Organic Material Patents (Class 252/589)
  • Publication number: 20130001830
    Abstract: Provided are tinted or tintable and clear films formed from liquid tint material, and methods of making and using the same. Such films are useful to application to substrates such as glass, specifically windows on vehicles, to reduce glare from the sun, reject heat, provide protection from UV rays, and create a unique or decorative look to the vehicle. The films dry into a smooth and clear thin film. The film-forming liquid tint materials comprise: an aqueous polymeric dispersion; a tinting agent dispersed in the aqueous polymeric dispersion; wherein upon contact with a substrate, the film-forming liquid tint material dries to a film that is clear and tintable. The tinting agents, in particular, photoactive components, can be encapsulated in a plurality of ORMOSIL nanoparticles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Susan M. Endle, Corey J. Radloff, Jeffrey J. Schwab
  • Patent number: 8343392
    Abstract: A composite material is constituted by fine nano-oxide particles, a dispersant, and a transparent resin material. The dispersant includes a polymer of vinyl monomer having a binding acidic group. When ? is a dimensionless number defined by an average particle size (nm) of the fine nano-oxide particles divided by nm, the polymer has a degree of polymerization of an integer of 3 or more and 8×? or less with the proviso that the integer is a numerical value obtained by dropping a decimal fraction. The composite material is produced through a step of obtaining a dispersant comprising a polymer by polymerizing a vinyl monomer having a binding acidic group in the presence of polyamine or in an aqueous dilute dispersion, and a step of mixing the dispersant, fine nano-oxide particles, and a transparent resin material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Zuyi Zhang
  • Publication number: 20120313058
    Abstract: A composition for an ultraviolet absorbent substance which comprises at least one metal complex represented by formula (1) and at least one matrix material and/or polymerizable monomer as a precursor of a matrix material, and an ultraviolet absorbent substance comprising the composition: wherein Y1, Y2, Y3 and Y4 are each, independently of one another, NH, NR5, an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, and R5 of NR5 assigned to Y1, Y2, Y3 or Y4 is an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms or an aryl group having 6 to 15 carbon atoms, which may have substituent(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusaku Masuhara, Hidehiko Myoken, Katsumasa Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8329148
    Abstract: A method of reducing photodegradation of a coenzyme Q10 compound when exposed to UV radiation in a composition containing said coenzyme Q10 compound comprising combining with said coenzyme Q10 compound a compound of formula (I) in an amount effective to quench singlet excited state energy from the coenzyme Q10 compound and transfer the singlet excited state energy from the coenzyme Q10 compound to the compound of formula (I), wherein one of R1 and R2 is a straight or branched chain C1-C30 alkoxy radical, and the non-alkoxy R1 or R2 is hydrogen; and R3 is a straight or branched chain C1-C30 alkyl radical, thereby photostabilizing the retinoid compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Hallstar Innovations Corp.
    Inventors: Craig A. Bonda, Anna Pavlovic, Jean Zhang
  • Publication number: 20120288718
    Abstract: Provided are a coating composition which provides a sheet with a visible light transmission property and a UV ray-blocking performance in addition to an excellent self-cleaning performance and a persistence thereof, a weatherability and a persistence thereof and a transparency and a sheet having a surface protective layer formed by the above composition. They are a coating composition comprising an ionizing radiation-curable resin and a hydrophilizing agent such as a silicate compound and alkyl silicate and a sheet having a surface protective layer formed by cross-linking and curing the above coating composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoko Takano, Takeshi Kobayashi, Takehiko Hiroshima, Jun Kaneki, Hiroaki Takahashi, Akiko Inoue
  • Patent number: 8298455
    Abstract: An alignment material composition including an alignment material, an ultraviolet absorbent, a light stabilizer and a solvent is provided. The ultraviolet absorbent has a formula 1 shown as below: wherein X represents hydrogen, alkyl group or halogen while R1 represents benzene ring carbon long-chain derivative. The light stabilizer has a formula 2 shown as below: wherein R2 represents ester-based derivative or amine-based derivative, R3 represents hydrogen, hydroxyl group (—OH) or alkyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yi-Hau Shiau, Suo-Chun Hsu, Hsin-An Cheng, Yang-Chu Lin, Liang-Ying Huang, Tai-Hsiang Huang
  • Patent number: 8298456
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a silicone resin composition including a silicone resin and metal oxide fine particles dispersed therein, the silicone resin being obtained by reacting a siloxane derivative having at least one selected from the group consisting of an alkoxysilyl group and a silanol group at a molecular end thereof and having a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) as determined by a gel permeation method of 300 to 6,000, with silica fine particles having silanol groups on a surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventor: Keisuke Hirano
  • Publication number: 20120263661
    Abstract: Disclosed is a new composition of matter that is a compound which also is presented as a dispersion with broad UVA and UVB spectral absorption stability, heat absorption, and insulation properties, anti-microbial, water resistance, and high SPF properties. The composition of matter is a zinc oxide complex that is provided with distilled water buffered to a pH of greater than 10 using ammonium hydroxide, L-arginine, or other buffering agents, and zinc oxide particles. The zinc oxide complex may be dried and rinsed to increase stability. An emollient, such as glycerine, and/or an emulsifier such as a combination of cetearyl alcohol and cetearyl glucoside and/or sodium stearoyl glutamate and/or cetearyl glucoside may also be added to the zinc oxide complex. The zinc oxide complex is made from natural-based, earth-derived, Ecocert® certified ingredients is non-toxic, and may be used or combined with any compound in which UVA/UVB stability is desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventor: Guerry L. Grune
  • Patent number: 8287778
    Abstract: A synthetic resin composition containing, 100 parts by mass of a synthetic resin, 0.001-10 parts by mass of a triazine compound represented by (1) below, and 0.001-10 parts by mass of a diarylpentaerythritol diphosphite compound represented by general formula (2) shown below and/or 0.001-10 parts by mass of an organic cyclic phosphite compound represented by formula (3) below and/or 0.001-10 parts by mass of a hindered phenol compound represented by formula (4) below. In formula (1), R1 is C1-C12 alkyl group, etc.; R2 is C1-C8 alkyl group, etc.; R3 is hydroxyl group, etc.; and R4 is —O—R1, etc. In formula (2), R5 is C1-C4 alkyl group, etc. In formula (3), R6 and R8 is each C1-C4 alkyl group, etc, and R7 is C1-C18 alkyl group. In formula (4), R9 is a residue remaining after removing n hydroxyl groups from a mono- to tetravalent alcohol, and n is an integer 1-4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Adeka Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuru Fukushima, Toshitaka Yoshitake, Tetsuo Kamimoto, Toshio Nakajima
  • Patent number: 8287777
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of protecting organic material, especially from the pharmaceuticals and foodstuffs sectors, against light, wherein at least one pigment of formula (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6) and (7) and (8) as defined in claim 1 and optionally a UV absorber as well as optionally further pigments and/or colorants is applied to or incorporated in a carrier material and the carrier material so treated is positioned between the light source and the organic material to be protected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Isabel Annelies Marika Hirschmuller, Jürg Zingg
  • Publication number: 20120258154
    Abstract: The present invention relates to particulate UV protection agents which are obtainable by hydrothermal treatment of a particulate metal oxide and subsequent application of a manganese oxide coating, and to the preparation and use thereof. The present invention furthermore relates to novel compositions, in particular for topical application, which are intended, in particular, for light protection of the skin and/or hair against UV radiation and free-radical-induced stress, and to the use thereof in the above-mentioned cosmetic application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicants: SACHTLEBEN CHEMIE GMBH, MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Frank PFLUECKER, Bernd HIRTHE
  • Publication number: 20120255610
    Abstract: Photovoltaic modules containing solar cells have at least one polymeric optically transparent encapsulant layer with solar energy weighted transmittance at wavelengths of light from 350 to 1200 nanometers equal to or greater than 85% and ultra-violet light cutoff equal to or less than 345 nanometers. The encapsulant material contains at least one olefinic co-polymer having glass transition temperature equal to or less than 20° C. and 10% secant tensile modulus equal to or less than 16,000 psi and at least one ultra-violet light absorber having a chemical structure with no hydroxyl group at an ortho position of an aromatic ring with respect to an aromatic carbonyl group, a triazole group, or a triazine group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventors: Jayesh Ghewarchand BOKRIA, Ryan Terral TUCKER
  • Patent number: 8277689
    Abstract: The invention relates to combinations of benzylidene-bis-malonate based lightsstabilizers with specific other additives showing synergistic efficiency during long term light exposure of organic substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Clariant Finance (BVI) Limited
    Inventors: Lajos Avar, Christoph Kroehnke
  • Publication number: 20120244363
    Abstract: The present invention includes polymer interlayers that are used in multiple layer glazing panels. Interlayers of the present invention comprise a thermoplastic polymer, a plasticizer, a tungsten oxide agent, and a stabilizing agent that prevents the degradation of the tungsten oxide agent. Interlayers incorporating such components have improved ultraviolet light blocking character, and also maintain optical quality over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventor: William Keith Fisher
  • Publication number: 20120240821
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a preparation method for a UV-shielding material based on Mg—Al Layered Double Hydroxide. The material with multi-layered overlay structure is made from Mg—Al double hydroxide layers and interlayer carbonate, its molecular composition is: Mg1-xAlx(OH)2(CO3)x/2.mH2O. The inorganic layers of this material can play a physical shielding role against UV, and the metal elements dispersed on the layer as well as the interlayer anion can play a great role in the chemical absorbing. In addition, by controlling the particle size and the amount of the layers, UV light can be effectively shielded by multi-level reflection and absorption of the multi-level layered structure. Therefore, the material with multi-level chemical and physical shielding properties has a good UV barrier effect for the anti-ageing asphalt, and could significantly increase its UV resistance properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicants: WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, Beijing University of Chemical Technology
    Inventors: Xue DUAN, Wenying Shi, Min Wei, Yanjun Lin, Shaopeng Wu, Jianying Yu
  • Patent number: 8268294
    Abstract: The photostabilizing electronic excited state energy—particularly singlet state energy from retinoid compounds—has been found to be readily transferred to (accepted by) ?-cyanodiphenylacrylate compounds having an alkoxy radical in the four (para) position (hereinafter “alkoxycrylenes”) on one of the phenyl rings having the formula (I): wherein one of R1 and R2 is a straight or branched chain C1-C30 alkoxy radical, preferably C1-C8, more preferably methoxy, and the non-alkoxy radical R1 or R2 is hydrogen; and R3 is a straight or branched chain C1-C30 alkyl radical, preferably C2-C20. The alkoxycrylene compounds of formula (I) significantly increase the photostability of retinoid compounds in a composition by at least 3-fold and as much as 10-fold or greater. The ability of the alkoxycrylene compounds to stabilize the retinoid compound is concentration dependent, with the amount of retinoid photostabilization increasing with the concentration of the alkoxycrylene compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Hallstar Innovations Corp.
    Inventors: Craig A. Bonda, Anna Pavlovic, Jean Zhang
  • Patent number: 8263050
    Abstract: The photostabilizing electronic excited state energy—particularly singlet state energy from a UV-absorbing molecule has been found to be readily transferred to (accepted by) ?-cyanodiphenylacrylate compounds of formulas (I) and (V) having an alkoxy radical preferably in the four (para) position (hereinafter methoxycrylenes) on one or both of the phenyl rings: wherein at least one of R1 and R2 is a straight or branched chain C1-C12 alkoxy radical, preferably C1-C8, more preferably C1-C4, and most preferably methoxy, and any non-alkoxy radical R1 or R2 is hydrogen; and R3 is a straight or branched chain C1-C24 alkyl radical, preferably C12-C24, more preferably C20; wherein A and B are the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of oxygen, amino and sulfur; R1 and R3 are the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of C1-C30 alkyl, C2-C30 alkylene, C2-C30 alkyne, C3-C8 cycloalkyl, C1-C30 substituted alkylene, C2-C30 substituted alkyne, aryl, substituted aryl, het
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Hallstar Innovations Corp.
    Inventors: Craig A. Bonda, Anna Pavlovic
  • Patent number: 8262945
    Abstract: Photochromic compositions are disclosed comprising a polymeric material, a photochromic dye, a hydroxyphenyl triazine UV absorber and, optionally, a further light stabilizer selected from the sterically hindered amines. These systems provide a reversible photochromic effect and show improved light stabilization and color fastness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Mara Destro, Dario Lazzari, Dirk Simon, Manuele Vitali
  • Patent number: 8262949
    Abstract: The instant invention relates to novel benzotriazole UV-absorbers having a long wavelength shifted absorption spectrum with significant absorbance up to 410-420 nm. Further aspects of the invention are a process for their preparation, a UV stabilized composition containing the new UV-absorbers and the use of the new compounds as UV-light stabilizers for organic materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Katharina Fritzsche, Markus Grob, Adalbert Braig, Ilona Marion Kienzle, Gérard Daniel Georges Vilain
  • Patent number: 8263051
    Abstract: The photostabilizing electronic excited state energy—particularly singlet state energy from resveratrol compounds—has been found to be readily transferred to (accepted by) ?-cyanodiphenylacrylate compounds having an alkoxy radical in the four (para) position (hereinafter “alkoxycrylenes”) on one of the phenyl rings having the formula (I): wherein one of R1 and R2 is a straight or branched chain C1-C30 alkoxy radical, preferably C1-C8, more preferably methoxy, and the non-alkoxy radical R1 or R2 is hydrogen; and R3 is a straight or branched chain C1-C30 alkyl radical, preferably C2-C20. The alkoxycrylene compounds of formula (I) significantly increase the photostability of resveratrol compounds in a composition by at least 3-fold and as much as 10-fold or greater. The ability of the alkoxycrylene compounds to stabilize the resveratrol compound is concentration dependent, with the amount of resveratrol photostabilization increasing with the concentration of the alkoxycrylene compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Hallstar Innovations Corp.
    Inventors: Craig A. Bonda, Anna Pavlovic, Jean Zhang
  • Patent number: 8257687
    Abstract: A method of reducing photodegradation of a coenzyme Q10 compound when exposed to UV radiation in a composition containing said coenzyme Q10 compound comprising combining with said coenzyme Q10 compound a compound of formula (I) in an amount effective to quench singlet excited state energy from the coenzyme Q10 compound and transfer the singlet excited state energy from the coenzyme Q10 compound to the compound of formula (I), wherein one of R1 and R2 is a straight or branched chain C1-C30 alkoxy radical, and the non-alkoxy R1 or R2 is hydrogen; and R3 is a straight or branched chain C1-C30 alkyl radical, thereby photostabilizing the retinoid compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Hallstar Innovations Corp.
    Inventors: Craig A. Bonda, Anna Pavlovic, Jean Zhang
  • Publication number: 20120187352
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions for protecting a substrate against UV damage that comprise UV absorber(s), microemulsifier(s), polyol(s), and a water-based vehicle. In preferred embodiments, the compositions find application to protect lignin from degradation, or as primer coatings for wood surfaces, especially for use under UV-curable coatings. In other preferred embodiments the compositions are free of any film-forming polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: ISP INVESTMENTS INC.
    Inventors: Karoly Donders, Hansruedi Mottl, Otto Gordon
  • Publication number: 20120184027
    Abstract: A polymer composition having a modified absorption and transmission characteristic particularly suited for photoreactors or photobioreactors made of plastic molded parts and exposed to sunlight or suitable artificial light sources, the polymer selectively comprises the following substances or a combination thereof in addition to the conventional standard additives: an inorganic or organic near infrared absorber for absorbing long-wavelength radiation, an inorganic or organic reflector for reflecting ultraviolet radiation, an inorganic or organic reflector for reflecting visible, near infrared, or infrared radiation, an optical brightener or fluorescent dye for converting the absorbed ultraviolet radiation into visible light or fluorescent light, a photochromic dye for modifying the transmission characteristic of the plastic molded part as a function of light intensity, and an antimicrobial additive for preventing or reducing organic deposits in the photobioreactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: GEORG FISCHER DEKA GMBH
    Inventors: Stephan Schuessler, Inno Gaul, Harald Kuppelmaier, Gerrit Proper
  • Patent number: 8221657
    Abstract: The instant invention relates to novel phthalocyanines and their use as IR-absorbers, in particular in transparent thermoplastic or crosslinkable polymers. A further aspect of the invention is a composition of these phthalocyanines and thermoplastic or crosslinkable polymers and an architectural or automotive glazing containing these phthatolcyanines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Francesca Peri, Cesare Lorenzetti, Samanta Cimitan, Markus Grob
  • Patent number: 8208197
    Abstract: An optical film includes a filmy support that includes a polymer having all alicyclic structure; an ultraviolet absorbing layer; and a hardcoat layer, wherein the ultraviolet absorbing layer has a beam transmittance of 5% or less in a wavelength region of 200 to 340 nm and includes at least one ultraviolet absorbent selected from the group consisting of a metal oxide fine particle and a polymer particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Asakura, Hiroyuki Yoneyama, Naohiro Matsunaga
  • Publication number: 20120156399
    Abstract: A cellulose ester film has a front retardation Re of from 20 nm to 100 nm relative to light having a wavelength of 590 nm at 25° C. and 60% RH; a retardation Rth in a film thickness direction of from 60 nm to 400 nm relative to light having a wavelength of 590 nm at 25° C. and 60% RH; and a shrinkage factor in a slow axis direction of less than 1% in the range of from a glass transition temperature to a temperature of 40° C. higher than a glass transition temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Katsumi SASATA
  • Patent number: 8197723
    Abstract: Optical devices of excellent optical and physical properties produced from cured resins are disclosed. The resins and/or the cured hybrid polymer material made with the resins are characterized by a high level of cycloaliphatic-containing groups. Specific additives that can participate in crosslinking the curable polysiloxane provide additional physical property advantages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: DigitalOptics Corporation East
    Inventors: Daniel Roitman, Dileep Goyal
  • Publication number: 20120140161
    Abstract: A polymer film, containing a merocyanine compound having ?max of not longer than 375 nm, and a compound represented by formula (II), which is different from said at least one merocyanine compound, is disclosed. In the formula, R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, alkyl group, aryl group, heterocyclic group, cyano, N-alkyl- or N-aryl carbamoyl group, aryloxy carbonyl group or —CH2COOR5, or R1 and R2 bind to each other to form a ring containing a nitrogen atom; R5 represents an alkyl group, aryl group or a heterocyclic group; R3 and R4 each independently represent a substituent having a Hammett substituent constant ?p of equal to or more than 0.2, or R3 and R4 bind to each other to form a cyclic active methylene compound structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeaki NIMURA, Ryo Nakamura, Shunya Katoh, Masayoshi Toyoda, Hiroko Kamee, Masuji Motoki, Masaki Noro, Hiroshi Inada
  • Publication number: 20120132871
    Abstract: A design method for an optical sheet for solar concentration and an optical sheet for solar concentration obtained by means of the design method are disclosed. The design method is characterized in that, for a resin optical sheet for solar concentration containing an ultraviolet absorber in a base material thereof, an amount of the ultraviolet absorber to be contained in the base material is determined such that: in an accelerated degradation test by means of a metal-halide-lamp weathering test (device specification: JTM G 01:2000, Japan Testing Machinery Association), decrease in average transmittance in a wavelength range of 400 nm to 1850 nm after testing for an irradiation time T1 satisfies the following equation (1) ?uv(0)+?uv(T1)>?0(0)+?0(T1) ??(1) and that decrease in transmittance at each of wavelengths in the wavelength range from a corresponding initial value after testing for the irradiation time T1 is not greater than 10%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Toyohara, Youji Ono, Ichiro Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: 8188157
    Abstract: UV curable coating compositions and methods for applying such compositions to surfaces to provide abrasion resistance and/or structural rigidity thereto. The UV curable compositions of the present invention include at least one curable (meth)acrylate, at least one photoinitiator which absorbs only in the UV range of the electromagnetic spectrum, and an inorganic filler, at least a portion of which having a particle size in the range of 1 to 1,000 nm. The compositions may further comprise a reactive diluent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Henkel Corporation
    Inventors: Alan Edward Litke, Victor Karol Kadziela
  • Publication number: 20120126186
    Abstract: Transparent polypropylene film comprising at least two UV-absorbing additives, a first additive being a non-aggregated inorganic material present in the film composition in an amount of from 0.1 to 5.0% by weight, and a second additive comprising an organic material selected from triazines, hindered amines, oxanilides, cyanoacrylates, benzotriazoles and/or benzophenones and present in the film in an amount of less than 2.0% by weight and wherein when both benzotriazole(s) and benzophenone(s) are present in the film, the ratio of benzotriazole(s) to benzophenone(s) is above 0.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: INNOVIA FILMS LIMITED
    Inventor: Celine Denecker
  • Patent number: 8168689
    Abstract: A high optical contrast pigment and colorful photosensitive composition employing the same are disclosed. The composition comprises a solvent, an alkali-soluble resin, reactive monomer, and a modified pigment which has low crystallization. The low crystallization degree means that the grain size variation R is not more 80%, wherein the grain size variation R is represented by a formula R=G1/G0×100%, G0 is the original grain size, and G1 is the grain size after modification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chin-Cheng Weng, Kuo-Tung Huang, I-Jein Cheng, Ming-Tzung Wu, Yu-Ying Hsu, Chiang-Yun Li
  • Publication number: 20120070655
    Abstract: A composition containing polymeric particles. The polymeric particles have an average particle diameter from 30 to 300 nm and a Vicker's scale hardness from 100 to 700 Kgf/mm2. The composition also contains a film-forming polymer having Tg no greater than 80° C. The refractive index difference between the polymeric particles and the film-forming polymer is at least 0.04.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Chao-Jen Chung, Edward E. Lafleur, Edwin Nungesser
  • Patent number: 8138243
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a UV absorber in the production of transparent polyamide products or polyamide molded parts. The use according to the invention is characterized in that at least one UV absorber having at least one substituted benzoyl group is added to a polyamide molding compound, by which means melts of polyamide molding compounds comprising these UV absorbers leave no visible blooming on surfaces with which they come into contact during the production or processing of polyamide products. Particularly preferred polyamide molding compounds produced according to the use according to the invention comprise PA 6I/MXDI, PA MACM12, PA MACMI/MACMT/12 or PA 6I/6T/MACMI/MACMT/PACMI/PACMT/12 as well as one or more UV absorbers in the form of a dibenzoylmethane compound and/or an aminohydroxybenzoyl benzoic acid ester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: EMS-Patent AG
    Inventors: Friedrich Severin Bühler, Robert Meyer Zu Westram
  • Patent number: 8137596
    Abstract: A transparent titanium oxide in which the titanium oxide particles have been coated with a hydrated metal oxide having no photocatalytic activity in order to block photocatalytic activity. Hydrous titanium oxide sol particles are coated with a layer comprising a hydrated oxide of silicon. The coating layer can further contain a hydrated oxide of at least one metal selected among tin, aluminum, and zirconium and a hydrated oxide of antimony. Also provided are a process for producing a sol of surface-coated transparent titanium oxide and a coating composition containing a sol of surface-coated transparent titanium oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Tayca Corporation
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20120064297
    Abstract: The present invention provides fine particles for an optical function layer which can provide both high anti-glare properties and high black color reproducibility and give an optical function layer suitably applicable to a high definition display device. The fine particles for being added to a transparent base used in formation of an optical function layer each comprise a core, and a shell covering the core, wherein the fine particles have a mean particle size R that is larger than a wavelength of light entering the optical function layer, a ratio (r/R) of a mean core size r to the mean particle size R is 0.50 or higher, and the shell has a refractive index different from the transparent base and has light-absorbing properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Makoto Honda
  • Patent number: 8133416
    Abstract: The ultraviolet shielding compound is highly transparent in the visible light spectrum and shields approximately 100% of ultraviolet A (UVA), ultraviolet B (UVB) and ultraviolet C (UVC) radiation. The ultraviolet shielding compound is formed from polyvinyl alcohol (PYA) doped with phosphotungstic acid (H3PW12O40). Preferably, the ratio of phosphotungstic acid to polyvinyl alcohol is 1. The ultraviolet shielding compound may be formed by first making a polymeric solution of polyvinyl alcohol dissolved in deionized water. Next, phosphotungstic acid is dissolved in deionized water to form an acidic solution. The acidic solution is added to the polymeric solution to form a mixture. The mixture is then thickened and cast. The cast mixture may then be dried to produce the ultraviolet shielding compound in the form of a flexible film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: King Abdulaziz University
    Inventors: Waleed Elsayed Mahmoud, Ahmed Abdullah Salem Al-Ghamdi
  • Patent number: 8133477
    Abstract: A composition comprising an inorganic particulate material in an amount of about 20 wt % to about 70 wt %, a carrier for the particulate material comprising a compound of formula (I) in an amount of about 1 wt % to about 70 wt %, a particulate material coating material in an amount of about 0 wt % to about 5 wt %, and a dispersing agent for the particulate material in an amount of about 0 wt % to about 5 wt %, based on the total weight of the composition, wherein one of R1 and R2 is a straight or branched chain C1-C30 alkoxy radical, and the non-alkoxy R1 or R2 is hydrogen; and R3 is a straight or branched chain C1-C30 alkyl radical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Hallstar Innovations Corp.
    Inventors: Craig A. Bonda, Anna Pavlovic, Jean Zhang
  • Publication number: 20120039975
    Abstract: Nanocomposite materials having electromagnetic-radiation barrier properties comprising layered nanoadditives with or without organic and/or inorganic surface modification; and a polymeric matrix, process for obtainment thereof and use of said nanocomposite materials in applications of packaging, greenhouse films, coatings, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: Nanobiomatters S.L.
    Inventors: José María Lagaron Cabello, María Eugenia Nuñez Clazado
  • Publication number: 20120038976
    Abstract: To provide a coating solution for forming an ultraviolet-absorbing film which has mechanical durability such as abrasion resistance and which is little susceptible to deterioration of the ultraviolet-absorbing ability by use for a long period of time, and an ultraviolet-absorbing glass article having an ultraviolet-absorbing film formed by using such a coating solution, which has mechanical durability such as abrasion resistance and which is little susceptible to deterioration of the ultraviolet-absorbing ability by use for a long period of time. A coating solution which comprises a component derived from an epoxidized organooxysilane compound, a component derived from an organooxysilane compound which is a reaction product of a hydroxylated benzophenone compound and an epoxidized organooxysilane compound, and a component derived from an organooxysilane compound other than the above both organooxysilane compounds, and an ultraviolet-absorbing glass article obtained by using the coating solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hirokazu KODAIRA, Hiroyuki Tomonaga
  • Publication number: 20120021230
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a laminate for a laminated glass which is used as a head-up display (HUD) and is not deteriorated even if exposed to light, and with which a laminated glass having excellent impact resistance can be prepared. The present invention pertains to a laminate for a laminated glass, wherein an interlayer film for a laminated glass and a retardation element sandwiched between adhesive layers are laminated, the interlayer film for a laminated glass contains a thermoplastic resin and an ultraviolet absorber, the interlayer film for a laminated glass contains, as the ultraviolet absorber, a benzotriazole compound or a benzophenone compound, and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a malonic ester compound, an oxanilide compound and a triazine compound, the sum of the contents of the malonic ester compound, the oxanilide compound and the triazine compound is 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Juichi Fukatani, Izumi Omoto, Seiko Ichikawa, Kouichi Tanaka, Mayu Kameda
  • Publication number: 20120021355
    Abstract: Provided are a coating composition for deep ultraviolet (DUV) filtering during an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) exposure, the coating composition including about 100 parts by weight of a solvent including a first solvent (the first solvent being an alcoholic solvent); and about 0.05 parts by weight to about 5 parts by weight of a coating polymer having a degree of absorption of about 50%/?m or greater with respect to 193-nm incident light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Hyun-woo Kim, Hai-sub Na, Chil-hee Chung, Han-ku Cho
  • Publication number: 20120001135
    Abstract: An absorbing composition is described herein that includes at least one inorganic-based compound, at least one absorbing compound, and at least one material modification agent. In addition, methods of making an absorbing composition are also described that includes: a) combining at least one inorganic-based compound, at least one absorbing compound, at least one material modification agent, an acid/water mixture, and one or more solvents to form a reaction mixture; and b) allowing the reaction mixture to form the absorbing composition at room temperature. Another method of making an absorbing composition includes: a) combining at least one inorganic-based compound, at least one absorbing compound, at least one material modification agent, an acid/water mixture, and one or more solvents to form a reaction mixture; and b) heating the reaction mixture to form the absorbing composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Inventors: Bo Li, Joseph Kennedy, Nancy Iwamoto, Mark A. Fradkin, Makarem A. Hussein, Michael D. Goodin, Victor Lu, Roger Leung
  • Publication number: 20110318554
    Abstract: There is provided a polymer having a high refractive index without forming a complex with inorganic fine particles, being excellent in the solubility in an organic solvent and the coating properties during film formation, and having a high transparency, and further being capable of dispersing optically homogeneously a functional dye such as a nonlinear dye in a high concentration. A hyperbranched polymer containing a thioester group of Formula (1) below [where R1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; Ar1 and Ar2 are independently an aromatic ring group constituted of 5 to 18 ring atoms that is optionally substituted with a C1-6 alkyl group, a C1-6 alkoxy group, a C1-6 alkylthio group, or a halogen atom, the aromatic ring group optionally contains a hetero atom, or is optionally an aromatic ring group formed by two or more fused rings; A? is a structure of Formula (2) or Formula (3) below; and n is the number of repeating unit structures and is an integer of 2 to 100,000].
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicants: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD., KYUSHU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hideo Nagashima, Shiyoshi Yokoyama, Shin-ichiro Inoue, Azusa Inoue, Keisuke Kojima
  • Publication number: 20110305913
    Abstract: Biaxially oriented polyester films including polyester polymer, a carbodiimide hydrolysis stabilizer, and a UV absorber are described. The polyester films have a carboxyl end group concentration of 5-20 equivalents per ton, and a haze value of 2% or less. The films exhibit superior transparency and possess stable light transmission characteristics. Methods of making the films and articles produced from the films are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: Toray Plastics (America), Inc. Lumirror Division
    Inventors: Carlos HINTON, Nao Yokota, Hirokazu Tajima, Roberto Siu
  • Patent number: 8075808
    Abstract: The photostabilizing electronic excited state energy—particularly singlet state energy from a UV-absorbing molecule has been found to be readily transferred to (accepted by) ?-cyanodiphenylacrylate compounds of formulas (I) and (V) having an alkoxy radical preferably in the four (para) position (hereinafter methoxycrylenes) on one or both of the phenyl rings: wherein at least one of R1 and R2 is a straight or branched chain C1-C12 alkoxy radical, preferably C1-C8, more preferably C1-C4, and most preferably methoxy, and any non-alkoxy radical R1 or R2 is hydrogen; and R3 is a straight or branched chain C1-C24 alkyl radical, preferably C12-C24, more preferably C20; wherein A and B are the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of oxygen, amino and sulfur; R1 and R3 are the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of C1-C30 alkyl, C2-C30 alkylene, C2-C30 alkyne, C3-C8 cycloalkyl, C1-C30 substituted alkylene, C2-C30 substituted alkyne, aryl, substituted aryl, het
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Hallstar Innovations Corp.
    Inventors: Craig A. Bonda, Anna Pavlovic
  • Publication number: 20110300488
    Abstract: The invention related to an antireflective coating comprising a mixture of a first polymer and a second polymer, and a thermal acid generator, where the first polymer comprises at least one fluoroalcohol moiety, at least one aliphatic hydroxyl moiety, and at least one acid moiety other than fluoroalcohol with a pKa in the range of about 8 to about 11; where the second polymer is a reaction product of an aminoplast compound with a compound comprising at least one hydroxyl and/or at least one acid group. The invention further relates to a process for using the novel composition to form an image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Inventors: Huirong Yao, Jain Yin, Guanyang Lin, Mark Neisser, David Abdallah
  • Patent number: 8070989
    Abstract: The photostabilizing electronic excited state energy—particularly singlet state energy from retinoid compounds—has been found to be readily transferred to (accepted by) ?-cyanodiphenylacrylate compounds having an alkoxy radical in the four (para) position (hereinafter “alkoxycrylenes”) on one of the phenyl rings having the formula (I): wherein one of R1 and R2 is a straight or branched chain C1-C30 alkoxy radical, preferably C1-C8, more preferably methoxy, and the non-alkoxy radical R1 or R2 is hydrogen; and R3 is a straight or branched chain C1-C30 alkyl radical, preferably C2-C20. The alkoxycrylene compounds of formula (I) significantly increase the photostability of retinoid compounds in a composition by at least 3-fold and as much as 10-fold or greater. The ability of the alkoxycrylene compounds to stabilize the retinoid compound is concentration dependent, with the amount of retinoid photostabilization increasing with the concentration of the alkoxycrylene compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Hallstar Innovations Corp.
    Inventors: Craig A. Bonda, Anna Pavlovic, Jean Zhang
  • Publication number: 20110272648
    Abstract: A synthetic resin composition is obtained by mixing, to 100 parts by mass of a synthetic resin, 0.001-10 parts by mass of a triazine-based compound represented by general formula (1), 0.001-10 parts by mass of a diaryl pentaerythritol diphosphite compound represented by general formula (2), and/or 0.001-10 parts by mass of an organic cyclic phosphite compound represented by general formula (3), and/or 0.001-10 parts by mass of a hindered phenolic compound represented by general formula (4). (In formula (1), R1 represents an alkyl group having 1-12 carbon atoms, R2 represents an alkyl group having 1-8 carbon atoms, R3 represents a hydroxy group, and R4 represents —O—R1. In formula (2), R5 represents an alkyl group having 1-4 carbon atoms. In formula (3), R5 and R8 represent an alkyl group having 1-4 carbon atoms, and R7 represents an alkyl group having 1-18 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: ADEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuru Fukushima, Toshitaka Yoshitake, Tetsuo Kamimoto, Toshio Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20110272645
    Abstract: Dihydroxybenzotriazole UV absorbing compounds that are particularly useful in ophthalmic devices are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventor: David L. Jinkerson