Next To Addition Polymer Of Ethylenically Unsaturated Monomer Patents (Class 428/424.2)
  • Publication number: 20110144579
    Abstract: A hydrophilic, lubricious coating for a substrate includes a first coating layer having a cross-linked polyurethane or polyurea complexed with poly(ethylene oxide) formed by reacting a mixture of an isocyanate, a polyol or polyamine, and a poly(ethylene oxide), and a second coating layer having a cross-linked polyurethane or polyurea complexed with polyvinylpyrrolidone formed by reacting a mixture of an isocyanate, a polyol or polyamine, and a polyvinylpyrrolidone. The first layer is substantially covered by the second layer and the second layer at least partially interpenetrates the first layer. The coating is provided by applying the first coating layer, curing to provide a cross-linked polyurethane or polyurea/poly(ethylene oxide) coating, applying the second layer, and curing to provide a cross-linked polyurethane or polyurea/polyvinylpyrrolidone coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventor: Richard K. Elton
  • Patent number: 7956133
    Abstract: A gas-barrier material in which carboxyl groups are ionically crosslinked in an amount corresponding to an acid value of at least 330 mgKOH/g of a resin that has the carboxyl groups in an amount corresponding to an acid value of not smaller than 580 mgKOH/g. The gas-barrier material exhibits excellent gas-barrier property, retort resistance and flexibility under highly humid conditions, enables the film to be cured at a low temperature in a short period of time, and can be favorably produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.
    Inventors: Aki Endo, Hiroshi Sasaki, Yusuke Obu
  • Patent number: 7935424
    Abstract: An adhesive sheet includes a substrate and an energy-ray curable adhesive layer formed on the substrate. The energy-ray curable adhesive layer includes an energy-ray curable acrylic copolymer and a urethane acrylate. The energy-ray curable acrylic copolymer is formed by copolymerizing at least one of either a dialkyl(meth)acrylamide that has an alkyl group with carbon number of not more than 4, a phenol EO modified (meth)acrylate that has an ethylene glycol chain with a phenyl group bonded to the ethylene glycol chain, a (meth)acryloyl morpholine, or a (meth)acrylate that has an aceto-acetoxyl group, in total of 1 to 30 weight percent of all monomers to form the energy-ray curable acrylic copolymer. The energy-ray curable acrylic copolymer further includes a side chain with an unsaturated group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Lintec Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Maeda, Masaharu Ito, Keiko Kano, Takashi Akutsu, Kazuhiro Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20110097562
    Abstract: The present invention relates to films and laminates which shield thermal radiation and are based on IR-reflective liquid-crystalline layers, to a process for the production thereof, to pigments comprising them and to a composition which comprises a particular chiral dopant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Jochen Brill, Thomas Musiol, Ulrich Schalkowsky, Olivier Enger, Bernd Ziegler
  • Publication number: 20110024015
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide: a film which is applicable to a tire, has excellent gas barrier properties and bending resistance, allows weight of a tire to be reduced with improving internal pressure retainability of the tire at both the brand-new stage and the used stage thereof, and is capable of demonstrating good gas barrier properties without breaking especially in a running condition at a relatively low temperature in winter time or the like; an inner liner for tire, using the film; and a tire provided with the inner liner for tire. The film of the present invention comprises at least a layer composed of resin composition (D) produced by dispersing viscoelastic substance (C) in a resin containing modified ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (B) obtained by subjecting ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) to a reaction, wherein 100% modulus at ?30° C. of the viscoelastic substance (C) is smaller than 6 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicants: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION, KURARAY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yuwa Takahashi, Daisuke Nohara, Daisuke Nakagawa, Kouta Isoyama
  • Publication number: 20100310874
    Abstract: The optical article of the invention comprises on at least one of its main surfaces an outer hydrophobic and/or oleophobic coating and in direct contact with the outer hydrophobic and/or oleophobic coating a dual-layer temporary coating, characterized in that the dual-layer temporary coating comprises a first layer, in direct contact with the outer hydrophobic and/or oleophobic coating selected from halogenated olefin polymers and polyurethanes, and a second layer, deposited on the first layer, of a polymer or polymer mixture acting as a water barrier. Applies to ophthalmic lens edging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: Essilor International (Compagnie Generale d'Optique)
    Inventors: Herve Acheritobehere, Peggy Coue, Chefik Habassi, Yannick Moysan
  • Patent number: 7842392
    Abstract: Articles comprising polystyrene and thermoplastic polyurethane joined adheringly without chemical adhesion promoter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Klaus Hilmer, Leo Hoffmann
  • Publication number: 20100266854
    Abstract: Aqueous polyurethane-polyurethane urea dispersions comprising a reaction product of: (i) an NCO prepolymer prepared from; (A) one or more di- or higher-functional polyols having a mean molecular weight of 400 to 5000 daltons, (B) optionally one or more di- or higher-functional polyol components having a molecular weight of from 62 to 399 daltons, and (C) one or more di- or poly-isocyanate components; and (ii) a mixture (D) of primary and/or secondary monoamino compounds (D1) and primary and/or secondary diamino compounds (D2); wherein at least one of the amino compounds of the mixture (D) has a functional group selected from sulfonates and carboxylates; wherein mixture (D) has a mean amino functionality of 1.65 to 1.95; and wherein the equivalent ratio of NCO groups in the NCO prepolymer to the total amount of isocyanate-reactive groups of the mixture (D) is 1.04 to 1.9; to processes for their preparation and to use thereof in the production of adhesive composites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: Bayer MaterialScience AG Patents & Licensing
    Inventors: Harald Kraus, Wolfgang Henning, Wolfgang Arndt
  • Patent number: 7811669
    Abstract: There are provided a gas barrier laminated film, which is transparent while possessing excellent gas barrier properties and, at the same time, has excellent impact resistance, and a process for producing the same. The gas barrier laminated film comprises a base material, a vapor deposited film of an inorganic oxide provided on the base material, and a gas barrier coating film provided on the vapor deposited film. The gas barrier laminated film is characterized in that the base material on its side where the vapor deposited film is provided, has been subjected to pretreatment or primer coating treatment, and the gas barrier coating film has been formed by coating a gas barrier coating liquid onto the inorganic oxide film and then heating the coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Fujii, Norio Akita, Ayumi Shibata, Daidou Chiba, Koichi Mikami, Hisashi Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20100255279
    Abstract: A method of forming a matte topcoat for rotor blades, propellers and other articles used to protect a leading edge substrate against high speed liquid or solid particle erosion including premixing a concentrate of flatting agent dispersed in a solvent, reducing the moisture content using molecular sieves, blending the concentrate of flatting agent into a polyurethane or polyurea composition and forming a protective coating comprising a matte layer on the leading edge substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: HONTEK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shek C. Hong
  • Publication number: 20100247925
    Abstract: A method for the preparation of a package comprising a packing means holding a medical device element of a substrate polymer, said substrate polymer having on at least a part of the surface thereof a hydrophilic coating, wherein the hydrophilic coating has been applied to the surface of said substrate polymer in the form of a solution of a hydrophilic polymer selected from the groups consisting of polyvinylpyrrolidone and polyethylene oxide in a vehicle comprising an optionally substituted 1,3-dioxolane compound, followed by evaporation of at least part of the vehicle and arranging said medical device element having the coating of the non-cross-linked hydrophilic polymer within a packing means, and sealing said packing means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Bo Rud Nielsen, Niels Joergen Madsen
  • Patent number: 7767304
    Abstract: Processes suitable for creating polarized articles using polyvinyl alcohol films, and articles produced by those processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Essilor International Compagnie Generale d'Optique
    Inventor: Ronald A. Berzon
  • Patent number: 7758949
    Abstract: An ink transfer system including an ink transfer decal that is transferable to a final substrate, such as a bare metal or pre-painted autobody part, without use of a separate adhesive. The transferred ink decal is capable of withstanding temperature elevations common during automotive paint baking without significant thermal degradation, discoloration, shrinkage or pealing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Inventor: Donald D. Sloan
  • Patent number: 7758965
    Abstract: The invention relates to printable films comprising a substrate and at least a surface layer, said layer covering at least one face of said substrate and comprising a water-dispersible polymer and an ethylenically unsaturated compound; to a process for the manufacture of such films; to printed films and especially to printed labels obtained from such printable films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Innovia Films Limited
    Inventors: Alastair Hugh Servante, Gary Power, Colin Marshall
  • Patent number: 7750058
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for preparing water-blown rigid polyurethane foams having at least an 80% closed-cell content which involves reacting a) at least one polyol mixture which is composed of (i) at least one polymer polyol; (ii) at least one polyol having a hydroxyl value within the range of from about 200 to about 800; and (iii) optionally, at least one polyol having a hydroxyl value within the range of from about 25 to about 115; with b) at least one polymeric isocyanate and/or a prepolymer thereof; in the presence of c) optionally, at least one catalyst; d) water; and e) optionally, at least one additive or auxiliary agent. The present invention is also directed to the closed-cell water blown rigid polyurethane foams produced by the process of the present invention. The invention is further directed to a polyurethane-foam forming mixture which is used to produce the water-blown rigid polyurethane foams of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience LLC
    Inventors: Karl W. Haider, Neil H. Nodelman, John P. Forsythe, Brian R. Suddaby
  • Publication number: 20100167061
    Abstract: A laminate comprises an ionomeric interlayer sheet which, in turn, comprises or is prepared from a sodium/zinc mixed ionomer that comprises carboxylate groups and a combination of counterions that consists essentially of sodium cations and zinc cations. The sodium/zinc mixed ionomer is the neutralization product of a precursor acid copolymer. The precursor acid copolymer comprises copolymerized units of an ?-olefin and an ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid, and it has a melt flow rate of about 70 to about 1000 g/10 min. In addition, the precursor acid copolymer, when neutralized to a level of about 40% to about 90%, and when comprising counterions that consist essentially of sodium ions, produces a sodium ionomer that has a freeze enthalpy that is not detectable or that is less than about 3.0 j/g, when determined by differential scanning calorimetry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Stephen J. Bennison, Richard Allen Hayes, Steven C. Pesek, W. Alexander Shaffer, Charles Anthony Smith
  • Publication number: 20100151180
    Abstract: The invention describes a carbon black particulate filled film, useful as a backsheet for a photovoltaic construct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: David J. Bravet, Paul W. Ortiz
  • Patent number: 7732052
    Abstract: This invention relates to polyolefin compositions. In particular, the invention pertains to elastic polymer compositions that can be more easily processed on cast film lines, extrusion lamination or coating lines due to improved resistance to draw resonance. The compositions of the present invention preferably comprise an elastomeric polyolefin resin and a high pressure low density type resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Andy C. Chang, Ronald J. Weeks, Hong Peng, Antonios K. Doufas, Yunwa Wilson Cheung
  • Patent number: 7718730
    Abstract: A two-component adhesive, sealant, or coating composition containing (i) a first component containing a portion of an alkoxysilane-functional urethane and water; and (ii) a second component containing the remaining portion of the alkoxysilane-functional urethane and a catalyst. The alkoxysilane-functional urethane includes the reaction product of (a) the reaction product of a hydroxy functional compound and a polyisocyanate, that contains isocyanate groups; with (b) an amine functional aspartate. The composition is used in a method of bonding a first substrate to a second substrate. The method includes (a) combining component i) and component ii) to form a mixture, applying a coating of the mixture to at least one surface of the first substrate or the second substrate, and contacting a surface of the first substrate with a surface of the second substrate. The method is used make an assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience LLC
    Inventors: Richard R. Roesler, Kurt C. Frisch, Craig E. Jansen, Dinesh Pethiyagoda, Kevan E. Hudson
  • Publication number: 20100119832
    Abstract: Laminate structures comprising one or more sheets of material bonded together with an adhesive polymer. The adhesive polymer is a polyester amide, polyester urethane, or polyester urea.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Leonardo C. Lopez, Alveda J. Williams, William J. Harris
  • Publication number: 20100121290
    Abstract: A multilayer film 1 free of halogens for use in the manufacture of ostomy pouches or the like pouches, which is impermeable to aroma compounds, comprising at least one aroma barrier layer 3; 15, and at least one sealable skin layer 2, 4; 12, 14, wherein the aroma barrier layer comprises thermoplastic stiff polyurethane (TPU) or cyclic polyolefin (COC) and/or sulphur absorber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Torben Rasmussen, Michael Sløk
  • Patent number: 7709094
    Abstract: Disclosed is a co-extruded water-proof and moisture-permeable film structure, including a top skin layer, a core layer, and a bottom skin layer. The top and bottom skin layers include polyolefin or polyurethane and the core layer comprise polyurethane. The core layer is disposed between the top and bottom skin layers. If polyurethane is adopted in top and/or bottom skin layers, the polyurethane of the skin layers has lower moisture and vapor permeability than the polyurethane of the core layer. The described film can be manufactured by co-extruded bubble blown or co-extruded casting. In addition, the film can be laminated to a fabric to form a water-proof and moisture-permeable textile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Dan-Cheng Kong, Ruei-Shin Chen, Yih-Her Chang
  • Patent number: 7695816
    Abstract: A composite article comprises a first layer resulting from the reaction of at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer and a second layer different than the first layer and resulting from the reaction of an isocyanate-reactive resin and a polyisocyanate. Adhesion promoter is dispersed in at least one of the first layer and the second layer. The adhesion promoter comprises a first reactive end group selected from the group of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer, an ethylenically unsaturated acrylate monomer, an ethylenically unsaturated methacrylate monomer, or a combination thereof and a second reactive end group that reacts with isocyanate. The adhesion promoter reacts into the first and second layers through differentially reactive groups such that the adhesion promoter is compatible with the first and second layers to improve adhesion therebetween. A method of forming the composite article is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: David D. Peters, Michael C. May
  • Patent number: 7696271
    Abstract: A high barrier composition to a gas or organic liquid usable as a coating or layer on an article. The composition includes a blend of polyetheramine resin and at least one additive being a highly hydrolyzed organic compound, preferably of a low molecular weight, either with our without boric acid. Articles employing the gas barrier composition also constitute a part of this invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Applied Extrusion Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew F. Wilkie, David Midgette
  • Publication number: 20100080943
    Abstract: Disclosed are a composition, an article comprising or produced from the composition, and a process for reducing gel formation of an ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer. The composition comprises an ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventor: Julius Uradnisheck
  • Patent number: 7687136
    Abstract: The invention relates to an image receiving element comprising in order a support, at least one polyolefin resin coating and at least one toner receiver layer, wherein said toner receiver layer comprises a fuser-oil sorbent additive and a thermoplastic polymer and said additive is present in an amount of greater than 10% by weight of said layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Mridula Nair, Tamara K. Jones, Charles L. Bauer, Joseph W. Hoff, Scott C. Moose, Joseph S. Sedita, James L. Johnston
  • Patent number: 7682662
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball having a paint film which is obtained from an environment-friendly aqueous paint and is excellent in the adhesion and the wear-resistance. The gist of the present invention lies in improving the adhesion between the paint film obtained from the aqueous polyurethane paint and the surface of the golf ball body by first applying the aqueous liquid of the aqueous polycarbodiimide on the surface of the golf ball body, subsequently forming the primer layer comprising the aqueous polycarbodiimide, and then applying the aqueous polyurethane paint to form the paint film, while reducing the amount of solvent used in the aqueous paint for applying on the golf ball by using the polycarbodiimide liquid and the aqueous polyurethane paint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: SRI Sports Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 7682649
    Abstract: An endoprosthesis, such as a stent, having a layer that can enhance the biocompatibility of the endoprosthesis, and methods of making the endoprosthesis are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Verivada Chandrasekaran, Karl Morris Schmidt, Christopher Torres Molina
  • Patent number: 7678435
    Abstract: A powder-free medical glove having a first surface of a powder-free coagulant and a second surface with a polymer coating to ease donning. The powder-free coagulant on the first surface comprises micronized high-density polyethylene, a micro-emulsion of amino silicone, a dimethicone emulsion, calcium salts, an ethoxylated acetylenic diol surfactant and a cellulose thickener. The medical gloves are made in an on-line process of making latex articles that involves dipping hand-shaped formers into the coagulant before dipping them into the latex. The gloves are thereafter coated with a polymer to improve donnability before removal from the formers. The novel coagulant formulation permits easy removal of the articles from the formers, eases double-donning of gloves and eliminates the need for off-line processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Ansell Healthcare Products LLC
    Inventors: Noorman Bin Abu Hassan, David Mark Lucas, Hisam Ibrahim
  • Patent number: 7674527
    Abstract: A coated paper having the oil resistance and the marring resistance which cannot be obtained by the addition of the silica particles is provided. The coated paper 10 has a configuration with at least a surface protection layer 2 of a cross-linking cured material of an ionizing radiation curing resin laminated on a fiber substrate 1, wherein the ionizing radiation curing resin of the surface protection layer contains an ethylene oxide modified polymerizable compound, and preferably, the surface protection layer contains baked kaolin particle. By increasing the hydrophilic property with the ethylene oxide modified polymerizable compound, the oil resistance is provided for the surface protection layer itself, and with the baked kaolin particle, the marring resistance can be provided. Moreover, it is preferable to laminate successively a solid colored layer 3A and a primer layer 4 before laminating the surface protection layer on the fiber substrate in terms of the adhesion property and the design property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Eiichiro Yokochi
  • Publication number: 20100047586
    Abstract: Ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymers have superior gas barrier properties, but are inferior in bending fatigue resistance. The present invention improves bending fatigue resistance without reducing the gas barrier property and heat resistance. An ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer having an ethylene content of 20 to 50 percent by mole is modified by incorporating 0.01 to 1% mol of a structural unit expressed by the following formula (3): wherein, n indicates an integer of 2 to 5, m indicates an integer of 10 to 20, and R1 indicates a C1 to C20 aliphatic hydrocarbon group provided that R1 may contain a mercapto group, thioester group, sulfenamide, vinyl group, methacryloxy group, or acryloxy group. The modified ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer may be used as a gas barrier resin and this gas barrier resin may be shaped or laminated and used in various applications such as in pneumatic tires and hoses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Naoyuki Morooka
  • Patent number: 7655306
    Abstract: An optical film includes a selective visible light-absorbing layer including at least one dye having a maximum absorption wavelength in a range of about 470 nm to about 510 nm, the selective visible light-absorbing layer having a maximum light transmittance of about 60% or less at the maximum absorption wavelength of the dye and a full width at half maximum of about 50 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Cheil Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Byoung Hoo Lee, Kyoung Ku Kang
  • Publication number: 20100009778
    Abstract: A golf ball having a core, and at least one layer about the core, wherein the core or the layer is formed from partially or fully neutralized butyl ionomers or their blends to improve the resiliency and impact durability over a conventional butyl rubber. The core comprises a thermoplastic material, a thermoset material, or a rubber-based material, while at least one layer is formed from a composition comprising a partially or fully neutralized butyl rubber ionomer. The butyl rubber ionomer comprises repeating units derived from at least one isoolefin monomer, at least 0.5 mol % of repeating units derived from at least one multiolefin monomer, at least 0.5 mol % of repeating units derived from an allylic halide, and at least 0.5 mol % of an ionomeric moiety. The isoolefin comprises isobutylene, the multiolefin comprises isoprene and the allylic halide comprises a bromide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Inventors: Murali Rajagopalan, Derek A. Ladd, Douglas E. Jones, Edmund A. Hebert, Michael J. Sullivan, Kevin M. Harris
  • Patent number: 7645506
    Abstract: A radiation protection material for the screening of X- and/or gamma-rays is made from a film-like multi-layer composite material, in which radiation absorbing particles are dispersed. The composite material comprises at least one support layer and a radiation absorbing layer, whereby the radiation absorbing layer comprises a hardening polymeric preparation, which can flow in the working state and with an effective lead content of ?15%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Paul Hartmann AG
    Inventors: Axel Thiess, Clemens Reizel
  • Publication number: 20100003508
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical article comprising a substrate, and, from the substrate upward: an organic antistatic coating comprising at least one conductive polymer, an adhesive and/or impact-resistant primer coating deposited onto said antistatic coating, and an abrasion-resistant and/or scratch-resistant coating deposited onto said adhesive and/or impact-resistant primer coating. The optical article has very short static charge dissipation times and its antistatic properties are stable over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicant: Essilor International (Compagnie Generale d'Optique)
    Inventors: Frederic Arrouy, Claudine Biver, Gregory Hervieu
  • Publication number: 20090324936
    Abstract: An aqueous floor care composition comprising water, polymer particles wherein the polymer particles include units derived from a conjugated diene monomer, units derived from an acidic monomer, and units derived from a hard, non-acidic monomer, an external crosslinking agent, and optionally one or more of a leveling agent, surfactant, polyurethane, alkali-soluble resin, coalescing agent, plasticizer, and wax.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Kyung Don Kim, James Gaston, II
  • Publication number: 20090324962
    Abstract: The decorative panel comprises a first backing layer made, according to its use, from a choice of different materials and geometrically defined by a base wall which in use is fastened, for example by gluing, to the surface to be covered, an upper wall parallel and opposite to said base wall and several side walls, a second layer which is arranged so as to cover the upper wall and the side walls and which consists of a pigmented two-component polyurethane base coat preferably pigmented using iron oxide pigments, a third layer which is arranged so as to cover the second layer and consists of a one-component solvent-based preferably self-curing acrylic resin mordant, a fourth layer which is arranged so as to cover the third layer and consists of a precious metal leaf for instance gold, silver or platinum leaf, and a fifth layer which is arranged so as to cover the fourth layer and is made of transparent material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: GIUSTO MANETTI BATTILORO S.p.A.
    Inventor: Bonaccorso MANETTI
  • Publication number: 20090305049
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polarizing laminate which is resistant to impact, has the high polarization degree, hardly causes a solvent crack, and hardly causes a fine crack even when perforation-processed, for example, goggles, sunglasses, prescription sunglasses, and shields which are resistant to impact, have higher stability, and can effectively prevent glare. There is provided a polarizing laminate comprising two protective sheets having approximately the same thickness, and a polarizer sheet held by them, wherein a protective sheet and a polarizer sheet are adhered, the protective sheet is any of a polyamide-based resin sheet, and a polyurethane-based resin sheet, and the laminate has the function as an optical lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: YAMAMOTO KOGAKU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki KOBUCHI, Keishi YOSHIKAWA, Koichiro OKA
  • Publication number: 20090280334
    Abstract: A gas-barrier material comprising a polycarboxylic acid polymer (A) and a compound (B) having two ring structures (b) each of which forming an ether bond to carbon that forms a double bond with nitrogen and containing oxygen in the ether bond, wherein a crosslinked structure is formed by the reaction of a carboxyl group in the polycarboxylic acid polymer (A) with one of the ring structures (b) of the compound (B). The gas-barrier material features excellent gas-barrier property, retort resistance and flexibility, can be cured at a low temperature within short periods of time, and can be excellently produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA, LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Obu, Hiroshi Sasaki, Aki Endo
  • Publication number: 20090274894
    Abstract: There is provided a gas-barrier laminate composed of a base film and an inorganic thin film layer formed on the base film which considerably enhanced in gas-barrier property and gelbo flex resistance. The present invention relates to a gas-barrier laminate comprising a base film containing at least one compound selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl alcohol and an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer, and an anchor coat layer and an inorganic thin film layer successively formed on one surface of the base film in this order, wherein the base film is in the form of a biaxially stretched film having a variation in thickness of 3.5 ?m or less and a crystallinity of 30% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Shigenobu Yoshida, Chiharu Okawara, Tooru Hachisuka
  • Publication number: 20090233033
    Abstract: A laminate includes a backing material coated with an adhesive composition. The adhesive composition includes a cured silylated polyurethane composition derived from polyester based polyurethane prepolymer. The silylated polyurethane composition when partially silylated is especially useful for pressure sensitive adhesives where it imparts superior adhesive and cohesive performance thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventor: Roy M. Griswold
  • Publication number: 20090197095
    Abstract: A method for forming a multilayer structure on a surface is disclosed. The method comprises forming a body having a surface, the body being substantially light permeable. The method further comprises forming a first layer on the surface of the body, the first layer being substantially light absorbing and having a mark formed therein for permeating light therethrough, and forming a second layer on the first layer, the second layer being substantially light permeable. More specifically, the first layer has a mark formed thereon and light is permeable through the multilayer structure for illuminating the mark.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: RAZER (ASIA-PACIFIC) PTE LTD
    Inventors: Nikolas Ian LEE, Sian Chin TSAI
  • Publication number: 20090165371
    Abstract: This invention relates to multilayer films and structures such as greenhouses and agricultural tunnels covered in such films.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Sebastien G. Chevalier, Hailan Guo, Jiun-Chen Wu
  • Publication number: 20090155601
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to an ultraviolet protective material incorporating a polyurethane film, and optionally having an ultraviolet protective adhesive layer applied to one side. In one embodiment, an ultraviolet protective material comprises an aliphatic polyurethane film, and an adhesive layer comprising a formulated acrylic pressure-sensitive and an ultraviolet light stabilizer. Alternative embodiments of the present invention provide the ultraviolet protective material may be embodied in various forms, including: single and multi-layer films, adhesive tapes, and resins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: Adalbert E. Lavature, Duarte Pimentel
  • Publication number: 20090148640
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas barrier composite film for a hydrothermally processable package, wherein at least one gas barrier layer containing a gas barrier resin and an inorganic layered compound is interposed between a base film layer and a sealing material layer, and an adhesive layer is further formed on both sides of the gas barrier layer by applying an adhesive composition comprising: a base material mainly comprising a polyurethane resin having at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of an amino group, a hydroxyl group, and a carboxyl group; and a curing agent comprising an isocyanate curing agent and an epoxy curing agent, at the following functional group ratio: I/P=0.3 to 30.0 E/P=1.5 to 25.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2006
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: SAKATA INX CORP.
    Inventors: Junichi Yoshida, Yutaka Matsuoka, Yoshiaki Ueno, Masanori Kano
  • Publication number: 20090148654
    Abstract: A composition comprising a polymer prepared by: reacting (a) at least one diisocyanate, polyisocyanate, or mixture thereof, having isocyanate groups, and (b) at least one fluorinated compound selected from the formula (I): Rf1-L-X ??(I) wherein Rf1 is a monovalent, partially or fully fluorinated, linear or branched, alkyl radical having 2 to 100 carbon atoms; optionally interrupted by 1 to 50 oxygen atoms; wherein the ratio of carbon atoms to oxygen atoms is at least 2:1 and no oxygen atoms are bonded to each other; L is a bond or a linear or branched divalent linking group having 1 15 to 20 carbon atoms, said linking group optionally interrupted by 1 to 4 hetero-radicals selected from the group consisting or —O—, —NR—, —S—, —SO—, —SO2—, —N(R)C(O)— wherein R is H or C1-C6 alkyl, and said linking group optionally substituted with CH2Cl; X is an isocyanate-reactive group selected from the group consisting of —OH, —N(R)H, and —SH wherein R is H or C1-C6 alkyl; and thereafter reacting with (c) water and (d) an
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Gerald Oronde Brown, Axel Hans-Joachim Herzog, Timothy Edward Hopkins
  • Patent number: 7544414
    Abstract: An oriented syndiotactic polystyrene-based film composed of an oriented film made of a syndiotactic styrene polymer and an adhesiveness-improving layer formed from a specific water-dispersible resin on at least one surface of the oriented film, which is excellent in the tight adhesion between the oriented film and the adhesiveness-improving layer, the adhesion between the adhesiveness-improving layer and an ink layer or laminate layer applied thereon, economical efficiency, recyclability, and environmental compatibility in production. It is particularly preferable that the film be produced by applying the aqueous dispersion of the water-dispersible resin on unstretched or uniaxially stretched film to form the adhesiveness-improving layer, stretching the obtained laminate uni- or bi-axially at least one time, and then heat-treating the resulting laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masayuki Tsutsumi, Hisato Kobayashi, Keizo Kawahara, Shigeto Yoshida, Shinsuke Yamaguchi, Kazutake Okamoto, Akira Takahashi, Eiji Kumagai, Akinobu Nagara, Yoshiko Akitomo, Kazumoto Imai, Naonobu Oda
  • Publication number: 20090130355
    Abstract: Provided are partially or fully neutralized mixtures of carboxylate functionalized ethylene high copolymers or terpolymers (Mw between 80,000 and 500,000 Da) with carboxylate functionalized ethylene low copolymers (Mw between 2,000 and 30,000 Da). The compositions are used in films, multilayer structures and other articles of manufacture. The compositions are preferably used on a surface of the articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventors: John Chu Chen, Han Il Lee
  • Patent number: 7534495
    Abstract: A lubricious composition suitable for use on medical device, the composition including at least one alkoxylated acrylate compound having at least two acrylate groups per molecule and at least one second component which provides lubricity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventor: Lincoln Eramo
  • Patent number: 7531238
    Abstract: The present invention provides a laminated thermoplastic resin film which is excellent in adhesion and blocking resistance. A laminated thermoplastic resin film has a covering layer containing a copolymerized polyester resin and a polyurethane resin on one side or both sides of a thermoplastic resin film, characterized in that the covering layer has a microphase-separated or nanophase-separated structure in polyester (PE) phase A comprising a copolymerized polyester resin as a main component and polyurethane (PU) phase B comprising a polyurethane resin as a main component, and when the covering layer is observed by a scanning probe microscopy in phase measurement mode, an area ration (surface fraction of PEs) of polyester phase A (which indicates a dark phase in phase image) of the surface of the covering layer defined by following the formula (1) is 35% or more and less than 90% per 20 a measurement area of 5 ?m×5 ?m. Surface fraction of PEs (%)=(area of PEs phase A/measurement area)×100.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoki Mizuno, Shigenori Iwade, Hideki Sugihara, Chikao Morishige, Yasuhiro Nishino, Katsuhiko Nose, Toshitake Suzuki