desired, the component (b).

Abstract: A film which is improved in the resistance to fouling, the durability, and the transparency and has a photocatalytic function is provided by a method of making photocatalyst contained coating layers which comprises the steps of forming on the surface of an organic film an (under)coating of a coating composition composed mainly of at least one component (a) selected from organosilanes, hydrolyzates of the organosilanes, and condensates of the organosilanes and, when desired, a polymer component (b) having a silyl group containing silicon atoms bonded with a hydrolytic group and/or a hydroxy group, and forming on the (under)coating an (over)coating of a coating composition composed mainly of the component (a), a photocatalyst and, if desired, the component (b).

Abstract: A coating composition comprising (A) a hydrolyzate or partial condensate, or both, of an organosilane compound represented by the following formula (1), (R1)nSi(OR2)4−n  (1) wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group having 1-8 carbon atoms, R2 is an alkyl group having 1-5 carbon atoms or an acyl group having 1-6 carbon atoms, and n is an integer from 0 to 2, (B) at least one ultraviolet ray absorbing component selected from the group consisting of fine semiconductor particles, semiconductor sols, and organic compounds having ultraviolet ray absorbing capability, and (C1) water and/or an organic solvent. The coating composition exhibits excellent storage stability and produces coating films with good appearance, superior adhesion properties, weather resistance, high hardness, and superb UV absorbing capability.

Abstract: Disclosed is a water-type dispersion composition comprising a polymer dispersed in an aqueous medium, the polymer being produced from a polyorganosiloxane and a vinyl polymer. The water-type dispersion composition has excellent storage stability, adhesion, alkali resistance, organic drug resistance, weather resistance, water resistance, hot water resistance, and pollution recuperative characteristics and is capable of forming a transparent and extremely hard film.

Abstract: A coating composition prepared by adding 0 to 150 parts by weight, in terms of diorganosilane, of a hydrolyzate and/or a partial condensate of an diorganosilane (b), 2 to 300 parts by weight of a vinyl resin containing a silyl group (c), 0.01 to 50 parts by weight of a metal chelate compound (d), and an organic solvent (e), to 100 parts by weight in terms of organosilane of a hydrolyzate and/or a partial condensate of an organosilane (a), to which are added two or more mols of a type of .beta.-diketone and/or .beta.-ketoester (f) for one mol of the metal chelate compound (d).

Abstract: A block copolymer composition is provided comprising:(1) 10-60% by weight of a block copolymer [(A--B).sub.11 ].sub.m --Y.sub.1(2) 20-90% by weight of a block copolymer [(A--B).sub.12 ].sub.n --Y.sub.2, and(3) 0-50% by weight of a block copolymer (A--B.sub.13,in which A represents a vinyl aromatic polymer block having a molecular weight of 10,000-30,000 wherein the vinyl aromatic compound is selected from the group consisting of styrene, alkyl substituted styrene and a vinyl naphtalene, B.sub.1 a conjugated diene polymer block having a molecular weight of 25,000-100,000, B.sub.2 a conjugated diene polymer block having a molecular weight at least 1.2 times as high as that of B.sub.1 wherein the conjugated diene compound of B.sub.1 and B.sub.2 is a conjugated diene having four to eight carbon atoms per molecule, Y.sub.1 and Y.sub.2 respectively represent a halogenated, tetravalent silicon compound and a halogenated, tetravalent stannic compound and 11=1-3, m=2-4, 12=1-6, n=2-4 and 13=1-6.

Abstract: A block copolymer composition comprising40-85% by weight of a block copolymer A.sub.1 -B.sub.1 from an aromatic vinyl compound and a conjugated diene, respectively, A.sub.1 being <20% by weight of (A.sub.1 +B.sub.1), A.sub.1 and B.sub.1 having a molecular weight >12,000 and >150,000, respectively, and15-60% by weight of a block copolymer A.sub.2 -B.sub.2 -A.sub.3 from an aromatic vinyl compound, a conjugated diene and aromatic vinyl compound, respectively, A.sub.2 +A.sub.3 being >20% by weight of A.sub.2 +B.sub.2 +A.sub.3, A.sub.2 and A.sub.3 having a molecular weight >12,000 and(molecular weight of B.sub.2).ltoreq.(molecular weight of B.sub.1)/1.5. an adhesive composition comprising100 parts by weight (pbw) of said block copolymer composition, 20-300 pbw of a tackifying resin, and0-200 pbw of a softener, anda process for the preparation of said adhesive composition by mixing the components in question.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprising as a base polymer a mixed block copolymer comprising a polymer block of a monovinyl-substituted aromatic compound and a polymer block of a conjugated diene compound. The pressure-sensitive adhesive composition is useful to seal, for example, corrugated board or carton.