Specified Rate-affecting Material Contains Phosphorous, Arsenic, Antimony Or Nitrogen Patents (Class 522/28)
  • Patent number: 6864295
    Abstract: Disclosed is a gas-generating, pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprising a pressure-sensitive, ultraviolet irradiation-curable adhesive (A) containing a photoinitiator, wherein the adhesive (A) transmits therethrough an ultraviolet radiation, and a gas generator compound (B) which generates a gas upon irradiation thereof with an ultraviolet radiation, wherein the gas generator compound (B) is operably combined with the pressure-sensitive, ultraviolet irradiation-curable adhesive (A), so that, in operation, when the gas-generating, pressure-sensitive adhesive composition which is adhered to an adherend is irradiated with an ultraviolet radiation, the gas generator compound (B) generates a gas and the gas effuses at an interface between the gas-generating, pressure-sensitive adhesive composition and the adherend to thereby facilitate release of the adherend from the gas-generating, pressure-sensitive adhesive composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshiaki Mitarai
  • Patent number: 6858657
    Abstract: The present invention provides a curable composition, comprising: a (meth)acrylate urethane compound derived from a polypropylene glycol or a propyleneoxide ethyleneoxide copolymer glycol having a molecular weight between 1,000 and 13,000 and an amount of unsaturation less than 0.01 meq/g. The liquid curable resin composition of the present invention has improved liquid stability and can produce cured products having superior mechanical characteristics by polymerization. The composition further comprises preferably a primary or secondary amine. The liquid curable resin composition can be used as a coating material for optical fibers, adhesives, and the like. The composition is particularly suitable as a coating material for optical fibers for which long-term stability is required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignees: DSM IP Assets B.V., JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Zen Komiya, Adrianus G. M. Abel, Duurt P. W. Alkema, Masahito Mase, Takashi Ukachi
  • Patent number: 6852766
    Abstract: A method of multiphoton photosensitizing a photoreactive composition comprises irradiating the composition with light sufficient to cause simultaneous absorption of at least two photons, thereby inducing at least one acid- or radical-initiated chemical reaction where the composition is exposed to the light. The composition comprises: (a) at least one reactive species that is capable of undergoing such reaction; and (b) at least one multi-component, multiphoton photoinitiator system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Robert J. DeVoe
  • Patent number: 6844373
    Abstract: A radiation-curable composition having a reduced surface energy and including a reactive dye containing at least one radiation-curable substituent and at least one fluorine-containing substituent. The reactive dye may include any anthraquinone, methine, azo, azine, or xanthene dye adapted to contain at least one radiation-curable substituent and at least one fluorine-containing substituent. The radiation-curable substituent may include (meth)acrylate, styrene, vinyl ether, vinyl ester, N-substituted acrylamide, N-vinyl amide, maleate ester, and fumarate ester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: Alcatel
    Inventor: Michael B. Purvis
  • Patent number: 6833391
    Abstract: A curable composition includes a multifunctional (meth)acrylate; a substituted or unsubstituted arylether (meth)acrylate monomer; a brominated aromatic (meth)acrylate monomer; and a polymerization intiator. The compositions exhibit high refractive indices and, upon polymerization, the compositons provide films having excellent thermomechanical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bret Ja Chisholm, Anne Herrmann
  • Publication number: 20040249100
    Abstract: A curable composition includes a multifunctional (meth)acrylate; a substituted or unsubstituted arylether (meth)acrylate monomer; a brominated aromatic (meth)acrylate monomer; and a polymerization initiator. The compositions exhibit high refractive indices and, upon polymerization, the compositions provide films having excellent thermomechanical properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Bret Ja Chisholm, Anne Herrmann
  • Patent number: 6818677
    Abstract: A process in which an aqueous solution of a vinyl monomer is subjected to photopolymerization to produce a water-soluble polymer which has a high molecular weight, is highly soluble in water, and reduced in unreacted monomer content is provided. The process comprises subjecting an aqueous solution of a vinyl monomer to photopolymerization with the aid of an azo compound having a 10-hour half-life decomposition temperature of 90° C. or lower as a photopolymerization initiator in such a manner that first-stage light irradiation is conducted at an irradiation intensity of 0.5 to 7 W/m2 and second-stage or subsequent light irradiation is conducted at an irradiation intensity higher than that in the first stage and in an integrated quantity of light of 70,000 J/m2 or larger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Toagosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Ito, Tetsuya Tsuzuki, Juichi Gotoh, Susumu Miho
  • Patent number: 6797741
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method in connection with processing polymer or elastomer material, wherein additive is added to the polymer or elastomer material, and the additive is subjected to the desired chemical reaction. To minimize energy consumption, infrared radiation is led to the polymer or elastomer material, the wavelength of the radiation being so chosen that the radiation penetrates optimally the polymer or elastomer material, but absorbs in the additive, producing the desired reaction in the additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Maillefer S.A.
    Inventor: Aarne Heino
  • Patent number: 6765036
    Abstract: Photopolymerizable compositions comprise a cationically polymerizable resin and a photoinitiator system comprising: (i) an iodonium salt; (ii) a visible light sensitizer; and (iii) an electron donor compound having an oxidation potential less than that of 1,4-dimethoxybenzene when measured versus a saturated calomel electrode, wherein the photoinitiator system has a photoinduced potential of less than that of 3-dimethylaminobenzoic acid in a standard solution of 2.9×10−5 moles/g diphenyl iodonium hexafluoroantimonate and 1.5×10−5 moles/g camphorquinone in 2-butanone. The compositions polymerize on exposure to light in the visible spectrum and are useful in a variety of applications, including dental adhesives and dental composites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Karsten Dede, Thomas Klettke, Thomas Luchterhandt, Joel D. Oxman
  • Patent number: 6750266
    Abstract: A multiphoton-activatable, photoreactive composition comprises: (a) at least one reactive species that is capable of undergoing an acid- or radical-initiated chemical reaction; (b) a photochemically-effective amount of a multiphoton photosensitizer comprising at least one multiphoton up-converting inorganic phosphor; and (c) a photochemically-effective amount of a one-photon photoinitiator system that is capable of being photosensitized by the multiphoton photosensitizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: James G. Bentsen, Robert J. DeVoe, Michael C. Palazzotto
  • Patent number: 6747071
    Abstract: The invention concerns dental compositions. Said composition comprises (1) a silicon crosslinkable and/or polymerizable by cation process; (2) an efficient amount of at least an initiator such as onium borate; (3) at least a photosensitizer; and (4) a dental filler present in the composition in a proportion of at least 10 wt. % relative to the composition total weight. Said dental compositions are useful for making dental prostheses or for dental restoration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Rhodia Chimie
    Inventor: Jean-Marc Frances
  • Patent number: 6734221
    Abstract: A radiation-curable composition that includes a cyanoacrylate component or a cyanoacrylate-containing formulation, a photoinitiated radical generating component, and a photoinitiator component is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Loctite (R&D) Limited
    Inventor: Hanns R Misiak
  • Patent number: 6726795
    Abstract: A radiation-curable composition which includes a cyanoacrylate component or a cyanoacrylate-containing formulation; a metallocene component; and a polymerizingly effective amount of a photoinitiator to accelerate the rate of cure is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Inventors: Stan Wojciak, Shabbir Attarwala
  • Patent number: 6673457
    Abstract: The invention discloses a novel radiation-curable silicone-based release coating composition capable of giving a cured release coating film on a substrate such as a plastic resin film exhibiting excellent adhesion to a variety of substrate materials and excellent releasability. The radiation-curable releasing silicone composition of the invention comprises (A) an aromatic compound having, in a molecule, at least two cationically polymerizable organopolysiloxanyl groups such as epoxy-substituted organopolysiloxanyl groups as the silicone ingredient and (B) a photopolymerization initiator which is an onium salt compound such as diaryliodonium salt compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Takahashi, Masahiko Ogawa
  • Patent number: 6630521
    Abstract: Disclosed are thermally-stable, red, anthraquinone colorants which contain one or more ethylenically-unsaturated, photopolymerizable radicals and which may be copolymerized with ethylenically-unsaturated monomers to produce colored compositions such as colored acrylic polymers, colored polystyrenes, and similar colored polymeric materials derived from other ethylenically-unsaturated monomers. The compounds possess good stability to ultraviolet light, good solubility in vinyl monomers, good color strength and thermal stability. Also disclosed are acrylic polymeric materials, i.e., polymers derived from acrylic acid esters, methacrylic acid esters and/or other copolymerizable vinyl compounds, having copolymerized therein one or more of the colorant compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Michael John Cyr, Max Allen Weaver, Gerry Foust Rhodes, Jason Clay Pearson, Jean Carroll Fleischer
  • Patent number: 6627672
    Abstract: This invention relates to a dual curing silicone composition with an enhanced depth of cure. This composition incorporates an acylphosphine oxide or diacylphosphine oxide, the compatibility of which with the silicone is promoted through the use of a polar carrier. The composition may also include a second photoinitiator that is different than the acylphosphine oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Henkel Loctite Corporation
    Inventors: Chiu-Sing Lin, Thomas Fay-Oy Lim, Richard Oliver Angus, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20030166738
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds which can generate amine by irradiation with light and are excellent both in photodecomposability and in reactivity and compatibility with amine-curable compounds, and photo-setting compositions containing the compounds. The compounds are carbamoyloxyimino compounds represented by the structural formula (I); and the compositions each comprise one or more of the carbamoyloxyimino compounds and an amine-curable compound. In the formula (I), R1 is an n-valent organic group; R2 and R3 are each hydrogen or an aromatic or aliphatic group; and n is an integer of 1 or above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: Hideaki Ishizawa, Hiroji Fukui, Takeo Kuroda
  • Patent number: 6599954
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to completely cure a resin composition highly capable of screening energy radiation, such as a carbon fiber-reinforced composite material (CFRP), simply by exposing the resin composition to UV radiation in the presence of a specific photopolymerization initiator system (reaction catalyst system) comprising at least two components. To this end, the present invention provides a resin curing method wherein, when a resin composition is exposed to energy radiation typified by UV radiation, another kind of first energy than the energy from an energy radiation source is autogenously generated within the resin, and the same kind of second energy is successively generated by the autogenously generated energy, so that the resin composition is cured by means of the first and second energies, or both the first and second energies and the energy from the energy radiation source, whether or not the resin composition contains a substance capable of screening energy radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriya Hayashi, Shunichi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 6592801
    Abstract: A process for polymerizing episulfide monomers comprising the steps of: (c) mixing to an episulfide monomer or a mixture of episulfide monomers an effective amount of at least one photopolymerization catalyst selected from the group consisting of (cyclopentadienyl) ruthenium and osmium complexes and an effective amount of at least a co-catalyst selected from phosphonium salts, phosphines and amines; and (d) irradiating the mixture of (a) with an ultra-violet radiation to polymerize the mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Essilor International Compagnie Generale d'Optique
    Inventors: Sirisoma Wanigatunga, Yassin Yusef Turshani, Peiqi Jiang
  • Publication number: 20030118939
    Abstract: The present invention provides an IR-sensitive composition, which includes: a polymeric binder; and a free radical polymerizable system consisting of: at least one component selected from unsaturated free radical polymerizable monomers, oligomers which are free radical polymerizable and polymers containing C═C bonds in the backbone and/or in the side chain groups; and an initiator system, which includes: (a) at least one compound capable of absorbing IR radiation; (b) at least one compound capable of producing radicals; and (c) at least one carboxylic co-initiator, provided that the total acid number of the polymeric binder is 70 mg KOH/g or less. The present invention further provides a printing plate precursor, a process for preparing the printing plate and a method of producing an image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2001
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Applicant: KODAK POLYCHROME GRAPHICS, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Heidi Munnelly, Paul West
  • Patent number: 6579914
    Abstract: A composition for coating an optical waveguide, more specifically, an optical fiber, and optical fibers coated therewith. The coating composition is a radiation curable composition including an aliphatic epoxide, a urethane acrylate oligomer, a reactive diluent, and cationic and free-radical photoinitiators. The cationic photoinitiator acts upon the aliphatic epoxide while the free-radial photoinitiator acts upon the urethane acrylate oligomer. The resulting cured coating forms an interpenetrated polymer network. The properties of coatings in accordance with the invention including the glass transition temperature thereof, can be tailored to achieve advantageous coatings suitable for use as primary coatings and secondary coatings for an optical fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: Alcatel
    Inventors: Todd W. Gantt, Michael B Purvis, Igor V. Khudyakov, Bob J. Overton
  • Patent number: 6569603
    Abstract: There are disclosed a light-sensitive composition which comprises (A) a polymer having a phenyl group substituted by a vinyl group at a side chain, (B) a photopolymerization initiator and (C) a sensitizer which sensitizes the photo-polymerization initiator, or a light-sensitive composition which comprises (A′) a polymer, the above-mentioned (B) and (C), and (D) a monomer having at least two phenyl groups each of which is substituted by a vinyl group in the molecule of the monomer; and a method of forming a relief image which comprises coating the light-sensitive composition as mentioned above on a support, exposing the composition by exposure or scanning exposure and developing the same to form a relief image on the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited
    Inventor: Akira Furukawa
  • Publication number: 20030078313
    Abstract: Novel benzophenone derivatives and methods of making and using the same are disclosed. The novel compounds can display highly active photoinitiation and photopolymerization properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Applicant: Albemarle Corporation
    Inventors: John Gabriel Santobianco, Rajamani Nagarajan, August John Muller, Joseph Stanton Bowers
  • Publication number: 20030073754
    Abstract: Novel benzophenone derivatives and methods of making and using the same are disclosed. The novel compounds can display highly active photoinitiation and photopolymerization properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Applicant: Albemarle Corporation
    Inventors: John Gabriel Santobianco, Rajamani Nagarajan, August John Muller, Joseph Stanton Bowers
  • Patent number: 6528553
    Abstract: The present invention provides a curable composition, comprising: a (meth)acrylate urethane compound derived from a polypropylene glycol or a propyleneoxide ethyleneoxide copolymer glycol having a molecular weight between 1,000 and 13,000 and an amount of unsaturation less than 0.01 meq/g. The liquid curable resin composition of the present invention has improved liquid stability and can produce cured products having superior mechanical characteristics by polymerization. The composition further comprises preferably a primary or secondary amine. The liquid curable resin composition can be used as a coating material for optical fibers, adhesives, and the like. The composition is particularly suitable as a coating material for optical fibers for which long-term stability is required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignees: DSM N.V., JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Zen Komiya, Adrianus G. M. Abel, Duurt P. W. Alkema, Masahito Mase, Takashi Ukachi
  • Publication number: 20030022956
    Abstract: A process for polymerizing episulfide monomers comprising the steps of:
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2001
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: Sirisoma Wanigatunga, Yassin Yusef Turshani, Peiqi Jiang
  • Patent number: 6512020
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I, II and III, wherein wherein R1 is for example hydrogen, C1-C12alkyl, C3-C30cycloalkyl, C2-C12alkenyl, C4-C8cycloalkenyl, phenyl, which is unsubstituted or substituted, naphthyl, anthracyl or phenanthryl, unsubstituted or substituted, heteroaryl radical which is unsubstituted or substituted; wherein all radicals R1 with the exception of hydrogen can additionally be substituted by a group having a —O—C-bond or a —O—Si-bond which cleaves upon the action of an acid; R′1 is for example phenylene, naphthylene, diphenylene or oxydiphenylene, wherein these radicals are unsubstituted or substituted; R2 is halogen or C1-C10haloalkyl; R3 is for example C1-C18alkylsulfonyl, phenylsulfonyl, naphthylsulfonyl, anthracylsulfonyl or phenanthrylsulfonyl, wherein the groups are unsubstituted or substituted, or R3 is e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Toshikage Asakura, Hitoshi Yamato, Masaki Ohwa, Jean-Luc Birbaum, Kurt Dietliker, Junichi Tanabe
  • Patent number: 6506815
    Abstract: A resin composition for denture is provided, which does not require operations for weighing, and mixing during the use; is free from involving of air bubbles; and when used for preparation of a denture base, is free from a reduction in physical properties and staining or discoloration with a lapse of time. Further, a completed denture has a high elastic energy value, is superior in impact resistance, and when applied with an impact or a stress as in the case of dropping, is not readily broken. The resin composition for denture base is in a one-paste state and is constructed by (a) a polymerizable monomer and/or oligomer having a modulus of elasticity at polymerization of 0.25 to 3.00 GPa, (b) an organic filler and/or an organic-inorganic composite filler having a modulus of elasticity of 0.25 to 3.00 GPa, and (c) a polymerization initiator made of a heat polymerization type polymerization initiator and/or a photopolymerization type polymerization initiator, and optionally, (d) an inorganic filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: GC Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka Shinozaki, Tomohiro Kumagai
  • Patent number: 6503959
    Abstract: A photocurable composition comprising (A) an &agr;-cyanoacrylate and (B) a metallocene compound comprising a transition metal of Group VIII of the periodic table and aromatic electron system ligands selected from &pgr;-arenes, indenyl, &eegr;-cyclopentadienyl. The photocurable composition may further comprise (C) a cleavage-type photoinitiator. The photocurability of the photocurable composition can be greatly improved by incorporating a cleavage type photoinitiator into the composition. Even when the composition contains a radical-polymerizable compound such as an acrylic compound, it can be rapidly cured due to the cleavage type photoinitiator contained therein. In the case where the cleavage-type photoinitiator used is a peroxide, heating can also be used to cure the composition. In the case where the cleavage type photoinitiator used is an azo compound, the composition can be foamed by regulating the addition amount of the photoinitiator or the quantity of light with which the composition is irradiated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: Three Bond Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuko Nishiyama, Hiroyuki Mikuni
  • Publication number: 20020198279
    Abstract: A single component liquid heat-curable adhesive formulation that is stable at room temperature. The formulation includes from about 5 to about 70 wt % of at least one acrylate monomer, from about 5 to about 94 wt % of an acrylate oligomer, and from about 0.1 to about 10 wt % of a thermal initiator selected from the group consisting of diacyl peroxides, benzoyl peroxides and peroxy esters. A photo initiator may be included thereby rendering the stable liquid formulation to be both heat-curable and UV-curable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2001
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventor: Chau Thi Minh Ha
  • Patent number: 6489081
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I wherein R1, R2, and R3 independently of one another are hydrogen; C1-C20alkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by OH, C1-C4alkoxy, C1-C4alkylthio, phenylthio, F, Cl, Br, I, CN, (C1-8alkyl)O—(CO)—, (C1-C4alkyl)—(CO)O— or/and di(C1-C4alkyl)amino; or R1, R2, and R3 independently of one another are C3-C6alkenyl; phenyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by OH, C1-C4alkoxy, C1-C4alkylthio, phenylthio, F, Cl, Br, I, CN, (C1-C8alkyl)O(CO)—, (C1-C4alkyl)—(CO)O— or/— and di(C1-C4alkyl)amino; or R1 and R2 together are C2-C9alkylene, o-xylylene, 2-butenylene, C3-C9oxaalkylene or C3-C9azaalkylene; R4, R5, R6, and R7 independently of one another are sec-C3-C20alkyl, tert-C4-C20alkyl or phenyl wherein these radicals are unsubstituted or substituted by OH, C1-C4alkoxy, C1-C4alkylthio, phenylthio, F, Cl, Br, I, CN, (C1-C8alkyl)O(CO)—, (C1-C4alkyl)—(CO)O— or/and di(C1-C4alkyl)amino; or R4 and R5, and/or R6 and R7
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Matsumoto, Yoshihiko Ito
  • Patent number: 6489377
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing thermotropic casting resin systems that comprise at least one matrix polymer including at least one thermotropic monomer compound which cannot be mixed with the matrix polymer, whereby the matrix polymer an the thermotropic monomer compound are selected in such a way that their refraction indices are almost the same in a temperatrue range that is below the temperature required for structural change and that reaches the temperature of structural change of the thermotropic monomer compound, the casting resin system being translucent or transparent in this termperature range. After dissolving the monomer thermotropic compund in a matrix solution containing a photohardening oligomer, reactive diluents and photoinitiators and a liquid, photohardenable system is obtained, photoradiation with exclusion of oxygen is carried out for hardening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: Fraunhoger-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V.
    Inventors: Taner Bicer, Christoph Schwitalla, Holger Goedeke
  • Patent number: 6489374
    Abstract: The invention relates to &agr;-ammonium alkenes, iminium alkenes and amidinium alkenes in the form of their tetraaryl- or triaryl-alkylborate salts that can be converted photochemically into amines, imines or amidines, and to a process for the preparation thereof. The invention relates also to compositions polymerisable or crosslinkable under basic conditions comprising such &agr;-ammonium alkenes, iminium alkenes or amidinium alkenes in the form of their tetra- or tri-arylalkylborate salts, to a method of carrying out photochemically induced, base-catalysed reactions, and to the use of such compounds as photoinitiators for base-catalysed reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Gisèle Baudin, Sean Colm Turner, Allan Francis Cunningham
  • Patent number: 6486225
    Abstract: A photocurable composition comprising (A) 100 parts by weight of a compound having an ethylenically unsaturated group, (B) from 0.001 to 5 parts by weight of a cationic dye having an absorption maximum wavelength in the wavelength region of from 400 to 1,200 nm represented by formula (1: D+·A1−  (1) wherein D+ represents a cation having an absorption maximum wavelength in the wavelength region of from 400 to 1,200 nm, and A1 31 represents an anion, and (C) from 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: Showa Denko Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hirotoshi Kamata, Takeo Watanabe, Kazuhiko Ooga, Toshio Koshikawa
  • Patent number: 6482868
    Abstract: Accelerators that can be useful for an energy polymerizable composition comprising a cationically curable material; energy polymerizable -compositions comprising at least one cationically curable material and an initiation system therefor, the initiation system comprising at least one organometallic complex salt and at least one accelerator; and a method for curing the compositions. The cured compositions can provide useful articles. The invention also provides compositions of matter comprising an organometallic complex salt and at least one compound selected from the Class 1 and Class 2 compounds disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Wayne Scott Mahoney, Peggy Sperl Willett
  • Patent number: 6458865
    Abstract: Photopolymerizable compositions are provided which are the reaction products of a vinyl ether, a photoinitiator system comprising an iodonium salt, a visible light sensitizer, and an electron donor compound. These monomeric/oligomeric compositions may also include epoxides, polyols, spiroorthocarbonates. One embodiment of the present invention is a polymerizable composition comprised of a vinyl ether, a spiroorthocarbonate, and a photoinitiator system. Another embodiment of the present invention is a polymerizable composition comprised of a vinyl ether, an epoxide, a polyol, and a photoinitiator system. Still another embodiment of the present invention is a polymerizable composition comprised of a vinyl ether, an epoxide, a polyol, a spiroorthocarbonate, and a photoinitiator system. Still further, another embodiment of the present invention is certain novel spiroorthocarbonate compounds. Each of these novel spiroorthocarbonate compounds include at least one epoxy group as a substituent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignees: Curators of the University of Missouri, 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Cecil C. Chappelow, Charles S. Pinzino, J. David Eick, Joel D. Oxman
  • Patent number: 6433036
    Abstract: A radiation-curable composition which includes a cyanoacrylate component or a cyanoacrylate-containing formulation; a metallocene component; and a polymerizingly effective amount of a photoinitiator to accelerate the rate of cure is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Loctite Corporation
    Inventors: Stan Wojciak, Shabbir Attarwala
  • Patent number: 6433035
    Abstract: Selectively colorable compositions and a method for forming selectively colored polymeric bodies using such compositions are disclosed. In accordance with the invention, a selectively colorable polymerizable composition comprising a leucobase color former is irradiated with light of a particular wavelength and specific intensity for a specified duration. Exposure to actinic radiation cures the composition and activates the color former. Exposure to higher dosages of actinic radiation can bleach the composition. The irradiation dosage can be varied to selectively color the polymeric body whereby the resultant color of any particular area depends on the exposure dose received at that location. By varying the dose, a polymeric body can be prepared having distinctly colored elements at specific locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Spectra Group Limited, Inc.
    Inventors: Oleg V. Grinevich, Douglas C. Neckers
  • Patent number: 6426373
    Abstract: Among other things, a photopolymerizing one-component dental material is prepared, containing: 1) 80-10 weight-% of at least one polyfunctional urethane methacrylate and/or at least one polyfunctional urethane acrylate, 2) 10-30 weight-% of at least one polyfunctional acrylate resin, 3) 10-30 weight-% of at least one reactive thinner, 4) 0-20 weight-% of bis-GMA and/or at least one ethoxylated bisphenol-A-dimethacrylate, 5) 0-10 weight-% of at least one filler, 6) 0-1 weight-% of at least one photoinitiator, and. 7) 0-1 weight-% of at least one color pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2002
    Assignee: Heraeus Kulzer GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Frank Stange, Albert Erdrich, Novica Savic, Teresa Puchalska
  • Patent number: 6419873
    Abstract: An apparatus for preparing a plastic eyeglass lens includes a coating unit and a lens curing unit. The apparatus is preferably configured to allow the operation of both the coating unit and the lens curing unit. The apparatus may also include a post-cure unit and a controller. The controller is configured to control the operation of the coating unit, the lens curing unit and the post-cure unit. A lens forming composition may include an aromatic containing polyether polyethylenic functional monomer, a photoinitiator, and a coinitiator. The lens forming composition may be cured by the application of activating light or activating light and heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Q2100, Inc.
    Inventors: Omar M. Buazza, Stephen C. Luetke, Galen R. Powers, Matthew C. Lattis, Larry H. Joel
  • Publication number: 20020091172
    Abstract: The invention provides a decomposable resin composition which is stable at the using time and quickly decomposed when being discarded. According to the present invention, there is provided a resin composition comprising an agent generating an acid or a base by light or heat together with a hydrolyzable and biodegradable resin. The decomposable resin composition can promote decomposition of the polymer by generating an acid or a base in the resin by carrying out light irradiation and/or heat treatment at a desired time and can control the decomposition speed of the polymer by controlling the generation amount of an acid or a base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2001
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Inventor: Hiroshi Maehara
  • Patent number: 6410610
    Abstract: A process for producing water-soluble, cationic polyelectrolytes is described, wherein the polymerization of the water-soluble monomers is initiated at low temperatures using a combination of UV light, photoinitiator and a redox system, and is characterized in that the redox system is capable of initiating the polymerization only at temperatures higher than or equal to 20° C. The polymers have a high molecular weight and a low content of residual monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Stockhausen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Helmut Brehm
  • Patent number: 6398981
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with photopolymer materials sensitive to infrared, near infrared, red and green light radiation for initiating polymerization and to applications of such photopolymer, like holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystal (H-PDLC) or reversible dye doped photopolymer (RDDP) materials, for making optical devices. The invention relates to holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystal and reversible dye materials having improved electrical and optical switching properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Universite Laval
    Inventors: Tigran Galstian, Amir Tork
  • Patent number: 6387980
    Abstract: The invention provides dental composition system having curable liquid which is useful alone as a light curable composition and which is useful by mixing with a powder in preselected proportions to form dual cure compositions. The composition system is useful as bonding agent, cement, liner, base, restorative, pit and fissure sealants, and/or core build-up material, having improved adhesion to dentin. After storing the powder and the liquid in separate containers for at least two weeks and then mixing a portion of the powder and a portion of the liquid to form a mixture, the polymerizable compound polymerizes within 20 minutes of the mixing to form a first polymeric material having a flexural strength of at least 50 MPa, and an expansion in water at 37° C. after 90 days of less than 1 percent by volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Dentsply Research & Development Corp.
    Inventors: Kewang Lu, Paul D. Hammesfahr
  • Publication number: 20020042022
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2001
    Publication date: April 11, 2002
    Inventors: David George Leppard, Manfred Kohler, Andreas Valet
  • Patent number: 6355704
    Abstract: An antibacterial bonding compositions for dental use, which comprises (A) an antibacterial primer that comprises an antibacterial polymerizable monomer having an ethylenic unsaturated group and at least one or more cationic groups selected from the group consisting of ammonium bases, pyridinium bases and phosphonium bases, and a volatile solvent, and(B) an adhesive composition comprising an acid group having polymerizable monomer, a polymerizable monomer, and a polymerization initiator; and an adhesive compositions for dental use, which comprises (P) an adhesive primer comprising an acid group having polymerizable monomer, a hydrophilic polymerizable monomer, and water, and (Q) a bonding agent comprising a polymerizable monomer, and an acylphosphine oxide compound and an &agr;-diketone compound both serving as a polymerization initiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazumitsu Nakatsuka, Koichi Okada, Satoshi Imazato, Shigeyuki Ebisu, Yasuhiko Tsuchitani
  • Publication number: 20020010226
    Abstract: Light cured nail coatings that are applied to natural nails and/or artificial nail-tips for cosmetic purposes. An optional bond-enhancing compound can be used to strengthen the bond between the light curable coatings and the natural nail. Also, finishing compounds may be used to clean the surface of the uv curable coatings resulting in a high-gloss shine. The methods of applying uv-radiation curable nail coatings, bond-enhancing compounds, and finishing compounds to artificial nail-tips and natural nail are also discussed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Inventor: Pamela H. Lilley
  • Patent number: 6329442
    Abstract: A curable composite material composition comprising (A) a polymerizable unsaturated compound, (B) a fiber reinforcing material and/or fiber, and (C) a polymerization initiator comprising an organic boron compound represented by the general formula (1)  wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 each independently represent an alkyl, aryl, allyl, aralkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, silyl or heterocyclic group, a halogen atom, or a substituted alkyl, substituted aryl, substituted allyl, substituted aralkyl, substituted alkenyl, substituted alkynyl or substituted silyl group, and Z+ represents a cation, and an acidic compound, as well as a curing process for the curable composite material composition which includes irradiating and/or heating the curable composite material composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignees: Showa Denko K.K., Showa Highpolymer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuichi Sugita, Hirotoshi Kamata, Tomio Yamamoto, Kazuo Ohtani, Hidetake Sendai
  • Patent number: 6326414
    Abstract: An ultraviolet-curable adhesive for bonding optical disks, which comprises (A) a radical-polymerizable vinyl compound, (B) an &agr;-hydroxyalkylphenone compound as a photopolymerization initiator, and (C) 2-methyl-1-[4-(methylthio)phenyl]-2-morpholino-propane-1-one, and which can provide optical disk products which are small in warping of disks, retain sufficient performances even under high temperature and high humidity and have a good appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: Nagase Chemtex Corporation
    Inventor: Takafumi Iida
  • Patent number: RE37962
    Abstract: A photopolymerizable composition is disclosed, which comprises an addition-polymerizable compound having at least one ethylenically unsaturated double bond, a sensitizing dye represented by the following formula (I): wherein the all symbols are defined in the disclosure, and a titanocene compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Syunichi Kondo, Kazuo Fujita