Organic Dnrm Patents (Class 522/74)
  • Patent number: 7687119
    Abstract: A radiation-curable desiccant-filled adhesive/sealant composition comprising a radiation-curable resin, one or more desiccant fillers, one or more photoinitiators or photosensitizers, and optionally, one or more inorganic or organic fillers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Jie Cao, Donald E. Herr
  • Patent number: 7683105
    Abstract: A UV-A-curable, solvent-containing composition composed of (A) 1% to 50% by weight of a UV-A-curable constituent containing isocyanate-reactive groups; (B) 0.01% to 10% by weight of a colorless photoinitiator having an absorption maximum in the wavelength range of ?=300 to 400 nm; (C) 10% to 70% by weight of an alkyl and/or cycloalkyl acetate having 3 to 10 carbon atoms in the alkyl radical and/or in the cycloalkyl radical; (D) 10% to 70% by weight of an alkoxyalkyl, alkoxycycloalkyl, cycloalkoxyalkyl and/or cycloalkoxycycloalkyl acetate; (E) 0.01% to 5% by weight of a constituent that lowers the interfacial tension; (F) 0 to 50% by weight of an alkylaromatic having at least two alkyl radicals having 1 to 6 carbon atoms in the molecule; and (G) 0 to 50% by weight of an additive different from constituents (A) to (F); processes for preparing it, and its use as a spot blender in automotive refinishing, especially in spot repair, or for preparation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: BASF Coatings AG
    Inventors: Bernhard Lettmann, Klaus-Udo Reize, Egbert Nienhaus
  • Patent number: 7678843
    Abstract: To provide a dental restorative material composition using an organic-inorganic composite filler having excellent surface smoothness like a natural tooth, low polymerization shrinkage, excellent X-ray contrast imaging property, similar transparency to that of a natural tooth, and no variation of transparency before and after the composition is hardened, the dental restorative material composition includes (a) a (meth)acrylate monomer, (b) an organic-inorganic composite filler having an average particle diameter of 5 to 50 ?m which is made by mixing a (meth)acrylate monomer and a fine particle filler having an average primary particle diameter of 0.005 to 0.3 ?m and having X-ray impermeability, (c) a fine particle filler having an average primary particle diameter of 0.005 to 0.04 ?m, and (d) a photopolymerization initiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: GC Corporation
    Inventors: Futoshi Fusejima, Naoko Jimbo, Shinji Kaga
  • Patent number: 7678841
    Abstract: A method of increasing the gas transmission rate of a packaging film comprises providing a packaging film that comprises at least about 0.001 weight % of fullerene material selected from spherical fullerenes, bowl-shaped fullerenes, multi-walled carbon nanotubes, carbon nanocones, and carbon nano-onions. The packaging film is exposed to an amount of radiation energy effective to increase the oxygen transmission rate of the packaging film by at least about 100 cc (STP)/m2. day (1 atm, 0% RH, 23° C.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Cryovac, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael D. Grah
  • Patent number: 7662224
    Abstract: A curable ink composition for digitally printing onto plastic substrates that can be formed into three-dimensional objects is provided. Generally, the ink composition comprises a pigment, an acrylic polymer or copolymer, a diluent, and a mono-functional monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Inventor: Donald D. Sloan
  • Patent number: 7659324
    Abstract: Dental materials which contain a radically polymerizable organic binder, at least one radical polymerization initiator and at least one radical polymerization accelerator, both the initiator and the accelerator each having at least one radically polymerizable group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Norbert Moszner, Urs Karl Fischer, Peter Burtscher, Jörg Angermann, Volker M. Rheinberger
  • Patent number: 7649027
    Abstract: A process for producing a polymer, characterized in that a polymer having juts is produced by carrying out photopolymerization of at least one photopolymerizable polymerization precursor containing a photocurable compound having two or more unsaturated bonds by irradiation with active energy ray, optionally in the presence of at least one additive component for adding a polymer function, in a supercritical fluid or subcritical fluid; and a polymer having juts of 10 nm or more height, which height is 0.1-fold or more of the diameter of the juts, produced by the above process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Genji Imai
  • Patent number: 7632880
    Abstract: The invention provides a single phase, essentially solvent-free polymerizable liquid composition comprising a polymerizable liquid with dissolved therein an organogroup 4, 5 or 6 compound selected from the group consisting of organolead, organophosphorus, organoarsenic, organoantimony, organobismuth and organselenium compounds, said position being polymerizable under the action of an externally applied influence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Microsharp Corporation Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhi Li, Rifat Iqbal, Jun Wang
  • Patent number: 7629394
    Abstract: The present invention describes a process of preparing microcapsules in a UV curable water immiscible phase. The microcapsules formed according to the invention contain an aqueous phase core. The process comprises dispersing a water soluble or dispersible core material along with at least one wall forming prepolymer and a polycondensation polymerization catalyst into an aqueous solution. The aqueous phase is then dispersed into the water immiscible phase comprising UV curable monomers or oligomers forming droplets of the aqueous phase solution in the water immiscible phase. Polycondensation of the prepolymers is initiated to form polymeric wall material or microcapsules at or near the interface of the water immiscible solvent and droplets of aqueous phase solution. Following capsule formation, a UV initiator is dispersed in the water immiscible phase. The UV curable dispersion containing aqueous microcapsules can be coated on a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Appleton Papers Inc.
    Inventor: Nianxi Yan
  • Patent number: 7615110
    Abstract: An intaglio printing ink, curing by free radical acrylate chemistry, which does not fluoresce in at least the visible region under ultraviolet light is prepared by using an acylphosphine oxide as the photoinitiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Sun Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Michael W. Leonard, John A. Dyer, James R. Tucker, Shaun L. Herlihy
  • Patent number: 7615582
    Abstract: A hydrophobic acidic group-containing polymeric monomer (a); a water-soluble polymeric monomer (b); water (c); a photopolymerization initiator (d); an aromatic tertiary amine (e) having an electron-withdrawing group; a cross-linkable polymeric monomer (f); and a basic compound (g) for producing a water-soluble salt through a reaction with a part of the hydrophobic acidic group-containing polymeric monomer (a) are included as essential compounding ingredients. A one-part dental adhesive composition that exhibits high adhesive strength and high storage stability in adhesion between a teeth, and more particularly enamel or dentine, and a dental repairing material, and more particularly a resin material, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Kuraray Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Kazumitsu Nakatsuka, Naoki Nishigaki
  • Patent number: 7591890
    Abstract: A photocurable pigment type inkjet ink composition including 5 to 95 wt % of water; 0.5 to 20 wt % of a pigment; 1 to 70 wt % of a photocurable component; and 0.0001 to 30 wt % of a reactive surfactant. The reactive surfactant can serve as a pigment dispersant for dispersing pigment particles or as an emulsifier for emulsifying the photocurable component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chi-Jung Chang, Shu-chen Tsou, Feng-Mei Wu, Shinn-Jen Chang
  • Patent number: 7589131
    Abstract: A composition comprised of a fatty acid metal salt and a fatty compound for use in an energy-curable coating having improved gloss and low coefficient of friction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Sun Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Jean-Dominique Turgis, Wojciech Wilczak
  • Patent number: 7579387
    Abstract: An article suitable for use as an insulating or coating material comprises a radiation-crosslinked composition comprising a polyethylene, a polypropylene and optionally an ethylene-propylene elastomer. The polyethylene component is selected from high density polyethylene (HDPE), medium density polyethylene (MDPE) and linear medium density polyethylene (LMDPE) and the polypropylene component is either a homopolymer or copolymer. The composition is predominantly based on the polyethylene component and contains the polyethylene component in an amount of at least 50 percent by weight. The article is radiation-crosslinked to a sufficient degree that it possesses thermoset properties, such that when the article is heated to a temperature above the crystalline melting point of the polypropylene homopolymer or copolymer, it is softened but does not become liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: ShawCor Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter Jackson, Marcus P. Heydrich, Karen Schnuelle
  • Patent number: 7579066
    Abstract: There are provided a novel ethylenically unsaturated group-containing isocyanate compound, a process for producing the same, and a reactive monomer produced from the isocyanate compound, a reactive polymer and its use. The ethylenically unsaturated group-containing isocyanate compound according to the present invention is represented by formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Kaneo Nozawa, Katsutoshi Morinaka, Toru Sasaki, Katsumi Murofushi
  • Patent number: 7514479
    Abstract: An active energy ray curable coating composition comprising a mixture (A) of compounds each having a (meth)acryloyl group and a colloidal silica (B), wherein the mixture (A) contains from 22 to 62% of a copolymer (A1) having (meth)acryloyl groups and obtained by reacting a specific amount of a radical polymerizable monomer (a1) having a quaternary ammonium salt group, a radical polymerizable monomer (a2) having a hydroxyl group and a radical polymerizable monomer (a3) having a lactone ring-opening addition structure. A molded product having a coating film made of a cured product of the coating composition. To form a coating film made of a cured product which provides excellent abrasion resistance, transparency and antistatic property and undergoes little decrease in the antistatic property even when kept at a high humidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventor: Satoshi Kondo
  • Patent number: 7504441
    Abstract: The present invention relates to radiation-curable overprint varnishes for printed substrates based on multifunctional, uncrosslinked, liquid Michael addition resins. The compositions are UV-curable with little or no photoinitiator present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Ashland Licensing and Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventors: Sridevi Narayan-Sarathy, Michael L. Gould
  • Publication number: 20090059138
    Abstract: A method of producing organic nanoparticles, comprising: mixing a solution of an organic material dissolved in a good solvent with a solvent that is compatible with the good solvent but is a poor solvent for the organic material, to prepare a dispersion in which the organic material is being formed to organic fine particles of a size in the order of nanometer; wherein the dispersion contains a polymer compound having a weight-average molecular weight of 1,000 or more represented by the following formula (1): wherein R1 represents a (m+n)-valent connecting group; R2 represents a single bond or a divalent connecting group; A1 represents a specific monovalent organic group; when n is two or more, plural A1s may be the same or different; m represents 1 to 8; n represents 2 to 9; m+n is 3 to 10; and P1 represents a polymer compound residue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Keisuke Matsumoto, Takayuki Kusano, Yousuke Miyashita, Koreshige Ito, Tomohiro Kodama, Hideaki Ito, Naoya Shibata, Hidenori Takahashi, Haruhiko Yoshino, Tetsu Kamosaki
  • Patent number: 7498362
    Abstract: Disclosed are environmentally friendly, substantially all solids coating compositions which are curable using ultraviolet and visible radiation. In certain embodiments, the disclosed coating compositions are suitable for coating flexible objects and/or objects having angular features, such as, but not limited to, flexible metal objects with angular features. In other embodiments, the cured coatings have improved slip properties and at least 6 H hardness. Such embodiments can served as substitutes for “hard chrome” coatings, TEFLON® coatings, coatings comprising TEFLON®, or TEFLON® like coatings. In addition, methods are disclosed for coating surfaces, or at least a portion of the surfaces, and curing of the coated surface to obtain partially or fully cured coated surfaces. Furthermore, articles of manufacture incorporating fully cured coated surfaces are disclosed, including, for example leaf springs, hydraulic rods and cylinders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Ecology Coatings, Inc.
    Inventor: Sally Judith Weine Ramsey
  • Publication number: 20090023830
    Abstract: A process for producing a polymer, characterized in that a polymer having juts is produced by carrying out photopolymerization of at least one photopolymerizable polymerization precursor containing a photocurable compound having two or more unsaturated bonds by irradiation with active energy ray, optionally in the presence of at least one additive component for adding a polymer function, in a supercritical fluid or subcritical fluid; and a polymer having juts of 10 nm or more height, which height is 0.1-fold or more of the diameter of the juts, produced by the above process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2004
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventor: Genji Imai
  • Patent number: 7465758
    Abstract: Polymerizable compositions and methods are provided that include an ethylenically unsaturated compound and an arylsulfinate salt. The polymerizable compositions are useful as hardenable dental compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Afshin Falsafi, Rajdeep S. Kalgutkar, Joel D. Oxman
  • Patent number: 7462651
    Abstract: A radiation-curable desiccant-filled adhesive/sealant composition comprising a radiation-curable resin, one or more desiccant fillers, one or more photoinitiators or photosensitizers, and optionally, one or more inorganic or organic fillers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation
    Inventors: Jie Cao, Donald E. Herr
  • Patent number: 7462652
    Abstract: A water based coating mixture for the application of a polymeric coating to a substrate mixture includes water and optionally an organic solvent, at least one free-radically polyerizable compound. Preferably the coating is weldable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Chemetall GmbH
    Inventor: Georg Gros
  • Publication number: 20080300336
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of making high performance UV cross-linked polymer functionalized molecular sieve/polymer mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) with either no macrovoids or voids of less than several angstroms at the interface of the polymer matrix and the molecular sieves. These UV cross-linked MMMs were prepared by incorporating polyethersulfone (PES) functionalized molecular sieves such as AlPO-14 and UZM-25 small pore microporous molecular sieves into a continuous UV cross-linkable polyimide polymer matrix followed by UV cross-linking. The UV cross-linked MMMs in the form of symmetric dense film, asymmetric flat sheet membrane, or asymmetric hollow fiber membranes have good flexibility, high mechanical strength, and exhibit significantly enhanced selectivity and permeability over polymer membranes made from corresponding continuous polyimide polymer matrices for carbon dioxide/methane and hydrogen/methane separations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Chunqing Liu, Jeffrey J. Chiou, Stephen T. Wilson
  • Patent number: 7456231
    Abstract: An article suitable for use as an insulating or coating material comprises a radiation-crosslinked composition comprising a polyethylene, a polypropylene and optionally an ethylene-propylene elastomer. The polyethylene component is selected from high density polyethylene (HDPE), medium density polyethylene (MDPE) and linear medium density polyethylene (LMDPE) and the polypropylene component is either a homopolymer or copolymer. The composition is predominantly based on the polyethylene component and contains the polyethylene component in an amount of at least 50 percent by weight. The article is radiation-crosslinked to a sufficient degree that it possesses thermoset properties, such that when the article is heated to a temperature above the crystalline melting point of the polypropylene homopolymer or copolymer, it is softened but does not become liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: ShawCor Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter Jackson, Marcus P. Heydrich, Karen Schnuelle
  • Patent number: 7456237
    Abstract: The present invention provides colorant-containing curable composition including a colorant of a metal salt having a di-valence or higher valence. The colorant is preferably a colorant of the compound represented by the following formula (I): wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 21 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 21 carbon atoms, or an electron-attractive group; R2 represents a cation having a charge equal to 1 valence of a cation of a metal atom having a valence of at least 2; and n represents an integer from 0 to 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Katsumi Araki
  • Patent number: 7439279
    Abstract: To provide a coating composition which forms a coating film having excellent fingerprint removability and having favorable abrasion resistance and transparency, and a molded product having a coating film made of a cured product of the composition. An active energy ray curable coating composition comprising an active energy ray curable polymerizable monomer (A), a water and oil repellency-imparting agent (B) and an active energy ray polymerization initiator (C), wherein the water and oil repellency-imparting agent (B) contains a water and oil repellency-imparting agent (B-T) having a moiety (b-1) exerting water and oil repellency, an active energy ray curable functional group (b-2) and a moiety (b-3) excellent in compatibility with the polymerizable monomer (A) and a molded product having a coating film made of a cured product of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Satoshi Kondo, Daisuke Shirakawa, Toshihiko Higuchi, Hirotsugu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7436115
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for fabricating an electroluminescent lamp that includes a step in which an electroluminescent active layer is formed by curing a UV curable electroluminescent composition. Embodiments of the method of the present invention in which each layer of a multilayer electroluminescent device are fabricated from UV curable compositions are also disclosed. A UV curable dielectric composition suitable for utilization in an electroluminescent lamp is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Inventors: Roy C. Krohn, Scott E. Howe, Christopher C. Ryan
  • Patent number: 7431759
    Abstract: The present invention includes a curable ink composition for digitally printing onto plastic substrates and three dimensional objects comprising an ink composition comprising a pigment, an oligomeric component, a diluent, additives and a mono-functional monomer having a molecular weight of 10 g/mole to 600 g/mole. The curable ink composition adheres to the plastic substrate to thereby allow elongation of 100% to 900% of the printed ink image during thermal processing of the plastic substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Inventor: Donald D. Sloan
  • Patent number: 7427317
    Abstract: The present invention includes a curable ink composition for digitally printing onto plastic substrates and three dimensional objects comprising an ink composition comprising a pigment, an acrylic polymer or copolymer having an acid number below about 20 component, a diluent, additives and a mono-functional monomer. The mono-functional monomer may be an aromatic monoacrylate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Inventor: Donald D. Sloan
  • Patent number: 7425586
    Abstract: Disclosed are environmentally friendly, substantially all solids coating compositions which are curable using ultra violet and visible radiation. In addition, methods for coating surfaces, or at least a portion of the surfaces, and curing of the coated surface to obtain partially or fully cured coated surfaces are also disclosed. Furthermore, articles of manufacture incorporating fully cured coated surfaces are disclosed, in particular motor vehicles and motor vehicle parts or accessories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: Ecology Coatings, Inc.
    Inventor: Sally Judith Weine Ramsey
  • Patent number: 7425587
    Abstract: A flowable, light-curing underfilling material that is easily visible and distinguishable from the tooth substance. The underfilling material contains at least one polymerizable monomer, at least one polymerization initiator and also 0.3-10% white pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: Heraecus Kulzer GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Grundler, Albert Erdrich, Michael Greczmiel, Claus-Peter Ernst
  • Patent number: 7420005
    Abstract: The photocurable resin composition in the first aspect of the invention comprises, as essential components, (A) a binder resin having photopolymerizable functional groups and (B) inorganic superfine particles in the order of sub-micron which can be dispersed in a colloidal form; the photocurable resin composition in the second aspect comprises, as essential components, (C) a binder resin containing photopolymerizable functional groups and (D) hydrophobic fine silica particles; and the photocurable resin composition in the third aspect comprises, as essential components, (E) a binder resin containing acrylic resin and urethane acrylate resin and/or polyester acrylate having photopolymerizable functional groups and (F) an organometallic coupling agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mikiko Hojo, Toshio Yoshihara
  • Patent number: 7417074
    Abstract: There is disclosed an ink jet recording apparatus comprising a color ink container having a capacity V1 accommodating therein a solvent polymerizable in the presence of an acid and a colorant, a reaction liquid container having a capacity V2 (V2<V1) accommodating therein a reaction liquid comprising a solvent, and a photo-acid generating agent capable of generating an acid when irradiated with light, an stirring container mixing the color ink and the reaction liquid at a mixing ratio of S1:S2 (the color ink:the reaction liquid) to prepare a recording ink, a color ink supply means feeding the color ink to the stirring container, a reaction liquid supply means feeding the reaction liquid to the stirring container, an ink jet recording head ejecting the recording ink to a recording medium, and a supply tube feeding the recording ink to the recording head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignees: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masashi Hiroki, Kazuhiko Ohtsu, Yoshito Endo, Toru Ushirogouchi, Ryozo Akiyama
  • Patent number: 7414081
    Abstract: Radiation-curable compositions, and methods of making the same, for providing a wide variety of substrates with a durable, colored coating or colorant are disclosed. The color is at least in part provided by chromophore molecules that are covalently bonded to other components within the radiation-curable composition. A telecommunication element having a durable color identifying polymeric coating thereon is also disclosed. The telecommunication element comprises an elongated communication transmission medium, such as an optical fiber or an optical fiber ribbon, and a radiation-cured polymeric coating having an identifying color applied on at least a portion of the transmission medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Draka Comteq B.V.
    Inventors: Robert W. Greer, Todd Warren Gantt, Michael B. Purvis, Bob J. Overton
  • Publication number: 20080194724
    Abstract: A crosslinked poly(arylene ether) film is prepared by a method that includes forming a film from a composition that includes a poly(arylene ether) having an intrinsic viscosity of at least 0.25 deciliter per gram and a polydispersity index less than or equal to 10, and irradiating the poly(arylene ether) film with a dosage of about 50 to about 50,000 kiloGrays of accelerated electrons. The films exhibit good flexibility and solvent resistance. Films prepared by the method are described, as are articles that include such films.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Pankaj Singh Gautam, Edward Norman Peters, Gerardo Rocha-Galicia
  • Patent number: 7393881
    Abstract: A telecommunication element having a durable color identifying polymeric coating thereon is disclosed. The telecommunication element comprises an elongated communication transmission medium, such as an optical fiber or an optical fiber ribbon, and a radiation cured polymeric coating having an identifying color applied on at least a portion of the transmission medium. The identifying color in the polymeric coating is provided by chromophore molecules that are covalently bonded thereto. Coating compositions and a method are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: ALCATEL
    Inventor: Robert W. Greer, IV
  • Patent number: 7384989
    Abstract: A liquid coating material in the form of a water-in-oil dispersion which is curable with actinic radiation, is substantially or completely free from organic solvents and has a pH<5, comprising (A) at least one constituent selected from the group consisting of low molecular mass, oligomeric, and polymeric organic compounds which contain at least one group which can be activated with actinic radiation, and also air-drying and oxidatively drying alkyd resins, (B) at least one acidic ester of polyphosphoric acid and at least one compound (b1) containing at least one hydroxyl group and at least one group which can be activated with actinic radiation, (C) at least one acidic ester of monophosphoric acid and at least one compound (c1) containing at least one hydroxyl group and at least one group which can be activated with actinic radiation, and (D) at least one acidic, corrosion-inhibiting pigment based on polyphosphoric acid; process for its preparation, and its use as a coil coating primer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: BASF Coatings AG
    Inventors: Maxime Allard, Thomas Reher, Dominique Kauffer
  • Patent number: 7378455
    Abstract: A curable method useful for encapsulating solid state devices includes (A) an epoxy resin; (B) an effective amount of a cure catalyst comprising (B1) a first latent cationic cure catalyst comprising a diaryl iodonium hexafluoroantimonate salt; (B2) a second latent cationic cure catalyst comprising (B2a) a diaryl iodonium cation, and (B2b) an anion selected from perchlorate, imidodisulfurylfluoride anion, unsubstituted and substituted (C1-C12)-hydrocarbylsulfonates, (C2-C12)-perfluoroalkanoates, tetrafluoroborate, unsubstituted and substituted tetra-(C1-C12)-hydrocarbylborates, hexafluorophosphate, hexafluoroarsenate, tris(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)methyl anion, bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)methyl anion, bis(trifluoromethylsulfuryl)imide anion, and combinations thereof; and (B3) a cure co-catalyst selected from free-radical generating aromatic compounds, peroxy compounds, copper (II) salts of aliphatic carboxylic acids, copper (II) salts of aromatic carboxylic acids, copper (II) acetylacetonate, and combinations
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Qiwei Lu, Michael O'Brien, Michael Vallance
  • Patent number: 7375145
    Abstract: There is provided an inkjet ink comprising a photo-acid generating agent which is capable of generating an acid as it is irradiated with light, a color component, and an acid-polymerizable compound which can be polymerized in the presence of an acid, wherein at least 40% of the acid-polymerizable solvent is a vinyl ether compound represented by the following general formula (1): R13—R14—(R13)p ??(1) (Wherein R13(s) is a group selected from the group consisting of a vinyl ether group, a group having a vinyl ether skeleton, an alkoxy group, substituted hydroxyl group and hydroxyl group wherein at least one of R13(s) is vinyl ether group or a group having a vinyl ether skeleton, R14 is a group comprising a substituted or unsubstituted cyclic skeleton and having a valence of (p+1), and p is a positive integer including zero).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryozo Akiyama, Toru Ushirogouchi, Kazuhiko Ohtsu, Mitsuru Ishibashi, Hiroshi Kiyomoto, Yukiko Kawakami
  • Patent number: 7368485
    Abstract: Inks are disclosed which are used in ink-jet printing. The inks are cured by ultraviolet radiation, preferably free radical initiation. The inks contain a (meth)acrylate monomer, an ?,?-unsaturated ether monomer and a photoinitiator. The inks exhibit a low viscosity and give tough printed images after curing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Sericol Limited
    Inventor: Carol Noutary
  • Patent number: 7368484
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel polymeric compositions that exhibit Reverse Thermal Gelation (RTG) properties for use as Support Materials (SM) in the manufacture of three-dimensional objects. These polymers are Temperature Sensitive Polymers that respond with a significant change of properties to a small change in temperature. Temperature Sensitive Polymers exhibit cloud point (CP) or lower critical solution temperature (LCST) in aqueous solutions. Water-soluble Temperature Sensitive Polymers are chosen to give low viscosity liquid at low temperature when dissolved in water and by that to permit easy dispensing at low temperature. Raising the temperature above their gelation temperature (Tgel) will result in solidification of the composition. At its gel position the material has favorable characteristics as a support and building material. The gel layers have the appropriate toughness and dimensional stability to support the model layers during the building process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Objet Geometries Ltd.
    Inventor: Avraham Levy
  • Patent number: 7354958
    Abstract: The invention provides a photopolymerizable composition comprising: flame-retardant particles which contains a hydrated metal and have an average diameter of about 1 to 500 nm; and a photopolymerization reactive material. The hydrated metal preferably includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a hydrated magnesium, hydrated calcium, hydrated aluminum, hydrated zinc, hydrated barium, hydrated copper and hydrated nickel. A cover layer which comprises an organic compound or a polysilicone is preferably formed on surfaces of the flame-retardant particles. The invention provides a flame-retardant resin-formed article which is formed of the photopolymerized photopolymerizable composition. A flame retardancy of the article measured in accordance with the UL-94 test preferably scores HB or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Ohkoshi, Hitoshi Okazaki, Takuro Hoshio, Michiaki Yasuno
  • Patent number: 7354959
    Abstract: The present invention is related to water-based inks for making colored hydrogel contact lenses, in particular, colored HEMA-based hydrogel contact lenses. The ink of the invention comprises at least one colorant, water, and a water-soluble and actinically-curable binder polymer which is a vinyl group-terminated polyurethane polymer, a vinyl group-terminated polyurea binder polymer, or a mixture thereof. Also, the ink of the invention is characterized by having a viscosity greater than 50 centipoise (cps), a prolonged stability, and a good adhesion to a HEMA-based hydrogel contact lens. The ink of the invention preferably further has a good compatibility with a HEMA-based hydrogel material, and/or good transferability from a mold to a HEMA-based hydrogel contact lens made in the mold. The present invention is also related to a method for making colored hydrogel contact lenses using an ink of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Robert C. Tucker, Sandra Corti, Joshua Wallach
  • Publication number: 20080076043
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided a curable composition, containing a compound (A) having at least one ethylenically unsaturated double bond, a photopolymerization initiator (B), a coloring agent (C), an alkali-soluble resin (D), and a compound (E) having in the molecule a partial structure of urethane, amide or urea.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisahiro MORI, Taeko AIZAWA
  • Patent number: 7338985
    Abstract: A rustproofing composition has superior properties satisfying rustproofing quality requirements and workability requirements for car underbodies, parts around tires, parts with pockets, plate-bonded parts or the like of car bodies, and containing volatile organic solvent of 20 mass % or less. In a rustproofing composition containing UV curable resin and photopolymerizing initiator and at least one of rustproofing oil and rustproofing wax, the content of nonvolatile component at 105° C. for 3 hours in the rustproofing oil and rustproofing wax is 80 mass % or more, the UV curable resin and photopolymerizing initiator are dissolved or dispersed in the rustproofing oil and rustproofing wax, and the UV curable resin is contained at 0.3 to 10 weight % to the total weight of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Parker Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Takahide Maeda, Toshiya Nishino, Yoichiro Inaba, Kazuo Igarashi, Noriharu Tanaka, Kazuhiko Maesori, Takeshi Masuda
  • Patent number: 7338986
    Abstract: The invention relates to UV curable, low gloss overprint varnish coating formulations and cured coatings prepared therefrom. The low gloss overprint varnish formulations contain a Michael addition resin, a polyamide powder and a reactive monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Ashland Licensing and Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventors: Sudhir Ananthachar, Andrew A. Romano
  • Publication number: 20080051484
    Abstract: A photopolymerizable composition is herein provided and it comprises the following components: a) a photopolymerizable compound; b) a photopolymerization initiator; and c) organic pigment fine particles on which the polymer of a polymerizable compound is immobilized, whose volume average particle size: Mv is not more than 50 nm, and which has a ratio: Mv/Mn (wherein Mv represents the volume average particle size of the pigment fine particles and Mn represents the number average particle size thereof) ranging from 1 to 1.5. The photopolymerizable composition can be used in various applications such as the 3-dimensional optical moulding or holography, a plate material for forming lithographic printing plate, image-forming materials such as color proof, photoresists and color filters, ink and photocurable resin materials such as adhesives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Masaharu Sugai
  • Patent number: 7312255
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mixture for the application of a polymeric coating to a substrate. Said mixtures comprises water and optionally an organic solvent, at least one water-dispersible radically polymerizable compound, at least one water-dispersible polymerizable crosslinking compound and at least one water-dispersible compound which forms free radicals upon exposure to actinic radiation. The radically polymerizable compound cannot fully set with the free radicals formed on irradiation at room temperature, but rather comprises further reactive bonds, which lead to further or complete setting with the crosslinking compound. The invention further relates to a method for application of a non-adhesive corrosion protection layer to a substrate, by application of a mixture to the surface of a metallic or polymeric substrate, drying the mixture and irradiation of the applied coating with actinic radiation of such an intensity and for such a period that a solid, hard, tough coating is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Chemetall GmbH
    Inventor: Georg Gros
  • Patent number: RE40087
    Abstract: There are provided a composition for coating which can form an ink receiving layer having excellent adhesion with hydrophobic substrates, water-resistance and printing stability, and an optical recording medium having an ink receiving layer formed from this composition. The composition contains a radiation-curable compound (A) composed of 50 to 90% by weight of a monofunctional (meth) acrylic monomer and 10 to 50% by weight of a multifunctional (meth) acrylic monomer, a water-absorbing organic filler (C) in an amount of 10 to 60% by weight relative to (A), and a water-absorbing inorganic filler (D) in an amount of 1 to 20% by weight relative to (A). This composition is applied on a protecting film (6) and cured to form an ink receiving layer (7), to obtain an optical disk (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Komaki