Containing Nitrogen Patents (Class 522/39)
  • Publication number: 20120133060
    Abstract: A radiation-curable ink jet ink composition contains a polymerizable compound, an photopolymerization initiator and polysiloxane, in which the ink composition is used for recording on a package substrate as a recording medium; the polymerizable compound contains one or more kinds of compound having a pentaerythritol skeleton; an HLB value of the polysiloxane is 5 to 12; and the polysiloxane content is 0.1 to 2% by mass with respect to the total amount of the ink composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Nakane, Jun Ito
  • Publication number: 20120111620
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: TAIYO HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoko Shibasaki, Masao Arima
  • Patent number: 8137890
    Abstract: The invention provides a colored photosensitive composition including: a coloring agent with a content of from 50% by weight to 80% by weight with respect to the total solid content of the composition; an oxime-based initiator with a content of from 5% by weight to 20% by weight with respect to the total solid content of the composition; and a resin containing at least one first structural unit represented by any one of the following formulae (1) to (3) containing an unsaturated double bond, and at least one second structural unit represented by the following formula (4) containing an acid group, wherein a ratio of the first structural unit to the second structural unit is 1.5 or more (molar ratio).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Takakuwa, Kazuto Shimada
  • Patent number: 8133931
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an acrylate nanocomposite material which can apply to optoelectronic device encapsulation, dental restorations and light waveguide. The acrylate nanocomposite material comprises an inorganic nano-particle, an acrylate monomer with at least one acrylate group, an imidized acrylate oligomer and a photo-initiator. The acrylate nanocomposite material photopolymerizes to form an organic/inorganic 3D network wherein the absorption (%) is 0.01 to 5.00 and the permeability (g mm/m2 day) is 0.01 to 10.00 thereof. In addition, the transmittance of the nanocomposite is over 90%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Wei-Fang Su, Sheng-Hao Hsu, Chein-Chih Lin, Min-Huey Chen
  • Patent number: 8110610
    Abstract: A radiation curable composition comprising a curable compound, a photo-initiator and a co-initiator, characterized in that said co-initiator is a oligomer or polymer having a repeating unit, said repeating unit comprising at least two tertiary amines, and said polymer being prepared by the polycondensation of di- or oligofunctional Michael acceptors with mono- or oligofunctional aliphatic primary amines or with di- or oligofunctional aliphatic secondary amines or with a mixture thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Agfa Graphics N.V.
    Inventors: Johan Loccufier, Roland Claes
  • Publication number: 20120021142
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid crystal alignment layer composition showing excellent adhesive strength to a substrate and a liquid crystal layer and excellent homeotropic alignment of liquid crystals, a liquid crystal alignment layer prepared with the same, a preparation method of the liquid crystal alignment layer, an optical film including the liquid crystal alignment layer, and a display device including the same. According to the present invention, provided are a liquid crystal alignment layer composition which comprises 1-50 wt % of a photocurable resin binder, 0.01-5 wt % of an amine compound selected from the group consisting of primary and secondary amino-based coupling agents, 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Dae-Hee Lee, Moon-Soo Park
  • Publication number: 20120013690
    Abstract: This disclosure is generally directed to curable solid inks, such as radiation-curable solid inks, and their use in forming images, such as through transfuse printing. More specifically, this disclosure is directed to radiation-curable solid inks, such as ultraviolet-light-curable phase-change inks, that comprise curable and non-curable waxes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Marcel P. BRETON, Michelle N. Chrétien, Christopher A. Wagner, Ian R. Duffy, Peter G. Odell
  • Patent number: 8063115
    Abstract: A radiation curable composition comprising a curable compound, a photo-initiator and a co-initiator, wherein said co-initiator has a structure according to Formula I A-L-B??Formula I wherein A represents a structural moiety comprising an aromatic tertiary amine; B represents a structural moiety comprising at least one aliphatic tertiary amine; L represents a divalent linking group positioning the nitrogen atom of the aromatic amine of the structural moiety A and the nitrogen of at least one aliphatic amine of the structural moiety B in a 1-3 to 1-23 position; with the proviso that at least one aromatic and at least one aliphatic amine each have at least one alfa-hydrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Agfa Graphics NV
    Inventors: Johan Loccufier, Roland Claes
  • Publication number: 20110269866
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a photo-curable and thermo-curable resin composition and a dry film solder resist make it possible to provide the dry film solder resist having superior heat-resistance and dimensional stability while exhibiting more improved alkali developing property. The resin composition may comprises an acid-modified oligomer having carboxyl group (—COOH) and photo-curable functional group; a photo-polymerizable monomer comprising a compound having a structure of that 3- or more functional epoxy acrylate groups are bonded to a heterocyclic structure containing nitrogen, and a functional group having carboxyl group is bonded to at least one epoxy acrylate group; a thermo-curable binder having thermo-curable functional group; and a photo-initiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Woo-Jae JEONG, Byung-Ju CHOI, Bo-Yun CHOI, Kwang-Joo LEE, Min-Su JEONG
  • Publication number: 20110262711
    Abstract: Curable, phase-change compositions and inks used for printing three-dimensional objects including a curable monomer, a photoinitiator, a wax and a gellant, where the composition of the cured formulation has a room temperature modulus of from about 0.01 to about 5 Gpa. The curable monomer includes acrylic monomer, polybutadiene adducted with maleic anhydride, aliphatic urethane acrylate, polyester acrylate, 3-acryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane, or acryloxypropyl t-structured siloxane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naveen CHOPRA, Michelle N. Chretien, Barkev Keoshkerian
  • Patent number: 8039524
    Abstract: A grafting reagent and related method of using the reagent to form a polymeric layer on a support surface, and particularly a porous support surface, in a manner that provides and/or preserves desired properties (such as porosity) of the surface. The reagent and method can be used to provide a thin, conformable, uniform, uncrosslinked coating having desired properties onto the surface of a preformed, and particularly a porous, polymeric substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: SurModics, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph A. Chappa, Sean M. Stucke, Richard A. Amos, Terrence P. Everson, Stephen J. Chudzik, Pam Read, legal representative, Dale G. Swan, Peter H. Duquette
  • Publication number: 20110244203
    Abstract: A UV curable intermediate transfer media, such as a belt, that includes a first supporting substrate, such as a polyimide substrate layer, and a second surface layer of a mixture of a carbon nanotube component, a photoinitiator component, and an organic inorganic hybrid component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jin Wu, Yuhua Tong, Brian P. Gilmartin, Jonathan H. Herko
  • Patent number: 8029877
    Abstract: There are provided: a curable resin composition having a high exposure sensitivity and a good developing property, and thereby capable of forming an accurate and precise pattern; a liquid crystal panel substrate on which a protective film for covering a color layer or spacers for a liquid crystal layer, by using the curable resin composition, hardly causing a color irregularity and contrast irregularity; and a liquid crystal panel using the liquid crystal panel substrate and having a superior display quality. The curable resin composition of the present invention comprises: a copolymer (a) having a molecular structure in which a constitutional unit including an acidic functional unit and a constitutional unit including a photocurable functional group are linked at least; a photopolymerization initiator (h) having a tertiary amine structure; and a photocurable compound (c) having at least one acidic functional group and at least three photocurable functional groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Hayashi, Shunsuke Sega, Hiromu Taguchi, Mitsutaka Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20110230582
    Abstract: An energy ray-curable inkjet ink composition comprising polymerizable compounds containing a monofunctional monomer, (A) a reactive oligomer having a rate of elongation of 130% or more and a weight average molecular weight of not less than 800 and less than 3,000 and (B) a reactive oligomer having a rate of elongation of 130% or more and a weight average molecular weight of not less than 3,000 and not more than 8,000, provided that one of the reactive oligomers (A) and (B) is not more than difunctional and the other is not less than difunctional, at least one polymerization initiator selected from the group consisting of (C) an acylphosphine oxide initiator and (D) an ?-aminoalkylphenone initiator, a surface tension modifier, and a colorant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Kito, Satoshi Kobayashi, Kunihiko Koyama
  • Publication number: 20110223391
    Abstract: The invention provides an ink composition for ink jet recording of the active energy beam curing type that comprises 30 to 80% by mass of a monofunctional acrylate having a monoalicyclic structure, 1 to 10% by mass of an urethane acrylate oligomer and 5 to 30% by mass of N-vinylcaprolactam together with a polymerization initiator and a coloring agent, and has a viscosity at 40° C. of 5 to 20 mPa·s and a surface tension of 20 to 50 mN/m. The ink composition exhibits good ejection capability and curability, is less smelling and of great safety, and has good adhesion to a variety of substrate materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: THE INCTEC INC.
    Inventors: Keiji Nishimura, Fumie Yamazaki, Syoichi Kumamoto
  • Publication number: 20110189253
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a composition includes a macromer having a polymeric backbone comprising units with a 1,2-diol or 1,3-diol structure and at least two pendant chains bearing crosslinkable groups, an amphiphilic comonomer, and a crosslinking initiator, wherein the composition has a setting time of less than about 3 minutes. The disclosure is further directed to a kit and a method of making the above-mentioned composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.
    Inventors: Sean M. Haddock, Susan J. Drapeau, Thomas Andrew Simonton
  • Publication number: 20110170209
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I or (I?), wherein R1 and R?1 for example are hydrogen, C3-C8cycloalkyl or C1-C12alkyl, R2 and R2? for example are hydrogen; unsubstituted C1-C20alkyl or substituted C1-C20alkyl; and R8 and R9 for example are hydrogen, C1-C12alkyl which optionally is substituted, or phenyl which optionally is substituted; exhibit an unexpectedly good performance in photopolymerization reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Akira Matsumoto, Hisatoshi Kura
  • Publication number: 20110152061
    Abstract: A photosensitive paste composition for forming barrier ribs of a plasma display panel (PDP). The photosensitive paste composition includes an inorganic material including SiO2 and at least one of B2O3 and P2O5, and an organic material containing photosensitive components, wherein the total content of SiO2 and B2O3 is about 50 wt % to about 80 wt % with respect to 100 wt % of the inorganic material, or a content of SiO2 and P2O5 is about 50 wt % to about 80 wt % with respect to 100 wt % of the inorganic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG SDI., LTD.
    Inventors: Beom-Wook Lee, Jong-Seo Choi
  • Publication number: 20110136932
    Abstract: Polymers, methods of use thereof, and methods of decomposition thereof, are provided. One exemplary polymer, among others, includes, a photodefinable polymer having a sacrificial polymer and a photoinitiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul A. Kohl, Sue Ann Bidstrup-Allen, Clifford Lee Henderson
  • Publication number: 20110130482
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for synthesizing aromatic thioether ketones comprising reacting an aromatic thioether with an acylating agent in the presence of heteropoly acids or heteropoly acid-containing solid supports or the salts of heteropoly acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2005
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Roger Prétôr, Paul Adriaan Der Schaaf, Rolf Kugler, Walter Wolf
  • Publication number: 20110123723
    Abstract: A photosensitive resin composition comprises: 0.01 wt %-10 wt % of reflective particles; 0 wt %-12 wt % of pigment; 1 wt %-10 wt % of dispersant; 1.5 wt %-5 wt % of dispersion resin; 2 wt %-25 wt % of optically active polymer; 1 wt %-22 wt % of optical active monomer; 0.4 wt %-5 wt % of epoxy resin; 5 wt %-85 wt % of solvent; 0.1 wt %-3 wt % of photoinitiator; and 0.01 wt %-3.5 wt % of additives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jiuxia YANG
  • Publication number: 20110109849
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an acrylic composition for optical elements, a protective film for optical elements, a polarizer, and a liquid crystal display (LCD). According to the present invention, by adding a proper amount of an antistatic agent to a composition including a photo-polymerizable acrylic polymer, which is cured by irradiation of radial rays such as ultraviolet rays (UVs), and a polymerization initiator at a predetermined ratio, an aging process can be skipped during curing, thereby simplifying a preparation process and providing an acrylic composition for optical elements, a protective film for optical elements, a polarizer, and an LCD, which have excellent anti-static property during peeling or use, and superior endurance reliability, workability, adhesive property, wettability, and optical characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: Hyun Jee Yoo, Hyun Ju Cho, Hak Lim Kim, Jang Soon Kim, Mun Seop Song
  • Patent number: 7939575
    Abstract: Methods for making dental crowns, bridges, inlays, onlays, veneers, fillings, and other restorations are provided. The methods involve using a two-phase light curing (TPLC) material. Preferably, the TPLC material used to form the dental restoration comprises a blend of polymerizable compounds; photopolymerization systems (a) and (b), and particulate filler materials (a) and (b). In a first light-curing step, curing light having a wavelength of greater than 420 nm is used to activate system (a). In a second light-curing step, curing light having a wavelength of less than 420 nm is used to activate system (b). The two step light-curing method is efficient and allows the dentist to make restorations having high mechanical strength and pleasing aesthetics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: DENTSPLY International, Inc.
    Inventor: Fuming Sun
  • Patent number: 7932300
    Abstract: An energy beam curable type ink jet printing ink comprising (A) a colorant, (B) a compound having at least one ethylenically unsaturated bond which can be polymerized by the application of an energy beam and (C) a photopolymerization initiator, wherein the component (B) is a compound having at least one methacryloyl group as a sole polymerizable unsaturated group and the component (C) is a 2-alkyl-2-amino-2-benzyl-1-(4-morpholinophenyl)ethan-1-one. This ink has low viscosity, high sensitivity and sufficiently high film strength after curing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Hidenori Naruse, Shingo Naruse, Shingo Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20110074897
    Abstract: An ink composition is provided that includes (A) a monofunctional monomer comprising an acrylate monomer represented by Formula (I) and (B) a photopolymerization initiator represented by Formula (II), the monofunctional monomer (A) having a content of 30 to 90 wt %. There is also provided an inkjet recording method that includes (a1) a step of discharging onto a recording medium the ink composition according to any one of Claims 1 to 11; and (b1) a step of curing the ink composition by irradiating the discharged ink composition with actinic radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Kenjiro ARAKI
  • Publication number: 20110065824
    Abstract: A curable composition for imprints excellent in adhesiveness to a substrate is disclosed. The composition comprises an oxime ester compound (A) and a polymerizable monomer (B), and the content of the polymerizable monomer (B) falls within a range of 80% by mass or more, relative to all ingredients of the composition except for a solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Akinori FUJITA, Tomotaka Tsuchimura
  • Publication number: 20110057983
    Abstract: The invention provides an aqueous ink composition including: a) a water-based medium; b) a compound having an ethylenically unsaturated bond; and c) resin particles including a water-insoluble vinyl polymer and a water-insoluble photoinitiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro KATO, Takahiro ISHIZUKA, Tomoko KUWABARA, Yasufumi OOISHI
  • Publication number: 20110052855
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ultraviolet-curable resin composition for an optical disk containing a sulfur-containing compound (A) represented by the following formula (1): (wherein, R1 and R2 each dependently represent a hydrogen atom, a hydroxy group, an alkyloxy group, an alkyl group, an aryl group, a carboxy group, an alkylthio ether group or a halogen atom) a photopolymerizable compound (B) and a photopolymerization initiator (C), and an optical disk having a thin film of the cured product of said resin composition, particularly an optical disk having a reflective film comprising silver or a silver alloy; and said optical disk is prevented from changing the properties of its reflective film comprising silver or a silver alloy, and thus has a higher durability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: NIPPONKAYAKU KABUSHIKIKAISHA
    Inventors: Daisuke Kobayashi, Masahiro Naitou, Go Mizutani, Hitoshi Takahashi, Kiyohisa Tokuda
  • Publication number: 20100328598
    Abstract: A sealant for a display device includes a photoinitiator having an oxime ester compound or a 2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl-diphenyl-phosphineoxide compound, and a curing resin. The sealant may further include a curing agent, a coupling agent, and a filler. A display device includes a first substrate having a display area, a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a sealing pattern contacting the first substrate and the second substrate so as substrate to combine the first substrate and the second substrate with each other. The sealing pattern may include a photoinitiator having an oxime ester compound or a 2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl-diphenyl-phosphineoxide compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Jun-Hyup LEE, Ji-Yoon Jung, Jung-Hun Lee, Jae-Jin Lyu, Jeong-Uk Heo
  • Publication number: 20100304630
    Abstract: A photocurable resin composition is provided that exhibits an excellent storage stability, that can be easily cured by ultraviolet radiation, and that cures to form a cured film that exhibits an excellent ultraviolet absorbing performance at around the 300 nm wavelength, an excellent physical strength, an excellent stain resistance, an excellent film uniformity, and an excellent adherence by the film. This photocurable resin composition comprises the following components (A) to (E): (A) 100 weight parts of a multifunctional acrylate or a multifunctional methacrylate, (B) 1 to 100 weight parts of an aliphatically unsaturated bond-containing organoalkoxysilane, (C) 1 to 300 weight parts colloidal silica, (D) 0.01 to 20 weight parts of an ultraviolet absorber that has an absorption wavelength at 220 to 400 nm, and (E) 0.01 to 30 weight parts of a photopolymerization initiator that has an absorption wavelength at 300 to 450 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2008
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: Ikutaro Morikawa, Mari Wakita, Motoshi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 7838110
    Abstract: A photoactive compound that is the Michael addition reaction product of an aziridine compound and a photoinitiator-functional (meth)acrylate is described. The compound can be used to crosslink (meth)acrylic polymers via a hydrogen abstracting or an alpha-cleavage mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Peiwang Zhu, Maureen A. Kavanagh, Kelly S. Anderson, Larry R. Krepski, Guy D. Joly, Belma Erdogan, Babu N. Gaddam
  • Patent number: 7812063
    Abstract: The invention relates to a flame-retardant resin formulation comprising respectively at least one flame-retardant component, one alkali-soluble component, one polymerizable monomer, one photoinitiator, and one epoxy component, which comprises, as flame-retardant component, a phosphinic salt of the formula (I), in which R1 and R2 are identical or different and, independently of one another, are C1-C6-alkyl, linear or branched, and/or aryl; M is Mg, Ca, Al, Sb, Sn, Ge, Ti, Zn, Fe, Zr, Ce, Bi, Sr, Mn, Li, Na, K, and/or a protonated nitrogen base, and m is from 1 to 4. This novel flame-retardant resin formulation is preferably used as solder resist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Clariant Finance (BVI) Limited
    Inventors: Mathias Dietz, Harald Bauer, Werner Krause
  • Publication number: 20100253888
    Abstract: Disclosed is a coloring composition including a pigment, a transparent resin, a monomer having an ethylenic unsaturated double bond, and a photo-polymerization initiator, wherein a ratio (M/P) of weight (M) of the monomer having an ethylenic unsaturated double bond to weight (P) of the transparent resin is confined to a range of 0.12 to 1.35, and the coloring composition is adapted to be employed in a manufacturing method of a color filter including coating a surface of a substrate with the coloring composition, irradiating a filter segment-forming region or a black matrix-forming region of the coated coloring composition film with a laser beam having a wavelength of 340 nm to 380 nm, thereby curing the irradiated region, and removing uncured portion of the coated coloring composition film to form the filter segment or the black matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyo Tanaka, Isao Shigemori, Yusuke Iida, Mari Iwasaki, Kenro Sunahara, Morihide Miyamura, Takeshi Ikeda, Eishi Aoki, Genki Harada, Azumi Sato
  • Publication number: 20100249261
    Abstract: The present invention provides an ink composition containing: a radical polymerizable compound; a photopolymerization initiator, and a chain transfer agent; and the radical polymerizable compound includes a monofunctional monomer at a ratio of 85% by weight or more in the total weight of the radical polymerizable compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuhiro YOKOI
  • Publication number: 20100247738
    Abstract: The present application relates to a polymerizable dental adhesive system formulated for effective and durable bonding of zirconia based materials and restorations to dental resins and dental surfaces. According to one embodiment, a polymerizable dental adhesive system comprises a first acidic monomer comprising an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable group or moiety of the general formula CH2?CX—C(O)— wherein X is hydrogen, methyl or a lower alkyl group, and the first polymerizable monomer further comprises a phosphoric or phosphonic acid group of general formula —OP(O)(OH)2, —OP(O)(OH), —C—P(O)(OH)2 and —C—P(O)(OH), and a second polymerizable acidic monomer comprises an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable group or moiety of the general formula CH2?CX—C(O)— wherein X is hydrogen, methyl or a lower alkyl group, and wherein the second polymerizable acidic monomer further comprises a carboxylic acid group of the general formula —C(O)OH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: Bisco, Inc.
    Inventors: Byoung I. Suh, Liang Chen
  • Publication number: 20100247797
    Abstract: A photocurable composition is provided that includes a compound represented by Formula (I) below, in Formula (I), X denotes O, S, or NRa, n1 denotes 0 or 1, and R1 to R14 and Ra independently denote a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a monovalent substituent, at least one of R1 to R14 and Ra not being a hydrogen atom.) There is also provided an inkjet recording method that includes (a1) a step of discharging the photocurable composition onto a recording medium and (b1) a step of curing the photocurable composition by irradiating the discharged photocurable composition with light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tsutomu UMEBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 7795324
    Abstract: A novel polymeric initiator is disclosed comprising a dendritic polymer core with at least one initiating functional group as an end group. The dendritic polymeric core is preferably a hyperbranched polymer. The polymeric initiators are useful in radiation curable compositions such as varnishes, lacquers and printing inks and are especially useful in radiation curable inkjet inks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Agfa Graphics, N.V.
    Inventors: Johan Loccufier, Luc Vanmaele, Jaymes Van Luppen, Roland Claes, Yu Chen, Holger Frey
  • Publication number: 20100222447
    Abstract: A photo-crosslinkable polyolefin composition comprises a polyolefin, a source of functionality receptive to crosslinking by UV radiation, a cationic photoinitiator and optionally includes a free-radical photoinitiator, a crosslinking accelerator or sensitizer, and other additives such as compatibilizers, inorganic fillers, nanofillers, glass, polymeric and ceramic microspheres, glass fibres, flame retardants, antioxidants, stabilizers, processing aids, foaming agents and pigments. A method for manufacturing a UV-crosslinked polyolefin article comprises forming an article by extruding, moulding or otherwise forming the UV-crosslinkable polyolefin composition and subjecting the article to UV radiation on-line with the extrusion, moulding or other forming operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: SHAWCOR LTD.
    Inventors: Peter Jackson, Eileen Wan
  • Publication number: 20100212824
    Abstract: The present invention relates to photocurable elastomer compositions and methods of preparation and use of such compositions for cure-in-place applications such as gaskets. The curable compositions generally include an elastomer component, a monofunctional and/or multifunctional reactant and a photoinitiator that in various aspects may be a visible and/or UV curing initiator. The various components may be present in different amounts, depending on the combination of components and composition desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2006
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: HENKEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: James E. Lionberger, John G. Woods, Joel D. Schall
  • Publication number: 20100188765
    Abstract: Compounds of the Formula (I) and (II) wherein M1, M2 and M3 independently of one another are no bond, a direct bond, CO, O, S, SO, SO2 or NR14; provided that at least one of M1, M2 or M3 is a direct bond, CO, O, S, SO, SO2 or NR14; M4 is a direct bond, CR?3R?4, CS, O, S, SO, or SO2; Y is S or NR18; R1 for example is hydrogen, C3-C8cycloalkyl, phenyl or naphthyl, both of which are optionally substituted; R2 for example is C1-C20alkyl; R?2 has one of the meanings given for R2; R3 and R4 are for example hydrogen, halogen, C1-C20alkyl; R?3, R?4, R?3 and R?4 independently of one another have one of the meanings given for R3 and R4; and R5 is for example hydrogen, halogen, C1-C20alkyl; provided that in the compounds of the Formula (I) at least two oxime ester groups are present; exhibit an unexpectedly good performance in photopolymerization reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventors: Akira Matsumoto, Junichi Tanabe, Hisatoshi Kura, Masaki Ohwa
  • Patent number: 7758930
    Abstract: There are provided: a curable resin composition having a high exposure sensitivity and a good developing property, and thereby capable of forming an accurate and precise pattern; a liquid crystal panel substrate on which a protective film for covering a color layer or spacers for a liquid crystal layer, by using the curable resin composition, hardly causing a color irregularity and contrast irregularity; and a liquid crystal panel using the liquid crystal panel substrate and having a superior display quality. The curable resin composition of the present invention comprises: a copolymer (a) having a molecular structure in which a constitutional unit including an acidic functional unit and a constitutional unit including a photocurable functional group are linked at least; a photopolymerization initiator (h) having a tertiary amine structure; and a photocurable compound (c) having at least one acidic functional group and at least three photocurable functional groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Hayashi, Shunsuke Sega, Hiromu Taguchi, Mitsutaka Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 7754779
    Abstract: An ink for an ink jet printer includes an ink vehicle of at least one radically curable, multifunctional acrylate monomer or oligomer, at least one colorant, and at least one photoinitiator. The ink has a low viscosity at low jetting temperatures of 30 to 50° C. and is curable upon exposure to ultraviolet radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Peter G. Odell, Adela Goredema
  • Publication number: 20100168264
    Abstract: Coating compositions, and methods for depositing them on the surface of an article to produce an antireflection coating, are disclosed. In one embodiment, the coating composition includes a (meth)acrylate-functional silicon alkoxide, silica particles, a (meth)acrylate monomer, an epoxy (meth)acrylate oligomer, a photoinitiator, a solvent, an acid, and water. The relative amounts of these constituents are controlled such that, when the coating composition is deposited onto the surface of an article and cured, it has a refractive index less than about 1.60 at a wavelength of 510 nm. In another embodiment, the coating composition includes an organo-metallic compound other than an organo-metallic compound of silicon, an epoxy-functional silicon alkoxide, a non-epoxy-functional silicon alkoxide, a curing agent compatible with epoxy-functional molecules, a solvent, an inorganic acid, and water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Yongan Yan, Satyabrata Raychaudhuri, Matthew Emilio Coda
  • Publication number: 20100166975
    Abstract: Ink deposited on a substrate by an ink-jet arrangement to form a protective layer includes hardenable oligomer, hardenable monomer selected from a group including alkoxylated and/or poly-alkoxylated acrylic monomers comprising one or more di- or tri-acrylates, and a photoinitiator. The oligomer has a room temperature viscosity greater than 1 Pa·s. The oligomer to monomer weight ratio is between 1/6 and 1/25. The ink has a room temperature viscosity between 15 and 22 mPa·s and between 5 and 2 mPa·s at 60° C., and a room temperature surface tension between 15 and 28 mN/m. The photoinitiator is activated by a UV source having an appropriate wavelength and intensity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: M.G.I. USA, INC.
    Inventor: Edmond ABERGEL
  • Patent number: 7745506
    Abstract: A UV-curable ink-jet ink is provided, which has a high sensitivity and allows soft and highly fine patterns to be formed. The UV-curable ink-jet ink includes a mono-functional polymerizable monomer (A) having a hydroxyl group, a di(meth)acrylate ester (B) and a photo-polymerization initiator (C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Chisso Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Satou, Setsuo Itami, Fumitaka Ooizumi, Toshiyuki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7732504
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel photoinitiators of formula (I) wherein each of the substituents is given the definition as set forth in the Specification and the claims. The photoinitiators can be used to prepare multifunctional photoinitiators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Kurt Dietliker, Rinaldo Hüsler, Jean-Luc Birbaum, Jean-Pierre Wolf
  • Publication number: 20100136491
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), (II), and (III), wherein R1, R2, R?2 and R??2 for example are C1-C20alkyl, provided that at least one of R1, R2, R?2 and R??2 carries a specified substituent; R3, R4, and R5 for example independently of one another are hydrogen or a defined substituent provided that at least one of R3, R4 or R5 is other than hydrogen or C1-C20alkyl; R6, R7, R8, R?7, RV, R?8, R?6, R?7, R??6 and R??7 for example independently of one another have one of the meanings as given for R3, R4, and R5; and R9 for example is C1-C20alkyl; exhibit an unexpectedly good performance in photopolymerization reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: Akira Matsumoto, Junichi Tanabe, Hisatoshi Kura, Masaki Ohwa
  • Publication number: 20100136467
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) and (II) M1, M2 and M3 independently of one another are no bond, a direct bond, CO, O, S, SO, SO2or NR14; provided that at least one of M1, M2 or M3 is a direct bond, CO, O, S, SO, SO2 or NR14; M4 is a direct bond, CR?3R?4, CS, O, S, SO, or SO2; Y is S or NR18; R1 for example is hydrogen, C3-C8cycloalkyl, phenyl or napthyl, both of which are optionally substituted; R2 for example is C1-C20alkyl; R?2 has one of the meanings given for R2; R3 and R4 are for example hydrogen, halogen, C1-C20alkyl; R?3, R?4, R?3 and R?4 indepedently of one another have one of the meanings given for R3 and R4; and R5 is for example hydrogen, halogen, C1-C20alkyl; provided that in the compounds of the formula (I) at least two oxime ester groups are present and provided that at least one specified substituent R2 or R?2 is present; exhibit an unexpectedly good performance in photopolymerization reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: Akira Matsumoto, Junichi Tanabe, Hisatoshi Kura, Masaki Ohwa
  • Publication number: 20100112364
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for imparting decreased adhesion of biological material to the surface of a substrate comprises the following steps (i) oxidizing the surface of the substrate (ii) applying a composition comprising one or more ethylenically unsaturated compounds to the oxidized surface of the substrate and (iii) curing the composition in order to form a coating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: CIBA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andreas Muehlebach, Erich Nyfeler, Stephan Ilg, Pascal Hayoz, Jens Moeller
  • Publication number: 20100113638
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an acrylate nanocomposite material which can apply to optoelectronic device encapsulation, dental restorations and light waveguide. The acrylate nanocomposite material comprises an inorganic nano-particle, an acrylate monomer with at least one acrylate group, an imidized acrylate oligomer and a photo-initiator. The acrylate nanocomposite material photopolymerizes to form an organic/inorganic 3D network wherein the absorption (%) is 0.01 to 5.00 and the permeability (g mm/m2 day) is 0.01 to 10.00 thereof. In addition, the transmittance of the nanocomposite is over 90%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Wei-Fang Su, Sheng-Hao Hsu, Chein-Chih Lin, Min-Huey Chen