Coating Includes Specified Rate Affecting Material Patents (Class 427/517)
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Patent number: 11274228Abstract: A coating material system including components (A) to (C) and also, optionally, further components, with, in a first option, all components (A) to (C) and also, where present, the further optional components being present separately from one another, in other words the individual components not being mixed with one another. In a second option of the coating material system, conversely, the aforementioned components may also be mixed wholly or at least partly with one another. Where the components are at least partly mixed with one another, for example, component (C) is mixed with component (A), while component (B) is present separately from this mixture of (A) and (C). Optionally, component (B) may also be mixed with a portion of component (C). Furthermore, the mixtures of (A) and (C) and of (B) and (C) may additionally include at least one optional component such as a solvent, for example.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2017Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: BASF Coatings GmbHInventors: Peter Hoffmann, Benedikt Schnier, Emre Levent
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Patent number: 10287731Abstract: An industrial roll includes: a substantially cylindrical metallic core; a rubber base layer that is adhered to and circumferentially overlies the core; a rubber top stock layer that circumferentially overlies the base layer; and a polyurethane coating that circumferentially overlies the top stock layer. In this configuration, the roll can provide improved abrasion-resistance, sheet release properties, and/or toughness compared to a roll with a rubber cover, but may provide these properties in a cover that is softer than a typical polyurethane cover.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2005Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: Stowe Woodward Licensco LLCInventors: William S. Butterfield, Dilip De, Balaji Srinivasan, Gary Kilbourne
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Patent number: 9658376Abstract: A method of manufacturing a polarizing article including the steps of depositing a dichroic dye on a first surface of a substrate and fixing the dichroic dye to form a polarizing layer. The polarizing layer is impregnated with at least one silane compound to form an impregnated polarizing layer. A light curable primer is applied over the impregnated polarizing layer, and is cured using an irradiating light to form a cured primer layer. An abrasion resistant protective composition is applied to the cured primer layer, and the protective composition is cured to form a cured abrasion resistant protective coating. The light curable primer includes at least one (meth)acrylate reactive diluent, at least one unsaturated oligomer, and at least one photoinitiator for free radical-initiated polymerizations. The polarizing article includes a polarizing article made according to the method disclosed herein.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2015Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventor: David Henry
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Patent number: 9574039Abstract: Photopolymer resin formulation for 3D printing enhancing the performance of 3D printed objects. In one example, additives comprising two photoinitiators with different absorption spectrums are used to achieve printing and post-curing processes. A thermal initiator can also be used to complete the post-curing process by baking at appropriate temperature. Additive combinations balanced to absorb some light in the near UV range of about 400 nm to about 420 nm absorption wavelength band or spectrum while fluorescing light at frequencies higher than their absorption wavelength allowing the creation of clear transparent materials using only near UV light sources (i.e., about 400 nm to about 420 nm) instead of deep UV (<400 nm) light sources.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2015Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: Full Spectrum LaserInventors: Henry Liu, Chunlin He
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Patent number: 9394391Abstract: Provided are: surface modification method for imparting slidability to surface of elastic body such as vulcanized rubber or thermoplastic elastomer without using expensive self-lubricating resin; surface-modified elastic body with polymer brush formed on its surface; and gasket for injector and injector formed of surface-modified elastic body. The surface modification method applies to surface of thermoplastic elastomer or vulcanized rubber.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2015Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignees: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., KYUSHU UNIVERSITYInventors: Yasuhisa Minagawa, Yasuhiko Kondo, Tetsuo Mizoguchi, Atsushi Takahara, Motoyasu Kobayashi
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Patent number: 9365980Abstract: An article in the form of recyclable packaging material having a water vapor transportation rate of about 500 g/m2/day or less. The packaging material has a paper substrate of recyclable paper fibers and a print-receptive layer which is positioned over the outer surface of the paper substrate and has a Parker Print Smoothness value of about 1.5 or less. The packaging material also has a moisture barrier layer positioned over the print-receptive layer. The moisture barrier layer is formed from one or more energy-cured polymers. Also, methods for preparing these packaging materials, including printed packaging materials.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2011Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: International Paper CompanyInventors: Dennis W. Anderson, Patricia L. Ewing, Timothy J. Bradford, Michael J. Murphy
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Patent number: 9358576Abstract: An article in the form of a packaging material having a water vapor transportation rate of about 500 g/m2/day or less. The packaging material has a paper substrate and a print-receptive layer which is positioned over the outer surface of the paper substrate. The packaging material also has a moisture barrier layer positioned over the print-receptive layer. The moisture barrier layer is formed from one or more energy-cured polymers. Also, methods for preparing these packaging materials, including printed packaging materials.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2011Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: International Paper CompanyInventors: Dennis W. Anderson, Patricia L. Ewing, Timothy J. Bradford, Michael J. Murphy
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Publication number: 20150111086Abstract: Porous, electrically insulating, and electrochemically resistant surface coatings that strengthen and protect separators and that improve the operational safety of electrochemical devices using such separators, the use of ultraviolet (UV) or electron beam (EB) curable binders to secure an electrically insulating, porous, ceramic particle coating on separators, and methods of producing polymer-bound ceramic particle separator coatings, separators and electrochemical devices by UV or EB curing slurries of reactive liquid resins and ceramic particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2014Publication date: April 23, 2015Inventors: John Arnold, Gary E. Voelker, Joe Fasolo
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Patent number: 8999512Abstract: The use of a composition which is liquid under standard conditions (20° C., 1 bar) as a coating material, wherein the composition comprises a) an unsaturated polyester resin composed of ?-olefinically unsaturated polycarboxylic acids, polyols, and optionally further compounds, b) compounds with vinyl ether groups (vinyl ethers for short), and c) optionally ?-olefinically unsaturated polycarboxylic acids or their monoesters or diesters, where the sum of the double bonds of the ?-olefinically unsaturated polycarboxylic acids from a) and optionally of the compounds c) to the double bonds of the vinyl ethers b) is in a molar ratio of 1.3:1 to 0.8:1.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2010Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Matthias Fies, Ulrich Poth, Oliver Seewald, Wolfgang Bremser
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Publication number: 20150086797Abstract: Corrosion-resistant, self-priming coatings that are curable by ultraviolet energy and methods for coating surfaces using such coatings have been provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a method for coating a surface includes formulating a chromium-free, self-priming coating, applying the chromium-free, self-priming coating to the surface, and curing the chromium-free, self-priming coating with ultraviolet light.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2014Publication date: March 26, 2015Inventors: John R. DEANTONI, Benedict S. CURATOLO
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Patent number: 8968964Abstract: A curable composition comprising: (i) 2.5 to 50 wt % crosslinker comprising at least two acrylamide groups; (ii) 12 to 65 wt % curable ionic compound comprising an ethylenically unsaturated group and a cationic group; (iii) 10 to 70 wt % solvent; (iv) 0 to 10 wt % of free radical initiator; and (v) lithium and/or calcium salt. The compositions are useful for preparing ion exchange membranes.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2010Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Fujifilm Manufacturing Europe BVInventors: Harro Antheunis, Jacko Hessing, Bastiaan Van Berchum
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Patent number: 8968965Abstract: A curable composition comprising: (i) 2.5 to 50 wt % crosslinker comprising at least two acrylamide groups; (ii) 12 to 65 wt % curable ionic compound comprising an ethylenically unsaturated group and a cationic group; (iii) 10 to 70 wt % solvent; and (iv) 0 to 10 wt % of free radical initiator; and (v) non-curable salt; wherein the molar ratio of (i):(ii) is >0.10. The compositions are useful for preparing ion exchange membranes.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2010Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Fujifilm Manufacturing Europe BVInventors: Harro Antheunis, Jacko Hessing, Bastiaan Van Berchum
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Patent number: 8968963Abstract: A curable composition comprising: (i) 2.5 to 50 wt % crosslinker comprising at least two acrylamide groups; (ii) 20 to 65 wt % curable ionic compound comprising an ethylenically unsaturated group and an anionic group; (iii) 15 to 45 wt % solvent; and (iv) 0 to 10 wt % of free radical initiator; wherein the molar ratio of (i):(ii) is 0.1 to 1.5. The compositions are useful for preparing ion exchange membranes.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2010Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Fujifilm Manufacturing Europe BVInventors: Bastiaan Van Berchum, Jacko Hessing, Harro Antheunis
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Publication number: 20150056410Abstract: A process for application of metal on a substrate surface comprises applying a mixture of a solvent, a polymerizable monomer, and a photoinitiator on a substrate surface, wherein the photoinitiator does not form two phases together with the monomer and the solvent, i.e. it forms an amorphous mixture without any crystals. The monomer is able to polymerize to a polymer comprising at least one carboxylic group. Thereafter the solvent is evaporated. Polymerization is induced by irradiating the applied dried mixture. Ions are applied and reduced to metal and thereafter further metal can be deposited. The method can be used in industrial processes, both 2D and 3D surfaces can be coated with metal. Materials sensitive to standard grafting chemicals and/or polymers containing halogen atoms can be coated.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventors: Sven GÖTHE, Björn ATTHOFF
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Patent number: 8957125Abstract: The invention is directed to a coating formulation for preparing a hydrophilic coating a hydrophilic polymer, a Norrish Type II photoinitiator, comprising a substituted benzohenone, xanthone, tioxanthone or anthraquinone, and more than 70 wt % of a carrier liquid; to a method of forming a hydrophilic coating on a substrate, the method comprising: applying a coating formulation to at least one surface of an article and allowing the coating formulation to cure for a time period less than 360 seconds; and to an article comprising at least one hydrophilic coating.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2011Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.Inventors: Johannes Wilhelmus Belt, Johannes Bronislaw Wolf
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Patent number: 8956782Abstract: A curable composition comprising: (i) 2.5 to 50 wt % crosslinker comprising at least two acrylamide groups; (ii) 20 to 65 wt % curable ionic compound comprising an ethylenically unsaturated group and an anionic group; (iii) 15 to 45 wt % solvent; and (iv) 0 to 10 wt % of free radical initiator; wherein the composition has a pH of 0.8 to 12. The compositions are useful for preparing ion exchange membranes.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2010Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Fujifilm Manufacturing Europe BVInventors: Bastiaan Van Berchum, Jacko Hessing, Harro Antheunis
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Patent number: 8956783Abstract: A curable composition comprising: (i) 2.5 to 50 wt % crosslinker comprising at least two acrylamide groups; (ii) 12 to 65 wt % curable ionic compound comprising an ethylenically unsaturated group and a cationic group; (iii) 15 to 70 wt % solvent; and (iv) 0 to 10 wt % of free radical initiator; and (v) 2 to 50 wt % of non-curable salt; wherein the composition has a pH of 1 to 12. The compositions are useful for preparing ion exchange membranes.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2010Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Fujifilm Manufacturing Europe BVInventors: Harro Antheunis, Jacko Hessing, Bastiaan Van Berchum
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Publication number: 20150041051Abstract: Laminated body including a substrate and an optically anisotropic layer. This layer satisfies the following expressions (1), (2), and (3): ?n50(450)/?n50(550)?1.00 (1), and 1.00??n50(650)/?n50(550) (2) wherein ?n50(450), ?n50(550) and ?n50(650) represent the respective birefringences of the layer that are derived from retardation values of the laminated body that are obtained by measuring the laminated body at wavelengths of 450 nm, 550 nm and 650 nm in the state of inclining the fast axis of the layer at an angle of 50 degrees to act as an inclined central axis; and nz>nx?ny (3) wherein nx and ny represent the respective refractive indexes of the substrate in directions parallel with the plane of the substrate, these directions being orthogonal to each other, and nz represents the refractive index of the substrate in a direction orthogonal to each of the directions about nx and ny.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2014Publication date: February 12, 2015Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventor: Tadahiro KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 8940811Abstract: A free radical curable liquid for inkjet printing of food packaging materials includes no initiator or otherwise one or more initiators selected from the group consisting of non-polymeric di- or multifunctional initiators, oligomeric initiators, polymeric initiators, and polymerizable initiators; wherein the polymerizable composition of the liquid consists of: a) 25-100 wt % of one or more polymerizable compounds A having at least one acrylate group G1 and at least one second ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable functional group G2 different from the group G1; b) 0-55 wt % of one or more polymerizable compounds B selected from the group consisting of monofunctional acrylates and difunctional acrylates; and c) 0-55 wt % of one or more polymerizable compounds C selected from the group consisting of trifunctional acrylates, tetrafunctional acrylates, pentafunctional acrylates and hexafunctional acrylates.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2013Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Agfa Graphics NVInventors: Roland Claes, Johan Loccufier
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Patent number: 8932684Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a multi-layer product comprising a) a substrate containing at least one thermoplastic substrate layer and b) at least one protective layer made of a coating composition comprising compounds with at least two functional groups, characterized in that the protective layer(s) are/is applied inline after the production of the substrate containing the substrate layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2010Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience AGInventors: Timo Kuhlmann, Diethelm Rappen, Peter Schwarz
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Patent number: 8927615Abstract: A method and a system for producing a change in a medium disposed in an artificial container. The method places in a vicinity of the medium at least one of a plasmonics agent and an energy modulation agent. The method applies an initiation energy through the artificial container to the medium. The initiation energy interacts with the plasmonics agent or the energy modulation agent to directly or indirectly produce the change in the medium. The system includes an initiation energy source configured to apply an initiation energy to the medium to activate the plasmonics agent or the energy modulation agent.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2013Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignees: Immunolight, LLC, Duke UniversityInventors: Frederic Avery Bourke, Jr., Tuan Vo-Dinh
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Publication number: 20150004376Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a film laminate and to a film laminated formed by the method. The method comprises the steps of: applying a photocurable composition to a first base film; and irradiating light from a UV LED in order to harden the photocurable composition, wherein the first base film has a transmittance of approximately 50% or higher at the emission wavelength of the UV LED.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2012Publication date: January 1, 2015Inventors: Jin Ki Hong, Seong Heun Cho, Kyoung Ku Kang, Hyoung Tae Im, Jung Hyo Lee, Si Kyun Park, Se Hyun Park
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Patent number: 8920886Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure can include a method for grafting a coating polymer onto a surface of a device. The method can include the following steps: a) submerging the device into a photoinitiator solution; b) without first drying the device, submerging the device into a polymerizable solution; c) bubbling an oxygen-scavenging gas through the polymerizable solution; d) applying a UV light to the device to activate the photoinitiator, thereby grafting the coating polymer onto the device; and e) drying the device.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2010Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Covalon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Hamed Abbasian, Pamela Chan, Valerio Ditizio, Vyacheslav Dudnyk, Zhaopeng Li, Said Loloie, Natali Yakeemovich, Frank DiCosmo
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Patent number: 8920885Abstract: Corrosion-resistant, self-priming coatings that are curable by ultraviolet energy and methods for coating surfaces using such coatings have been provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a method for coating a surface includes formulating a chromium-free, self-priming coating, applying the chromium-free, self-priming coating to the surface, and curing the chromium-free, self-priming coating with ultraviolet light.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2006Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignees: Dr. Ben Curatolo, Inc., The Boeing CompanyInventors: John R. DeAntoni, Benedict S. Curatolo
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Publication number: 20140349028Abstract: Methods and compositions for precoating a substrate. The method comprises: applying to the substrate a curable precoat forming high solids composition comprising: UV curable resin forming components and a photoinitiator system; and applying UV radiation to cure the curable precoat forming component. The curable precoat forming component is not thermally cured. The high solid compositions may comprise a surface-cure photoinitiator and a through-cure photoinitiator and the UV radiation cures the precoat through its entire depth. A conductive additive in the form of a polymer, fiber, filler, powder etc can be added to facilitate and improve electrostatic adhesion of powders to the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2012Publication date: November 27, 2014Inventor: Kaluachchi Gamage Karnika De Silva
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Publication number: 20140335350Abstract: The method for forming a protective coat on an electrode for a touch panel according to the invention comprises a first step in which a photosensitive layer comprising a photosensitive resin composition containing a binder polymer, a photopolymerizable compound and a photopolymerization initiator is provided on a base material having an electrode for a touch panel, a second step in which prescribed sections of the photosensitive layer are cured by irradiation with active light rays, and a third step in which the sections other than the prescribed sections of the photosensitive layer are removed to form a protective coat comprising the cured sections of the photosensitive layer covering all or a portion of the electrode, wherein the hydroxyl value of the photosensitive resin composition is no greater than 40 mgKOH/g.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2012Publication date: November 13, 2014Inventors: Hiroyuki Tanaka, Yasuharu Murakami, Naoki Sasahara, Ikuo Mukai, Yoshimi Igarashi, Masahiko Ebihara, Hiroshi Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20140308457Abstract: Disclosed are a composition for a foam tape base material having high bubble stability and superior peel strength. The composition for the foam tape according to the present invention comprises an acrylic monomer, a radical initiator, a cross-linking agent, a porous filler, and a surfactant, wherein the surfactant comprises 60 to 90 wt % of a siloxane polymer and 10 to 40 wt % of a non-siloxane polymer, thereby providing the advantage of manufacturing the foam tape manufactured using the composition that is economical, does not lose adhesive force, and has superior bubble stability compared to existing foam tapes.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2012Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventors: Jang-Soon Kim, Seung-Min Yoo, Ji-Hye Kim
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Patent number: 8852694Abstract: A method of forming a polymer film includes dispensing a substrate and coating the substrate with a composition that is curable using actinic radiation. In an example, the method further includes exposing the composition to actinic radiation in presence of an atmosphere including 1 vol % to 37 vol % oxygen, whereby the surface of the composition forms an undulating morphology. In another example, the method further includes applying an oxygen-containing overlay over the composition, exposing the composition to actinic radiation through the oxygen-containing overlay, and removing the oxygen-containing overlay, whereby the surface of the composition forms an undulating morphology.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2011Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignees: Saint-Gobain Abrasives, Inc., Saint-Gobain Abrasifs, University of MassachusettesInventors: Alfred J. Crosby, Dinesh Chandra, Anuj Seth, Michael A. Zimmerman
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Publication number: 20140296415Abstract: A method for forming a cured product includes applying a photocurable composition to a base and irradiating the photocurable composition with light from a light source to cure the photocurable composition. The light source is at least one of a fluorescent lamp and a light-emitting diode. The photocurable composition contains a dendritic polymer, a polymerizable compound containing active hydrogen, a photopolymerization initiator, and a hindered amine light stabilizer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Takashi Oyanagi
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Patent number: 8846160Abstract: A method for building three-dimensional articles using a thermal polymerization process in provided. The articles are built by using a composition that includes a thermally polymerizable composition, a thermal initiator, and a nonlinear light-to-heat conversion material such as a reverse saturable dye. The article is built by the sequential exposure of adjacent voxels with a laser beam. Microlens arrays can be used to expose more than one voxel at a time.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2009Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Pingfan Wu, Ying-Yuh Lu, Robin E. Wright, Robert J. DeVoe, Travis L. Potts, Douglas S. Dunn, Wayne S. Mahoney, Dong-Wei Zhu
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Patent number: 8835664Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel fluorinated compound, a composition comprising the same, and a method for manufacturing a film by using the same, and more particularly a novel compound having a structure in which one or more fluorine and acrylate-based functional groups are substituted in a silane core, a composition comprising the compound and photoinitiator, and a method for manufacturing a film by using the same. If the composition comprising the compound according to the present invention is used, it is possible to manufacture a film in which a refractive index is low, reflectivity is reduced, and transmissivity is increased.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2011Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignees: LG Chem, Ltd., Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei UniversityInventors: Soon-Hwa Jung, Jin-Young Park, Yeong-Rae Chang, Eun-Kyoung Kim
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Patent number: 8828500Abstract: A photocurable resin composition for sealing an organic EL device is provided, which can seal the organic EL device without exerting any bad influence on the device, thereby suppress the formation and growth of dark spots positively, and which can ensure a high transmittance of light, thereby maintain a stable light emitting characteristic over a long period of time. The composition comprises (A) an epoxy resin containing at least two glycidyl groups in each molecule thereof and having a molecular weight of 200 to 7000, (B) an epoxy resin containing at least one glycidyl group in each molecule thereof and having a molecular weight of 20000 to 100000, (C) a latent acid photo catalyst adapted to be activated and produce an acid upon being irradiated with energy beam, and (D) a silane coupling agent containing a glycidyl group in each molecule thereof, the composition exhibiting non-fluidity at 25° C., but exhibiting fluidity in a temperature range of 50° to 100° C.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2009Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Three Bond Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihide Arai, Hiromasa Kitazawa, Kenichi Horie
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Patent number: 8809412Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of oligomeric siloxane components in radiation-curable formulations which in the cured state offer a particular degree of corrosion control for metallic substrates.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2008Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbHInventors: Emmanouil Spyrou, Rene Koschabek, Burkhard Standke
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Patent number: 8785515Abstract: Polycyclic aromatic compounds of formula (I) having at least two conjugated aromatic rings at least one of which has a substituent comprising a cyclic carbonate group can be used as sensitizers for cationic photoinitiators, especially iodonium compounds, and may also function as monomers in cationically initiated radiation curable compositions, especially coating compositions, such as printing inks and varnishes.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2008Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Sun Chemical CorporationInventors: Shaun Lawrence Herlihy, Robert Stephen Davidson
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Publication number: 20140192299Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for liquid crystal alignment layer, a preparation method of liquid crystal alignment layer using the same, and an optical film comprising the liquid crystal alignment layer. More particularly, the composition for liquid crystal alignment layer according to the present invention includes crosslinkable functional monomers as well as a photoreactive polymer, thereby improving thermal stability and durability of the liquid crystal alignment layer that is prepared by using the composition for liquid crystal alignment layer. In addition, when the liquid crystal alignment layer is used to produce an optical film, adhesive strength between substrate and liquid crystal alignment layer and between liquid crystal alignment layer and liquid crystal film can be improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2014Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Du-Hyun SHIN, Hyuk YOON, Moon-Soo PARK
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Patent number: 8758865Abstract: A system and method for creating an authentication mark on a recording medium by depositing marking material on a medium in an image area to create a marking material image and to create a marking material authentication image.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2008Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Jennifer L. Belelie, Michelle N. Chretien, Naveen Chopra, Barkev Keoshkerian
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Publication number: 20140154486Abstract: The present invention relates to an anti-reflective coating composition providing improved scratch resistance, a method for manufacturing an anti-reflective film using the same, and an anti-reflective film manufactured thereby. According to the present invention, provided are a composition that is able to form a coating layer having improved surface scratch resistance, while forming one or more layers by a single coating process, and an anti-reflective film manufactured by using the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2012Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventors: Heon Kim, Joon-Koo Kang, Yeong-Rae Chang, Hye-Min Kim
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Publication number: 20140154499Abstract: A method of forming a nanoporous membrane includes preparing a solution of a gemini Imidazolium Lyotropic Liquid Crystal (LLC) monomer, a polar low-volatility organic solvent, and a radical photo-initiator in a volatile organic solvent; solvent-casting the solution onto a porous material, evaporating the volatile organic solvent; heating such that the gemini imidazolium monomer forms a Q-phase material and photopolymerizing the imidazolium monomer by exposing the radical photo-initiator to UV light; and exchanging the polar low-volatility organic solvent. Also disclosed is a membrane composed of polymerized gemini imidazolium LLC monomers, and a thin-film composite membrane having the Q-phase material supported on a porous supporting membrane.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2012Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporateInventors: Douglas L. Gin, Blaine M. Carter, Brian R. Wiesenauer, Evan S. Hatakeyama, Richard D. Noble, John L. Barton
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Patent number: 8728618Abstract: A coating composition for a metal thin film for coating a vapor-deposited film or sputtered film provided on the surface of a base material, comprising: a coating film forming component containing 50% by weight or more of urethane(meth)acrylate that is a reaction product of hydrogenated xylene diisocyanate and/or hydrogenated diphenylmethane diisocyanate, polyol, and (meth)acrylate having a hydroxyl group.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2008Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Fujikura Kasei Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Isogai, Mitsuo Najima, Noboru Ohara, Masao Watanabe, Kenji Kawai, Shuhei Kawabata
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Publication number: 20140134349Abstract: The present invention describes a method for repairing defects on a surface of an optical substrate. The method includes a step of providing a radiation curable coating and then applying the coating onto a surface of the optical substrate. The coating is then cured with a UV light source causing the refractive index of the coating to be less than ±10% of the refractive index of the substrate. The cured coating exhibits a viscosity less than about 315 CP at 25° C. The present invention also describes a novel coating composition for repairing optical substrates.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2012Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: DIC IMAGING PRODUCTS USA LLCInventor: Russell Anderson
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Patent number: 8721844Abstract: Dental curing systems, apparatuses, and methods may include a light source, a perforated plate, and a dental composite. The perforated plate may be positioned between the light source and the dental composite. The perforated plate may include a plurality of perforations that convert a first curing light beam from the light source into multiple curing light beams before reaching the dental composite. The multiple curing light beams come in contact with the dental composite to begin the curing process at certain locations on the dental composite. The perforated plate may then be removed, and a second curing light beam from the light source may be applied to the dental composite to complete the curing process.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2011Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Inventor: Mohammad Al Rifai
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Publication number: 20140127465Abstract: The present invention relates to an anti-glare film with excellent anti-glare properties as well as improved contrast ratio and image definition and a preparation method for the same. More specifically, the anti-glare film comprises an anti-glare layer comprising organic or inorganic particles having a volume average particle diameter of 5 to 10 ?m and a photocurable resin. Here, the difference in refraction index between the organic or inorganic particles and the photocurable resin is in the range of 0.005 to 0.05, and the volume average particle diameter of the organic or inorganic particles and the thickness of the anti-glare layer satisfy a defined mathematical formula.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2014Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventors: Jae-Hoon SHIM, Joon Koo KANG, Jae-Pil KOO, Ki-Uk LIM, Yeong Rae CHANG, Soo-Kyoung LEE, Joo-Jong MOON
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Patent number: 8697194Abstract: A substantially colorless radiation overcoat composition suitable for overcoating ink-based images and xerographic-based images. The overcoat composition comprises at least one gellant, at least one monomer, at least one substantially non-yellowing photoinitiator, optionally a curable wax, and optionally a surfactant.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2008Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Peter G. Odell, Jennifer L. Belelie, Michelle N. Chretien, Gordon Sisler, Christopher A. Wagner
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Publication number: 20140023826Abstract: To provide a method for producing a coating film, containing: coating a base with a coating material containing a photocurable resin, a photopolymerization initiator, and a solvent; leaving the coated base to stand for longer than 0 minutes but 20 minutes or shorter at 50° C. or lower; and then applying ultraviolet rays to the coated base to thereby produce a coating film on the base.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Fumiyo TAKEUCHI, Koichi Kimura
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Patent number: 8632858Abstract: The photocuring efficiency of a photoinitiator is increased by mixing it with an organic phosphite and an aldehyde. This mixture or photoinitiator composition can be used to cure acrylates or other photocurable compounds, particularly in an oxygen-containing environment.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2011Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventor: Deepak Shukla
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Patent number: 8632952Abstract: Provided are a photosensitive resin composition which is soluble in an alkaline aqueous solution and which has a good propagation loss in a visible light wavelength region, a photosensitive resin cured matter, a photosensitive resin film, a photosensitive resin film cured matter and an optical waveguide obtained by using the same. Provided are, to be specific, a photosensitive resin composition comprising (A) a vinyl polymer having at least one chain-polymerizable functional group in a molecule, (B) a polymerizable compound and (C) a polymerization initiator, wherein the component (C) is at least one selected from the group consisting of 2-[2-oxo-2-phenylacetoxyethoxy]ethyl oxyphenylacetate, 2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)ethyl oxyphenylacetate and oligo{2-hyroxy-2-methyl-1-[4-(1-methylvinyl)phenyl]}propanone, a photosensitive resin cured matter, a photosensitive resin film, a photosensitive resin film cured matter and an optical waveguide obtained by using the same.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2008Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.Inventors: Kouji Suzumura, Tatsuya Makino, Atsushi Takahashi
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Publication number: 20130313187Abstract: A process for producing a resilient ion exchange membrane. The process comprises the steps of (1) selecting a porous matrix, (2) saturating the porous matrix with a homogenous solution comprising a mixture of: (i) a hydrophilic ionic monomer, (ii) a hydrophobic cross-linking oligomer and/or a comonomer, (iii) a free radical initiator, and (iii) a solvent for solubilizing the hydrophilic ionic monomer, the hydrophobic cross-linking oligomer and/or comonomer, and the free radical initiator into a homogenous mixture.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2011Publication date: November 28, 2013Applicant: SALTWORKS TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventors: Xiangchun Yin, Zhongyuan Zhou
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Publication number: 20130302598Abstract: A curable composition for coating comprising: (a) a fluorine-containing highly branched polymer obtained by polymerization of a monomer A having two or more radical polymerizable double bonds in a molecule of the monomer A and a monomer B having a fluoroalkyl group and at least one radical polymerizable double bond in a molecule of the monomer B, in the presence of a polymerization initiator C at an amount of 5% by mole to 200% by mole per the number of moles of the monomer A, (b) at least one surface modifier selected from the group consisting of a perfluoropolyether compound and a silicone compound, (c) an active energy ray-curable polyfunctional monomer, and (d) a polymerization initiator that generates radicals by irradiation with an active energy ray; a cured film obtained from the composition; and a hard coating film obtained by use of the composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2011Publication date: November 14, 2013Applicant: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Masayuki Haraguchi, Motonobu Matsuyama, Tomoko Misaki, Masaaki Ozawa
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Publication number: 20130288062Abstract: A method of producing a layer of a UV-cured silicone rubber composition on a substrate surface, including applying a primer composition to the substrate surface and hardening the primer composition followed by applying a UV-curable silicone rubber composition, and UV-curing the curable silicone rubber composition. At least one UV-sensitive crosslinking catalyst selected from compounds which initiate and promote curing of UV-curable silicone rubber compositions, is added to the silicone primer composition in any desired sequence before, during or after hardening of the silicone primer composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2013Publication date: October 31, 2013Inventors: Jan VAN LOON, Marco SCHNEIDER, Patrick MEIER, Xavier KORNMANN
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Publication number: 20130286338Abstract: An LCD device includes first and second substrates, an alignment layer formed on at least one of the substrates, and a liquid crystal layer formed between the substrates, wherein the alignment layer is formed of a polymeric material containing a polymer main chain and a photo-reaction group combined with the polymer main chain that generates a photo-dimerization reaction by UV rays.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2013Publication date: October 31, 2013Inventor: Su Hyun Park