Synthetic Resins Or Natural Rubbers Patents (Class 520/1)
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Patent number: 8901193Abstract: A durable ambient light curable waterproof liquid rubber coating with volatile organic compound (VOC) content of less than 450 grams per liter made from ethylene propylene diene terpolymer (EPDM) in a solvent, a photoinitiator, an additive, pigments, and fillers, and a co-agent and a method for making the formulation, wherein the formulation is devoid of thermally activated accelerators.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2014Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Lion Copolymer Geismar, LLCInventors: Michael J. Molnar, Arthur J. Fontenot, III, Harold William Young, Jr., Daniel S. Nelson, Augusto Caesar Ibay
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Patent number: 8901194Abstract: A durable ambient light curable waterproof liquid rubber coating with volatile organic compound (VOC) content of less than 450 grams per liter made from ethylene propylene diene terpolymer (EPDM) in a solvent, a photoinitiator, an additive, pigments, and fillers, and a co-agent and a method for making the formulation, wherein the formulation is devoid of thermally activated accelerators.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2014Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Lion Copolymer Geismar, LLCInventors: Michael J. Molnar, Daniel S. Nelson, Arthur J. Fontenot, III, Harold William Young, Jr., Augusto Caesar Ibay, Zhiyong Zhu
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Patent number: 8889757Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for making oxidation resistant homogenized polymeric materials and medical implants that comprise polymeric materials, for example, ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE). The invention also provides methods of making antioxidant-doped medical implants, for example, doping of medical devices containing cross-linked UHMWPE with vitamin E by diffusion and annealing the anti-oxidant doped UHMWPE in a super critical fluid, and materials used therein.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: The General Hospital CorporationInventors: Orhun K. Muratoglu, Ebru Oral
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Patent number: 8883872Abstract: The invention pertains to an oligomer or polymer substituted by one or more bisacylphosphine oxide moieties, characterized in that said bisacylphosphine oxide moiety is linked via the phosphorous atom, optionally via a spacer group, to the oligomer or polymer backbone; as well as to specifically functionalized bisacylphosphine oxides, suitable to prepare said polymers or oligomers.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2010Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Hansjörg Gruützmacher, Timo Ott, Kurt Dietliker
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Patent number: 8877827Abstract: The active ray-curable inkjet ink comprises a gelling agent, photopolymerizable compounds and a photoinitiator, and reversibly transitions into a sol-gel phase according to the temperature. Therein: (1) a (meth)acrylate compound having a molecular weight of 300-1,500 and having 3-14 (—CH2—CH2—O—) structural units within a molecule is included as the first photopolymerizable compound at a proportion of 30-70 mass % relative to the total mass of the ink; (2) a (meth)acrylate compound having a molecular weight of 300-1,500 and a C log P value of 4.0-7.0 is included as the second photopolymerizable compound at a proportion of 10-40 mass % relative to the total mass of the ink; and (3) the gelling agent has a total of at least 12 carbon atoms, and has a straight or branched alkyl chain including at least three carbon atoms.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2012Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Toshiyuki Takabayashi, Hirotaka Iijima, Akio Maeda, Masashi Ikeda
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Patent number: 8871827Abstract: Described is a radiation-crosslinkable hotmelt adhesive comprising at least one radiation-crosslinkable poly(meth)acrylate formed to an extent of at least 60% by weight of C1 to C10 alkyl(meth)acrylates and at least one oligo(meth)acrylate which comprises nonacrylic C C double bonds and has a K value of less than or equal to 20. The hotmelt adhesive comprises a photoinitiator which may be present in the form of an additive not attached to the poly(meth)acrylate and/or not attached to the oligo(meth)acrylate, may be incorporated by copolymerization into the poly(meth)acrylate, and/or may be attached to the oligo(meth)acrylate. The hotmelt adhesive can be used for producing adhesive tapes.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2012Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Ulrike Licht, Dirk Wulff, Thomas Christ, Ulrich Filges
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Patent number: 8853290Abstract: Provided is a photosensitive composition which can be cured with low energy consumption, even when a substance (such as a colorant) that attenuates or shades an illumination light is contained in a high concentration or even when the photosensitive composition is in the form of a thick film. Specifically provided is a photosensitive composition which comprises the following four components: (1) a radical initiator (A); (2) an acid generator (B) or a base generator (C); (3) a polymerizable substance (D); and (4) a colorant (E), a metal oxide powder (F), or a metal powder (G).Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2010Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Shihei Motofuji, Shintaro Higuchi, Atsushi Shiraishi, Takao Mukai, Megumu Sakakibara
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Patent number: 8853292Abstract: An active ray curable composition, including: a photobase generator; a polymerizable compound; and an acid, wherein the photobase generator is a salt of a carboxylic acid and a basic compound, wherein a ratio by mole of a carboxyl group of the carboxylic acid:a basic functional group of the basic compound is 1:1, and wherein the acid is an acid that loses a function thereof as acid by light or heat.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2013Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo University of Science FoundationInventors: Soh Noguchi, Okitoshi Kimura, Koji Arimitsu
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Patent number: 8846777Abstract: A variety of biomedical devices are provided which include thiol-ene or thiol-yne shape memory polymers. The biomedical devices of the invention are capable of exhibiting shape memory behavior at physiological temperatures and may be used in surgical procedures. Methods of making the devices of the invention are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2009Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: The Regents of the University of Colorado, a Body CorporateInventors: Christopher Bowman, Neil Cramer, Robin Shandas, Devatha P. Nair
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Patent number: 8841354Abstract: The invention provides a method for the manufacture of a catheter comprising a hydrophilic gel. The method comprising the steps of combining a polymeric photoinitiator of the general formula (I): R1(A1)r-(R2(A2)m-O)o—(R3(A3)n-O)p—R4(A4)s??(I) with one or more gel-forming polymers and/or gel-forming monomers to form a matrix composition, curing the matrix composition by exposing it to UV radiation, exposing the matrix composition to a swelling medium and incorporating the hydrophilic gel into a catheter. The invention also provides autocuring of the polymeric photoinitiator (I) to provide a gel precursor, a hydrophilic gel and a catheter comprising or coated with the hydrophilic gel of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2011Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: Coloplast A/SInventors: Christian B. Nielsen, Niels Joergen Madsen
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Patent number: 8835523Abstract: There is disclosed a silicone rubber composition curable by a radial ray comprising, at least, (A) an organopolysiloxane shown by the following general formula (1), (B) a phenyl ester derivative having an acryl group, (C) a sensitizer sensitized by a radial ray, and (D) a photosensitive dye, wherein each R1, R2, and R3 independently represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; X represents the same or different monovalent organic group having an acryl group or a methacryl group. As a result, there is provided a silicone rubber composition capable of being cured by irradiation of a radial ray whereby showing excellent adhesion with various substrates, capable of forming a cured film, and capable of easily distinguishing whether it is cured or not by observing appearance when not irradiated with a radial ray.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2012Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junichi Sawada, Toshiyuki Sutou, Tsutomu Kashiwagi
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Patent number: 8835524Abstract: Disclosed is a resin precursor composition including a bifunctional (meth)acrylate containing a fluorine atom, a bifunctional (meth)acrylate having a fluorene structure, and a photopolymerization initiator, the resin precursor composition in which the formation of precipitates during its storage is suppressed; and a resin obtained from the same. Specifically disclosed is a resin precursor composition that contains a bifunctional fluorine-containing (meth)acrylate (component A); a (meth)acrylate having a fluorene structure (component B); and a photopolymerization initiator (component C), wherein the component B includes a bifunctional (meth)acrylate having a fluorene structure (b-1) and a monofunctional (meth)acrylate having a fluorene structure (b-2) at a molar ratio (b-1):(b-2) of 90:10 to 70:30.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2010Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Nikon CorporationInventor: Akiko Miyakawa
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Patent number: 8829066Abstract: The present invention provides a polymerization reactor for producing a super absorbent polymer comprising: a reaction unit; a monomer composition supply unit being connected to the reaction unit and supplying a monomer composition solution containing a monomer, a photoinitiator, and a solvent; an agitating shaft extended in the reaction unit from one end of the reaction unit connected to the monomer composition supply unit to the other end of the reaction unit; a plurality of agitating blades installed around the agitating shaft; and a light irradiation unit providing light to the monomer composition solution furnished from the monomer composition supply unit, and a method of producing super absorbent polymers by using the same.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2010Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventors: Tae-Young Won, Gi-Cheul Kim, Sang-Gi Lee, Kyu-Pal Kim, Chang-Sun Han
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Patent number: 8829069Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for preparing a degradable polymer network. The methods for preparing a degradable polymer network comprise a) preparing a polymer composition comprising monomers of cyclic carbonates and/or cyclic esters and/or linear carbonates and/or linear esters and/or cyclic ethers and/or linear hydroxycarboxylic acids at a temperature between 20° C. and 200° C.; b) adding a cross-linking reagent comprising at least one double or triple C—C bond and/or a cross-linking radical initiator; c) processing the polymer composition (that contains the crosslinking reagent into a desired shape; d) Crosslinking by irradiating the mixture. Further, the present invention relates to a degradable polymer network. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of the degradable polymer network.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2010Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Medisse B.V.Inventors: Dirk Wybe Grijpma, Jan Feijen, Erhan Bat
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Patent number: 8822561Abstract: A curable composition that is sufficiently cured even without a heating step at high temperature and from which a low dielectric constant cured film excellent in solvent resistance is obtained. A curable composition containing a fluorinated polyarylene prepolymer (A) having a crosslinkable functional group, a compound (B) having a number average molecular weight of from 140 to 5,000, having at least two crosslinkable functional groups and having no fluorine atoms, a copolymer (C) having the following units (c1) and (c2) and a radical polymerization initiator (D): unit (c1): a unit having a fluoroalkyl group having at most 20 carbon atoms, which may have an etheric oxygen atom between carbon atoms, and having no crosslinkable functional group; unit (c2): a unit having a crosslinkable functional group.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2012Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Masahiro Ito, Takefumi Abe, Kaori Tsuruoka, Takeshi Eriguchi
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Patent number: 8822560Abstract: Methods of electron beam curing nonfunctional polysiloxanes blended with functional polysiloxanes are provided. The resulting release materials are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2011Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Jayshree Seth, Timothy D. Filiatrault, Robin E. Wright, Panu K. Zoller, Zai-Ming Qiu
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Publication number: 20140242329Abstract: A method of drawing a material into sheet form includes forming a preform comprising at least one material as a large aspect ratio block wherein a first transverse dimension of the preform is much greater than a second transverse dimension substantially perpendicular to the first transverse dimension. A furnace having substantially linearly opposed heating elements one spaced from the other is provided and the heating elements are energized to apply heat to the preform to create a negative thermal gradient from an exterior surface along the first transverse dimension of the preform inward toward a central plane of the preform. The preform is drawn in such a manner that the material substantially maintains its first transverse dimension and deforms across its second transverse dimension.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Inventor: Esmaeil Banaei
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Patent number: 8809411Abstract: The invention relates to a coating formulation for preparing a hydrophilic coating, wherein the hydrophilic coating formulation comprises a hydrophilic polymer, a supporting polymer comprising a backbone and at least 2 reactive moieties capable of undergoing polymerization reactions, a Norrish Type I photoinitiator and a Norrish Type II photoinitiator.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2008Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.Inventor: Marnix Rooijmans
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Patent number: 8796349Abstract: There is provided a photosensitive resin composition for microlenses. A photosensitive resin composition for microlenses including a component (A), a component (B) and a solvent. The component (A): a copolymer having a maleimide structural unit of Formula (1) and a repeating structural unit of Formula (2). The component (B): a photosensitizer (in Formula (2), R0 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R1 is a single bond or a C1-5 alkylene group; R2 is a thermally cross-linkable monovalent organic group; and in the repeating structural unit of Formula (2), R0s are optionally different from each other).Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2011Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Soda, Takahiro Sakaguchi, Takahiro Kishioka
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Patent number: 8795843Abstract: Provided is an acrylic film for punching excellent in transparency and free from breakage or whitening even if it is punched. The present invention is an acrylic film for punching containing a polymer (C) containing a di(meth)acrylate (A) unit represented by general formula (1) below and a mono(meth)acrylate (B) unit: —CH2—CR1—COO—(X)n—COCR1—CH2—??(1) wherein (X) represents at least one repeat unit selected from C2H4O, C3H6O and C4H8O; the molecular weight of (X)n is 500 or more; and R1 represents H or CH3.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2010Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuuhei Konokawa, Yoshiaki Satou, Kousuke Fujiyama, Yasuhiko Nabeshima, Tomoyoshi Yamashita
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Patent number: 8791170Abstract: Disclosed is a photocurable organopolysiloxane composition including (A) 100 parts by weight of diorganopolysiloxane having at least two silicon atoms having a hydroxyl group and/or hydrolyzable group attached thereto in one molecule; and (B) 0.1 to 30 parts by weight of a complex compound composed of titanium(meth)acrylate-trialkoxide and ?-diketone. It will find use as a sealing agent, adhesive, coating material. It is particularly suitable for micro pars and precision molding on account of its good curability and very little cure shrinkage.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2012Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takafumi Sakamoto, Tadashi Araki, Masayuki Ikeno
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Patent number: 8791169Abstract: The present invention relates to a fluorene-based resin polymer, and a photosensitive resin composition including the same, and the fluorene-based resin polymer according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention has a high molecular weight, a low acid value, and excellent developing property, adhesive property and stability.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2012Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventors: Yoon Hee Heo, Kwang Han Park, Han Soo Kim, Changho Cho, Sunhwa Kim, Won Jin Chung
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Patent number: 8785514Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a light-cure and dual-cure resin that have low color and is color stable over conventional light, self and dual-cured resins. Additionally, the light-cure resin has enhanced degree of cure over conventional light-cure resins. Finally, due to the low color and enhanced color stability of the dual-cure resins, their inherent property of having lower shrinkage stress as compared to light-cure resins can now be utilized in various dental applications and other resin applications.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2008Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: The Board of Regents of The University of Texas SystemInventors: H. Ralph Rawls, Kyumin Whang, Nasser Barghi, Dong-Hoon Shin, Richard Plymale, Janice Plymale
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Patent number: 8785513Abstract: The present invention relates to fiber-reinforced composites, particularly application-oriented composites useful in dental and medical applications/appliances, such as fiber reinforced dental composites, and to a method for the manufacture thereof. Particularly the invention concerns random glass fiber-reinforced restorative composite resins with semi-interpenetrating polymer network matrix and their use in dental applications like cavity fillings, core composites, provisional and semi-permanent crown and bridge composite, cements and adhesives.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2007Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Stick Tech OyInventors: Lippo V. J. Lassila, Pekka K. Vallittu, Sufyan Garoushi, Karri Airola
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Patent number: 8779021Abstract: The disclosure provides curable inks including a diurethane gelator having the structure of Formula I. wherein R and R? each, independently of the other, is a C1-C22 saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group selected from the group consisting of (1) linear aliphatic groups, (2) branched aliphatic groups, (3) cyclic aliphatic groups, (4) aliphatic groups containing both cyclic and acyclic portions, any carbon atom of the saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group may be optionally substituted with an alkyl group (cyclic or acyclic), wherein (1) and (2) groups have a carbon number of from about 1 to about 22 carbons, and wherein (3) and (4) groups have a carbon number of from about 4 to about 10 carbons; and X is selected from the group consisting of: (i) an alkylene group, (ii) an arylene group, (iii) an arylalkylene group, and (iv) an alkylarylene group.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2013Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Naveen Chopra, Michelle N. Chretien, Barkev Keoshkerian, Jenny Eliyahu, Daryl W. Vanbesien, Adela Goredema
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Patent number: 8765834Abstract: Crosslinked polyolefin blends, methods for their production, and articles made of the same are provided. In at least one specific embodiment, the polyolefin blends comprise a first polymer formed in a first reactor and a second polymer formed in a second reactor. The first and second polymers, as well as the resulting blend, may comprise units derived from propylene, ethylene, and a diene. The blended composition can then be compounded with one or more coagents, antioxidants, UV sensitizers, and/or other additives and crosslinked, preferably by exposure to UV radiation and/or energetic photons. The crosslinked polymers are particularly useful for making fibers, films, and nonwovens.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2011Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventor: Sunny Jacob
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Patent number: 8765833Abstract: A UV-curable optical resin adhesive composition is provided having excellent transparency, adhesion reliability, and durability without causing any adverse affect on image qualities such as luminance and contrast, and suitable for a reworking (repairing) process. The UV-curable optical resin adhesive composition fills a gap between an image display panel and a protective cover plate. The UV-curable optical resin adhesive composition contains, a urethane acrylate-based polymer (A) having a (meth) acryloyl group and a hydroxyl group on side chains thereof, and a photopolymerization initiator (B).Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2012Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Nitto Denko CorporationInventors: Kazumasa Igarashi, Yuki Hasegawa
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Patent number: 8765831Abstract: Provided is a photocurable resin composition, which has sensitivity equal to or greater than existing compositions, has alkali development properties, and which produces a cured product that does not become brittle with changes in temperature, and which also has excellent reliability in terms of water resistance, electrical insulating properties, PCT resistance, and the like. The photocurable resin composition comprises a carboxyl group-containing resin, a photopolymerization initiator, a vinyl group-containing elastomer, and a styryl group-containing compound.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2010Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Taiyo Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shoji Minegishi, Masao Arima
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Patent number: 8765832Abstract: Provided is a method for providing a composition comprising at least one propylene-based polymer; at least one of multifunctional acrylates, multifunctional methacrylates, functionalized polybutadiene resins, functionalized cyanurate, and allyl isocyanurate; at least one of hindered phenols, phosphites, and hindered amines; and at least one photoinitiator for UV curing. The propylene-based polymer can include propylene derived units and one or more dienes, and have a triad tacticity of from 50% to 99% and a heat of fusion of less than 80 J/g. The composition can be extruded and crosslinked. The crosslinked composition is particularly useful for making films and fibers.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2011Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventor: Sunny Jacob
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Patent number: 8759409Abstract: A matrix material composed of polymer, preferably of thermoplastic polymer, or coating material. The matrix material includes 0.01 to 50% by weight of an additive for foaming of the matrix material which can be triggered by irradiation with laser light or IR light. The additive includes at least the following constituents: a) at least one absorber material which, embedded or dissolved in the matrix material, absorbs laser light or IR light and brings about local heating in the matrix material at the site of irradiation with laser light or IR light, and b) at least one blowing agent which, when heated due to the irradiation with laser light or IR light to temperatures above 50° C., forms a gas which foams the matrix material by decomposition, chemical conversion or reaction.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2011Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Chemische Fabrik Budenheim KGInventors: David Kümmet, Rüdiger Wissemborski, Hendrik Wermter, Rainer Schnee
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Patent number: 8759415Abstract: A molding composition and a method of forming a pattern. The method includes forming on a substrate a molding layer of a molding composition of aromatic divinyl ethers; pressing the template into the molding layer, the template having a relief pattern, the molding layer filling voids in the relief pattern, the template not contacting the substrate; exposing the molding layer to actinic radiation, the actinic radiation converting the molding layer to a cured molding layer having thick and thin regions corresponding to the relief pattern; removing the template; filling the thin regions of the relief pattern with a backfill material; removing regions of the molding layer not protected by the backfill material to expose regions of the substrate; forming trenches in the exposed regions of the substrate; and removing any remaining molding layer and backfill material. A transfer layer may be used between the molding layer and the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2012Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Richard Anthony DiPietro, Mark Whitney Hart, Frances Anne Houle, Hiroshi Ito
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Patent number: 8759412Abstract: A polymerisable photoinitiator according to Formula (I): wherein: R1 and R2 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkaryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl or heteroaryl group, a halogen, an ether group, a thioether group, an aldehyde group, a ketone group, an ester group, an amide group, an amine and a nitro group; R1 and R2 may represent the necessary atoms to form a five to eight membered ring; L represents an n+m-valent linking group comprising 1 to 30 carbon atoms; A represents a radically polymerizable group selected from the group consisting of an acrylate group, a methacrylate group, a styrene group, an acryl amide group, a methacryl amide group, a maleate group, a fumarate group, an itaconate group, a vinyl ether group, an allyl ether group, a vinyType: GrantFiled: October 4, 2011Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Agfa Graphics NVInventor: Johan Loccufier
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Patent number: 8754144Abstract: A heat-sealable coating composition curable by actinic radiation containing a monofunctional (meth)acrylate monomer, a multifunctional (meth)acrylate monomer, vinyl modified diene block copolymer, a diene block copolymer, a vinyl modified diene, and mixtures thereof, and at least one photoinitiator. The heat sealable resin is dissolved or finely dispersed in said monomer mixture. Also disclosed is a blister pack formed by the heat sealing the cured composition.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2012Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Inventor: Rohitha Muthumala Jayasuriya
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Patent number: 8754145Abstract: Disclosed is a transparent, radiation curable acrylate coating composition comprising (a) at least three polyfunctional acrylate derivatives, (b) a photoinitiator selected from the group consisting of phosphine oxides, ketones, and combinations thereof, (c) a nanoscale filler, and (d) a dibenzoyl resorcinol UV absorber, at least one of said acrylate derivatives being an aliphatic polyester urethane multi-acrylate having an acrylate functionality of at least 5 and an elongation of no greater than 5%, and at least two of said acrylate derivatives being diacrylates, wherein at least one of said diacrylates is an aliphatic Polyester urethane diacrylate having an elongation of greater than 5% and a number average molecular weight of from 500 to about 2500 and wherein another of said diacrylates is a urethane-free diacrylate having a number average molecular weight of from about 150 to about 600.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2012Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Momentive Performance Materials Inc.Inventors: Jeanne Elizabeth Haubrich, Sona Sivakova Slocum
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Patent number: 8748502Abstract: Disclosed is a photocurable resin composition which comprises a photopolymerization initiator having two oxime ester groups in the molecule, a resin containing a carboxyl group, and a compound having two or more ethylenically unsaturated groups in the molecule. The composition can achieve high sensitivity, can provide a dried coating film having excellent touch dryness of fingers, can prevent the generation of an out gas during curing or the like, and can achieve all of excellent alignment accuracy, high productivity and high reliability in the formation of a solder resist for a printed wiring board or the like.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2010Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Taiyo Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoko Shibasaki, Masao Arima
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Patent number: 8748503Abstract: Macro-photoinitiators having defined polymer chain structure are provided. The macro-photoinitiators are terminated with residues of thiol and/or hydroxyl functional photoinitiators. The macro-photoinitiators may be prepared by controlled radical polymerization methods, such as atom transfer radical polymerization and single electron transfer polymerization methods. Also provided are curable (e.g., photocurable) compositions that include the macro-photoinitiators of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2012Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Henkel US IP LLCInventors: John G. Woods, Roderick Coffey, Anthony F. Jacobine
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Patent number: 8748506Abstract: Disclosed herein are ultraviolet (UV) curable coating compositions that provide transparent, flexible, and abrasion-resistant coatings when cured on a substrate. The coating compositions comprise an adduct of a multifunctional acrylate monomer component and an amino-organofunctional silane; an organic solvent component; an acid; a colloidal silica component; and a multifunctional urethane acrylate oligomer component. The amino-organofunctional silane is represented by the formula XaSi[Q1(NHQ2)bNZH]4-a, where X is an alkoxy group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms; Q1 and Q2 are the same or different divalent hydrocarbon groups; Z is a hydrogen or a monovalent hydrocarbon group; a is an integer from 1 to 3; and b is an integer from 0 to 6. Also disclosed herein are processes for preparing such coating compositions and articles comprising coatings cured from such coating compositions.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2012Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: SDC Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Ren-Zhi Jin
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Patent number: 8748504Abstract: The present invention relates to the development and fabrication of thin-film polymer nanocomposites containing vertically aligned nanomaterials, such as single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). In certain embodiments, the present invention utilizes liquid crystal mesophases of hexagonally packed cylindrical micelles that orient with their long axes parallel to an applied magnetic field, thereby directing the alignment of the nanomaterials, such as SWNTs, sequestered in the micellar cores. In certain embodiments, the mesophase may be a stable, single-phase material containing monomers that can be polymerized after nanotube alignment to form the nanocomposite polymer.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2012Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Yale UniversityInventors: Menachem Elimelech, Chinedum Osuji, Meagan Mauter
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Patent number: 8748505Abstract: To provide a curable resin composition for forming a seal part, which is capable of easily forming a continuous seal part and which is capable of maintaining the shape of the seal part during a period of from immediately after the formation of an uncured seal part until a liquid material is supplied to a region enclosed by the seal part and the seal part is cured, and a laminate which has minimal defects and whereby a resin layer interposed between first and second plates can be made thick. One having a viscosity of from 500 to 3,000 Pa·s at 25° C. is used as the curable resin composition for forming a seal part to form an uncured seal part 12 enclosing the periphery of a liquid material (curable resin composition 14 for forming a resin layer) interposed between a first plate (display device 50) and a second plate (transparent plate 10).Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2013Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Satoshi Niiyama, Hiroshige Ito, Naoko Aoki, Yoshinobu Kadowaki, Yukio Tsuge
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Patent number: 8748507Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an active energy ray curable resin composition exhibiting good adhesion to a polyolefin-based resin base material. More specifically, there is provided an active energy ray curable resin composition comprising: a block copolymer (C) that includes a polymer block (A) composed mainly of an olefin-based monomer unit and a polymer block (B) composed of a vinyl-based monomer unit having a carboxyl group, a carboxylic anhydride group, or a sulfonic acid group and/or a second vinyl-based monomer unit copolymerizable with the aforementioned vinyl-based monomer unit, the block copolymer (C) having a weight-average molecular weight from 5,000 to 100,000; and an active energy ray curable compound (D).Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2010Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Nippon Paper Chemicals Co., Ltd.Inventors: Minoru Yada, Yuuki Kokufu, Yuu Takata, Hideo Hosaka, Kenichi Fujino
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Patent number: 8735462Abstract: Provided is a radical-polymerizable resin capable of giving a cured material which is satisfactorily flexible, can relax stress upon usage as an adhesive, and does not cause disadvantages such as separation at the adhesive interface or breakage of an adherend, which stress occurs between the adhesive and the adherend upon heating or cooling and is caused by difference in coefficient of thermal expansion between them. The radical-polymerizable resin is obtained through cationic polymerization of a compound represented by any of following Formulae (1a) and (1b) and a compound represented by any of following Formulae (2a), (2b), (2c), (2d), (2e), and (2f). The radical-polymerizable resin is liquid at 0 ° C. and has a weight-average molecular weight of 500 or more. Symbols in the formulae are as defined in the description.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2011Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Daicel CorporationInventors: Tomoaki Mahiko, Yoshinori Funaki, Kiyoharu Tsutsumi, Naoko Araki
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Patent number: 8735461Abstract: A printing ink, preferably ink-jet ink, containing pearlescent pigments and at least one of at least one solvent, at least one radiation-curable component and at least one binder, wherein the pearlescent pigments comprise a substantially transparent platelet-shaped substrate having a density ?S and at least one optically active coating having a density ?M, and the pearlescent pigments have a d90 value for a cumulative frequency distribution of a volume-averaged size distribution function with a range from 3.5 to 15 ?m. The invention further relates to a process for producing the printing ink.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2010Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Eckart GmbHInventors: Michael Grüner, Günter Kaupp, Stefan Engel, Barbara Mendler, Ulrich Schmidt
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Patent number: 8722755Abstract: The invention relates to a photosensitive resin composition, and an overcoat and/or spacer for a liquid crystal display component formed thereby has good heat-resistant transmittance, good chemical resistance and good elastic recovery rate. The invention also provides a method for forming a thin film on a substrate, a thin film on a substrate and a liquid crystal display component.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Chi Mei CorporationInventors: Yu-Jie Tsai, Ming-Ju Wu
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Patent number: 8722757Abstract: A fiber-based adsorbent and a related method of manufacture are provided. The fiber-based adsorbent includes polymer fibers with grafted side chains and an increased surface area per unit weight over known fibers to increase the adsorption of dissolved metals, for example uranium, from aqueous solutions. The polymer fibers include a circular morphology in some embodiments, having a mean diameter of less than 15 microns, optionally less than about 1 micron. In other embodiments, the polymer fibers include a non-circular morphology, optionally defining multiple gear-shaped, winged-shaped or lobe-shaped projections along the length of the polymer fibers. A method for forming the fiber-based adsorbents includes irradiating high surface area polymer fibers, grafting with polymerizable reactive monomers, reacting the grafted fibers with hydroxylamine, and conditioning with an alkaline solution.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2012Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLCInventors: Christopher J. Janke, Sheng Dai, Yatsandra Oyola
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Patent number: 8716360Abstract: A curing-type coating-agent composition according to the present invention contains: Component (A) including a urethane adduct compound exhibiting weatherability in an amount of from 99 to 65 parts by mass; Component (B) comprising a reaction product between a colloidal silica and an alkoxysilane compound having a maleimide group in an amount of from 1 to 35 parts by mass; a radical-polymerization initiator serving as Component (C) in an amount of from 0.1 to 10 parts by mass; an ultraviolet absorber serving as Component (D) in an amount of from 1 to 12 parts by mass; and an organic solvent serving as Component (E) in an amount of from 10 to 1,000 parts by mass; with respect to a sum of Component (A) and Component (B) being taken as 100 parts by mass. The composition according to the present invention demonstrates excellent wear resistance and weatherability as a coating agent for plastic substrate, or the like, which is employed outside.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2011Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, Toagosei Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuya Mitsuoka, Toshihisa Shimo, Kyoko Kumagai, Hidetaka Hayashi, Hiroaki Takashima, Naoharu Ueda, Kazumasa Inata, Takeshi Fujita, Yasuyuki Sanai, Eiichi Okazaki, Satoshi Yoneda
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Patent number: 8716361Abstract: Provided is a curable fluorine-containing resin produced by causing a reaction between a polymer (P) and a compound (C); the polymer (P) being prepared by copolymerization in which essential monomer components are a compound (A) having a poly(perfluoroalkylene ether) chain and styryl groups at both ends of the poly(perfluoroalkylene ether) chain and a polymerizable unsaturated monomer (B) having at least one functional group (b) selected from the group consisting of a hydroxy group, an isocyanate group, an epoxy group, a carboxyl group, an acid anhydride group, and a carboxylic acid halide group; the compound (C) having a polymerizable unsaturated group and at least one functional group (c) that has reactivity with the functional group (b) and is selected from the group consisting of a hydroxy group, an isocyanate group, an epoxy group, a carboxyl group, an acid anhydride group, and a carboxylic acid halide group.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2011Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: DIC CorporationInventors: Takashi Mihara, Hideya Suzuki
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Patent number: 8716362Abstract: An ultraviolet-curable silicone resin composition including (A) a polyorganosiloxane having a mercaptoalkyl bonded to a silicon atom and having a viscosity at 23° C. of 20 to 25000 cP; (B) an organopolysiloxane having aliphatic unsaturated groups which includes (B1) a linear polyorganosiloxane having aliphatic unsaturated, and (B2) a branched organopolysiloxane which includes an SiO4/2 unit, an R?3SiO1/2 unit and an R?2SiO2/2 unit, and at least three of R? per one molecule are aliphatic unsaturated groups, provided that an amount of (B2) is an amount where a number of the aliphatic unsaturated groups in (B2) based on a total number of the aliphatic unsaturated groups in (B) is 50% or less; (C) a photoinitiator; and (D) a silane compound having an aliphatic unsaturated group.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2011Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Momentive Performance Materials Japan LLCInventors: Kazuhisa Ono, Koji Okawa
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Patent number: 8710112Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing an acrylic film and to an acrylic film manufactured by same, the method comprising: a first step of coating an acryl-based resin syrup; and a second step of hardening the acryl-based resin syrup coated in the first step by irradiating ultraviolet light. According to the present invention, an excellent film having low thickness deviation and thickness precision may be provided. In addition, defects in the film such as fish eyes and uneven distribution of physical properties in the vertical and horizontal directions may be kept to a minimum. Consequently, the film according to the present invention can be applied to various industrial sheets such as protective films for various semiconductor processes, pressure-sensitive adhesives or adhesives for optical products and pressure-sensitive adhesives or adhesives for electronic components, or to laminated products.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2010Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: LG Hausys, Ltd.Inventors: Jangsoon Kim, Seungmin Yoo, Minseok Song
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Patent number: 8710113Abstract: The invention relates to a dental composition comprising a) a compound (A) with the following features: only one backbone unit (U) with 6 to 20 carbon atoms, at least 6 carbon atoms thereof forming an aromatic or an aliphatic cyclic moiety, the remaining carbon atoms either being part of substituents pending from the cyclic moiety or being part of bridging groups to spacer units, wherein one or more of the remaining carbon atoms can be replaced by an oxygen atom, the backbone unit not comprising a bisphenol structure and halogen atoms, one or two unit(s) (S) being connected to the backbone unit (U) via an ether linkage, at least one unit (S) comprising a —CH2-CH2-CH2-CH2-O—CH2-CH(Q)-OG moiety or a —CH2-CH(OG)-CH2-OM moiety or a mixture of these two types of moieties within one unit (S), with G comprising at least one polymerizable moiety and an urethane moiety, the urethane moiety acting as connecting element to unit(s) (S), and M comprising at least one group selected from acroyl, methacroyl, aryl, mixturesType: GrantFiled: June 24, 2011Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Adrian S. Eckert, Michael M. Cub, Bettina Hailand, Marion B. Kestel, Karsten Dede, Uwe H. Hoheisel, Gioacchino Raia, Christoph Thalacker, Reinhold Hecht, Thomas Luchterhandt, Peter Bissinger, Wolf Steiger
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Patent number: 8703839Abstract: Disclosed is an activation energy ray-curable resin composition comprising 70 to 95 parts by mass of a multifunctional monomer (A) which has a surface free energy of 37 mJ/m2 or more when cured and 5 to 30 parts by mass of a fluorine (meth)acrylate (B) which is compatible with the multifunctional monomer (A) (a total content of all monomers in the composition shall be 100 parts by mass), wherein the multifunctional monomer (A) has three or more radical polymerizable functional groups in a molecule and a value of a molecular weight thereof divided by the number of the radical polymerizable functional group (molecular weight/number of radical polymerizable functional group) is 110 to 200, and wherein the fluorine (meth)acrylate (B) has one or more radical polymerizable functional groups in a molecule.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2011Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Takihara, Hiroshi Onomoto, Eiko Okamoto