Benzophenone Group Patents (Class 522/905)
  • Patent number: 8796350
    Abstract: An ultraviolet (UV) crosslinkable acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive comprises an acrylic copolymer and a cationic photoinitiator. The acrylic copolymer comprises pendant reactive functional groups. The pressure sensitive adhesive formed from the acrylic copolymer with the pendant reactive functional groups result in high green strength and/or high temperature holding strength of the adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Henkel US IP LLC
    Inventors: Yuxia Liu, Peter Palasz, Charles W. Paul, Paul B. Foreman
  • Patent number: 8492452
    Abstract: A polymerizable photoinitiator is represented by Formula (I): wherein R1, R2 and R3 are independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen, an optionally substituted alkyl group and an optionally substituted aryl group or R1 and R3 represent the necessary atoms to form a five to eight membered ring; p, w, y and z are all integers with y representing a value 1 to 6; p representing the sum of w and z; p representing a value of 1 to 6; w=1 to (p?z) and z=0 to (p?w); L represents an optionally substituted (p+y)-valent linking group comprising 1 to 14 carbon atoms; A represents a radically polymerizable group selected from the group consisting of an acrylate group, a methacrylate group, a styrene group, an acryl amide group, a methacryl amide group, a maleate group, a fumarate group, an itaconate group, a vinyl ether group, an allyl ether group, an allyl ester group and a vinyl ester group; and X represents a photoinitiating moiety including at least one group capable of initiating a free radical p
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Agfa Graphics NV
    Inventors: Johan Loccufier, Luc Van Maele, Jaymes Van Luppen, Roland Claes
  • 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
  • Patent number: 7754327
    Abstract: An article comprising an adhesive attachment region is provided. The adhesive attachment region comprises a radiation curable hot melt pressure sensitive adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventor: Wei Kong
  • Patent number: 7745505
    Abstract: UV-crosslinkable acrylic hotmelt pressure sensitive adhesives comprising acrylic and vinyl monomers, and a polymerizable UV photoinitiator. The photoinitiator comprises a spacer comprising both ethylene oxide and urethane, or urea, carbonate, or siloxane functional groups. The ethylene oxide is directly bonded to the chromophore (e.g., benzophenone) moiety, while the urethane (or urea, carbonate, siloxane) is closely linked to the polymerizable moiety (e.g., styrenic C?C double bond).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Yuxia Liu, Darwin Scott Bull
  • Patent number: 7709545
    Abstract: Benzophenone/thioxanthone derivatives useful as photoinitiators are provided as well as photopolymerizable compositions comprising the benzophenone/thioxanthone derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: The University of Southern Mississippi
    Inventors: Charles E. Hoyle, Sukhendu B. Hait, Mahmood Sabahi
  • Patent number: 7521487
    Abstract: A process for preparing a polyacrylate-based shaped article, a polyacrylate being polymerized by a conventional method, wherein the polyacrylate comprises copolymerized comonomers having thermally crosslinkable groups and comonomers having attached photoinitiators, and the polyacrylate is crosslinked thermally in a first step and by irradiation with UV light in a second step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: tesa Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Sven Hansen, Marc Husemann, Kay Brandes, Stephan Zollner
  • Patent number: 7429409
    Abstract: Process for preparing crosslinked pressure-sensitive adhesives at least partly based on block copolymers comprising at least one polyvalent thioether unit, characterized in that at least the following process steps are carried out: two-stage or multi-stage free-radical addition polymerization of at least two copolymerizable monomers in the presence of at least one polyvalent mercaptan, at least one of the monomers being functionalized such that on irradiation with ultraviolet rays it initiates a UV crosslinking, the polymerization producing block copolymers containing at least one polyvalent thioether unit, coating of the polymer from the melt onto a backing, crosslinking of the polymer on the backing by irradiation with ultraviolet radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: tesa AG
    Inventor: Marc Husemann
  • 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
  • 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: 7364834
    Abstract: A polymer having ?,? unsaturated groups and a group that generates a free radical when exposed to actinic radiation. The polymer may be self-cross-linking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials LLC
    Inventors: Robert K. Barr, Edgardo Anzures, Daniel E. Lundy
  • Patent number: 7323290
    Abstract: A dry film photoresist includes a functional polymer. The functional polymer has ?,?-unsaturated groups and groups that generate a free radical upon exposure to actinic radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Eternal Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Robert K. Barr, Edgardo Anzures, Daniel E. Lundy
  • Patent number: 7307106
    Abstract: A curable composition is described comprising a Michael donor component, a polyacryl component, and a monoacryl component, where at least one of the Michael donor or monoacryl components comprises a pendent photoinitiator group. A Michael addition polymer that is the Michael addition reaction product of these components is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Duane D. Fansler, Kevin M. Lewandowski, Babu N. Gaddam
  • Patent number: 7300962
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention provides hydrogels comprising polymer molecules and bridging molecules, wherein substantially all the polymer molecules are cross-linked by hydrogen bonds between polymer molecules and bridging molecules, wherein each bridging molecule is linked to at least two polymer molecules, and wherein there are substantially no covalent linkages between the polymer molecules. In some embodiments, the polymer molecules are poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) and the bridging molecules are amino acids. Some embodiments of the invention provide devices comprising hydrogels, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising biologically active molecules within hydrogels. Another aspect provides methods for forming hydrogels of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: University of Washington
    Inventors: Buddy D. Ratner, Prabha D. Nair, Maximiliane Silvia Boeckl, Elizabeth Reeves Leber
  • Patent number: 7271203
    Abstract: A process for increasing the molecular weight of polyacrylates, characterized in that polyacrylates which are functionalized at least on one part of their chain ends by photoinitiator groups X are exposed to actinic radiation, so that a direct linking reaction of the polyacrylates takes place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: tesa Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Marc Husemann, Stephan Zöllner
  • Patent number: 7166647
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): {where n is a number from 1 to 6; R3 is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl; A represents a group of formula —[O(CHR2CHR1)a]y—, —[O(CH2)bCO]y—, or —[O(CH2)bCO](y?1)—[O(CHR2CHR1)a]— (where one of R1 and R2 is hydrogen and the other is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl); a is from 1 to 2; b is from 4 to 5; y is from 3 to 10; Q is a residue of a polyhydroxy compound having 2 to 6 hydroxy groups; and x is greater than 1 but no greater than the number of available hydroxyl groups in Q} and esters thereof are useful as photoinitiators for the preparation of energy-curable compositions, such as varnishes and printing inks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Sun Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Shaun Lawrence Herlihy, Roger Edward Burrows, Robert Stephen Davidson
  • Patent number: 7157535
    Abstract: UV curable compositions, polymeric photoinitiators and precursors therefor are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation
    Inventors: Donald E. Herr, Ziyi Hu, Charles W. Paul, Robert W. R. Humphreys
  • Patent number: 7091257
    Abstract: A radiation-curable fiber optic coating composition for an inner primary coating includes a coloring agent, preferably a dye or a dye precursor, compatible with the fiber of the fiber optic and capable of imparting a pre-selected color to the inner primary coating, or another coating. The coloring agent can be a reactive dye. Any of the dyes preferably is stabilized by a stabilizer in the colored coating layer, or, preferably, in a more exterior layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Alcatel
    Inventor: Robert W. Greer, IV
  • Patent number: 6949590
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention provides hydrogels comprising polymer molecules and bridging molecules, wherein substantially all the polymer molecules are cross-linked by hydrogen bonds between polymer molecules and bridging molecules, wherein each bridging molecule is linked to at least two polymer molecules, and wherein there are substantially no covalent linkages between the polymer molecules. In some embodiments, the polymer molecules are poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) and the bridging molecules are amino acids. Some embodiments of the invention provide devices comprising hydrogels, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising biologically active molecules within hydrogels. Another aspect provides methods for forming hydrogels of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: University of Washington
    Inventors: Buddy D. Ratner, Prabha D. Nair, Maximiliane Silvia Boeckl, Elizabeth Reeves Leber
  • Patent number: 6914086
    Abstract: A crosslinkable UV absorbing agent prepared by the following steps: (1) preparing a mixture of reactants comprising a UV absorbing compound (A) with multiple pendant hydroxyl groups and an unsaturated monoglycidyl compound (B) with both reactive glycidyl and vinyl groups; (2) mixing a base catalyst (C) with the mixture of reactants; (3) initiating a synthesis reaction of the crosslinkable UV absorbing agent under heating; and (4) recovering the resulting product after the synthesis reaction is completed. The crosslinkable UV absorbing agent is directly applicable in the lens formulation to replace conventional crosslinking agent and UV absorber used in the production of the soft contact lens without any purification or modification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Inventor: Shinn-Gwo Hong
  • Patent number: 6906113
    Abstract: Compounds of formula Ia, Ib and Ic, (Ic), in which R, R1 and R2 are e.g. phenyl, naphthyl, anthracyl, phenanthryl or a heterocyclic radical, are suitable as photoinitiators which accumulate at the surface of coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp.
    Inventors: Gisèle Baudin, Tunja Jung
  • Patent number: 6849669
    Abstract: The invention relates to macromolecular hydrophilic photocrosslinkers having polymeric backbones of substituted ethylene groups carrying photoactive groups. The photocrosslinkers are capable of producing, when being exposed to light of determined wavelengths above 305 nm, radicals which are retained on the macromolecular photocrosslinkers and reacting so as to accomplish a crosslinked network structure. The invention further relates to the preparation of photocrosslinkers, their use in different aqueous systems and their utility in production of medical devices including ophthalmic lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Pharmacia Groningen BV
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Hodd, Keith Alfred Dillingham, Jacqueline deGroot, Hendrik Haitjema
  • Patent number: 6756418
    Abstract: New polymers, compositions comprising these polymers, and methods of using these compositions are provided. The polymers comprise styrene and maleic anhydride monomers with at least some of the maleic anhydride monomers having certain functional groups bonded thereto. Preferred functional groups include those derived from adhesion promoters (e.g., 2-aminophenol), photoinitiators (e.g., 4-aminoacetophenone), and solubilizers (e.g., 4-aminobenzoic acid). The polymers can be incorporated according to conventional processes into compositions which are then used to form a color filter to be used in a liquid crystal display. The final color filter has a high resolution, is highly resistant to solvents typically used in the color filter manufacturing process, is strongly adhered to the color filter substrate, has superior optical clarity, is highly soluble in a wide range of alkali developers, and has excellent heat and UV light stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Brewer Science Inc.
    Inventors: Gu Xu, Dan W. Brewer, Timothy Limmer, Mike Stroder, Shelly Fowler, Jonathon Mayo
  • Patent number: 6737203
    Abstract: New polymers, compositions comprising these polymers, and methods of using these compositions are provided. The polymers comprise styrene and maleic anhydride monomers with at least some of the maleic anhydride monomers having certain functional groups bonded thereto. Preferred functional groups include those derived from adhesion promoters (e.g., 2-aminophenol), photoinitiators (e.g., 4-aminoacetophenone), and solubilizers (e.g., 4-aminobenzoic acid). The polymers can be incorporated according to conventional processes into compositions which are then used to form a color filter to be used in a liquid crystal display. The final color filter has a high resolution, is highly resistant to solvents typically used in the color filter manufacturing process, is strongly adhered to the color filter substrate, has superior optical clarity, is highly soluble in a wide range of alkali developers, and has excellent heat and UV light stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Brewer Science Inc.
    Inventors: Gu Xu, Dan W. Brewer, Timothy Limmer, Mike Stroder, Shelly Fowler, Jonathon Mayo
  • Publication number: 20030180664
    Abstract: A photoimageable, aqueous acid soluble polyimide polymer comprising an anhydride, including a substituted benzophenone nucleus, a diamine reacted with the anhydride to form a photosensitive polymer intermediate, and at least 60 Mole % of solubilizing amine reacted with the photosensitive polymer intermediate to form the photoimageable, aqueous acid soluble polyimide polymer. An emulsion for electrophoretic deposition of a coating of a photoimageable, aqueous acid soluble polyimide polymer comprises a dispersed phase, including the photoimageable aqueous acid soluble polyimide polymer, dissolved in an organic solvent and a dispersion phase including a coalescence promoter and water. The emulsion may be applied, by electrophoretic deposition, to a conductive structure to provide a photoimageable coating on the conductive structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Applicant: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Guoping Mao, Hany B. Eitouni, Alphonsus V. Pocius
  • Patent number: 6583195
    Abstract: A substantially 100% solids sealer composition for use with wood and, in particular, weathered wood surfaces and other porous surfaces is prepared from a mixture of UV curable acrylates and a photoinitiator blend. The composition may further include fillers, fungicides, insect repellents, animal repellents, UV light absorbers, pigments, dyes, and the like. The photoinitiator blend is used at relatively low levels to controll the degree of polymerization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Inventor: Andrew A. Sokol
  • Patent number: 6559223
    Abstract: Forming graft copolymers in water using labeling of water soluble polymers with photoinitiators. Water soluble polymers can form environmentally responsive hydrophobically stimulated cages. The cages, which contain initiating radicals after irradiation, may be “opened” or “closed” by changes in environmental conditions. When the cage is closed, the radicals are trapped inside and thus do not cause substantial polymerization of water soluble monomers in the same solution. When the cage is closed, the radicals escape and cause polymerization. In another variation, hydrogels and graft copolymers are formed by covalently linking phototoinitiator groups to water soluble polymers that do not form cages. Thus, monomers may form grafts to the polymer, allowing formation of physical hydrogels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Polytechnic University
    Inventors: Mark M. Green, Sung Yun Yang
  • Patent number: 6376568
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of surface-active photoinitiators of formula I the units being arranged randomly or in blocks, and wherein n is a number from 1 to 1000; m is a number from 0 to 100; p is a number from 0 to 10 000; x is the number 1, or, when n is 1, x may also be the number 2; A1 and A2 are, for example, C1-C18alkyl; or A1 and A2 together are a single bond; R1, R2 and R3 are, for example, each independently of the others C1-C18alkyl, phenyl or C5-C8cycloalkyl; R4 is, for example, unsubstituted or substituted C1-C18alkyl, unsubstituted or substituted phenyl or C5-C8cycloalkyl; IN, when x is 1, is a radical of formula or IN, when x is 2, is a radical of formula R13 and R14 are, for example, each independently of the other C1-C12alkyl; Y is, for example, —(CH2)a—O—; X is OR15 or N(R16)(R17); R15 is, for example, hydrogen or C1-C4alkyl; R16 and R17 are, for example, hydrogen or C1-C12alkyl; X1 has, for example, one of the mea
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Giséle Baudin, Tunja Jung
  • Patent number: 6294591
    Abstract: A process is described for preparing radiation-crosslinkable polymeric acrylates and methacrylates, which involves reacting an acrylate or methacrylate copolymer containing units having a reactive side group with a compound that contains a group which is capable of reacting with the reactive side group and also a group which is capable of forming free radicals under the action of actinic radiation. The preparation of the modified, photoactive polymers by polymer-analogous reaction makes it possible to do without the laborious handling of aggressive, specially synthesized monomers, especially acrylic esters. The products of the process can be employed widely as radiation-curable coating materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: BASF Coatings AG
    Inventors: Rainer Blum, Peter Keller
  • Patent number: 6252032
    Abstract: An ultraviolet-absorbing polymer is formed from a reaction mixture including a diisocyanate, at least one selected from the group consisting of a diol, a diamine and mixtures thereof, and a polyfunctional UV-absorbing monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: MiniMed Inc.
    Inventors: William P. Van Antwerp, Li Yao
  • Patent number: 6235353
    Abstract: Production of a dielectric coating on a substrate whereby a poly(arylene ethers) or fluorinated poly(arylene ethers) layer is cured by exposure to electron beam radiation. A wide area electron beam is used which causes chemical reactions to occur in the polymer structure which are thought to cause crosslinks between polymer chains. The crosslinks lead to higher mechanical strength and higher glass transition temperature, lower thermal expansion coefficient, greater thermal-chemical stability and greater resistance to aggressive organic solvents. The polymer layer may also be optionally heated, thermally annealed, and/or exposed to UV actinic light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: AlliedSignal Inc.
    Inventors: James S. Drage, Jingjun Yang, Dong Kyu Choi
  • Patent number: 6214488
    Abstract: In order to produce a polymer electrolyte membrane from sulfonated, aromatic polyether ketone, an aromatic polyether ketone of the formula (I) in which Ar is a phenylene ring having p- and/or m-bonds, Ar′ is a phenylene, naphthylene, biphenylene, anthrylene or another divalent aromatic unit, X, N and M, independently of one another are 0 or 1, Y is 0, 1, 2 or 3, P is 1, 2, 3 or 4, is sulfonated and the sulfonic acid is isolated. At least 5% of the sulfonic groups in the sulfonic acid are converted into sulfonyl chloride groups, and these are reacted with an amine containing at least one crosslinkable substituent or a further functional group, and unreacted sulfonyl chloride groups are subsequently hydrolyzed. The resultant aromatic sulfonamide is isolated and dissolved in an organic solvent, the solution is converted into a film, and the crosslinkable substituents in the film are then crosslinked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Freddy Helmer-Metzmann, Frank Osan, Arnold Schneller, Helmut Ritter, Konstantin Ledjeff, Roland Nolte, Ralf Thorwirth
  • Patent number: 6197842
    Abstract: This invention pertains to a process for the manufacture of a hydrophilic polymeric product, consisting in causing a material comprising a crosslinked silicone polymer matrix and photoinitiator groups dispersed and immobilized within the polymer matrix to swell in a swelling solution comprising a solvent for swelling the crosslinked silicone polymer of the matrix of the material, a photopolymerizable hydrophilic monomer and optionally a crosslinking agent and a proton- or electron-donating coinitiator compound, when the material comprises photoactivable photoinitiator groups and does not comprise proton- or electron-donating coinitiator groups causing the photopolymerizable hydrophilic monomer to diffuse into the swollen material, and polymerizing, by irradiation, the photopolymerizable hydrophilic monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Essilor International Compagnie Generale d'Optique
    Inventors: Brigitte Marchin, Dominique Baude, Jean-Pierre Vairon, Marine-Anne Dourges, Philippe Chaumont, Joël Steiner
  • Patent number: 6190834
    Abstract: The present invention provides a photosensitive resin composition capable of forming an insulating film, which is superior in both a roughening property and an adhesiveness, and a via-hole, which is highly reliable in connection, and a multilayer printed circuit board. The present invention provides a photosensitive resin composition containing a first resin, which is an epoxy resin, and a second resin having a N-substituted carbamic acid ester atomic group and a radical polymeric unsaturated bond in its side chain. The second resin is desirably an oligomer having a repeating unit expressed by the following general formula (chem. 1) or (chem. 3) by 3-10 units. Where, X is H or CH3, Y and Z is H or an alkyl group of carbon number 1-4, n is 0 or 1, a part of R1 is an atomic group expressed by the following general formula (chem. 2), the residual R1 is a hydroxyl group, and R2 is an alkylene group of carbon number 1-4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Narahara, Mineo Kawamoto, Tokihito Suwa, Masao Suzuki, Satoru Amou, Akio Takahashi, Hiroyuki Fukai, Mitsuo Yokota, Shiro Kobayashi, Masashi Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 6184264
    Abstract: There are described novel adhesives, which are capable of being “switched” form a tack to a non-tacky state. Such switchable adhesives are especially advantageous when used in medical dressings, and therefore, novel medical dressings comprising a switchable adhesive layer, a removable light occlusive layer and an intermediate transparent or translucent layer are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew plc
    Inventor: Iain Webster
  • Patent number: 6177144
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a radiation-curable binder BM consisting of a copolymer which is composed of: A) from 80 to 99% by weight of a hydroxyl-containing polyether acrylate and/or polyester acrylate A), which optionally contains a mono-, di- and/or polyamine AA) as adduct, and of B) from 1 to 20% by weight of benzophenonetetracarboxylic acid, its anhydrides and/or its esters. The invention additionally relates to processes for the preparation of the binder BM and to the use of the binders BM in radiation-curable coating compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: BASF Coatings AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Kranig, Rainer Blum
  • Patent number: 6162840
    Abstract: The invention concerns the use of monomer-free saturated or unsaturated polyester resins or mixtures of saturated and unsaturated polyester resins containing structural units of general formulae (I) and/or (II), in which n=1-10, as impregnation, sealing and coating compounds for electrical engineering and electronic components and for carrier substances for flat insulating materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: Dr. Beck + CO.AG
    Inventors: Rainer Blum, Thomas Loerzer, Gunther Hegemann, Manfred Eichhorst
  • Patent number: 6156345
    Abstract: A crosslinkable macromer system that includes two or more polymer-pendent polymerizable groups and one or more polymer-pendent initiator groups. The polymerizable groups and the initiator group(s) can be pendent on the same or different polymeric backbones. The macromer system provides advantages over the use of polymerizable macromers and separate, low molecular weight initiators, including advantages with respect to such properties as nontoxicity, efficiency, and solubility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: SurModics, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Chudzik, Aron B. Anderson
  • Patent number: 6124372
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition comprising a polymer with a weight average molecular weight of from about 1,000 to about 100,000, said polymer containing at least some monomer repeat units with a first, photosensitivity-imparting substituent which enables crosslinking or chain extension of the polymer upon exposure to actinic radiation, said polymer also containing a second, thermal sensitivity-imparting substituent which enables further crosslinking or chain extension of the polymer upon exposure to temperatures of about 140.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas W. Smith, Timothy J. Fuller, Ram S. Narang, David J. Luca
  • Patent number: 6087414
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process which comprises reacting a polymer of the general formula ##STR1## wherein x is an integer of 0 or 1, A is one of several specified groups, such as ##STR2## B is one of several specified groups, such as ##STR3##
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy J. Fuller, Ram S. Narang, Thomas W. Smith, David J. Luca, Raymond K. Crandall
  • Patent number: 6011077
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel process for the production of mouldings, in particular contact lenses, in which a crosslinkable polymer comprising units containing crosslinkable groups, units containing a bound photoinitiator and, if desired, units containing further modifiers is crosslinked in solution, and to mouldings, in particular contact lenses, obtainable by this process. The present invention likewise relates to novel crosslinkable polymers which can be employed in the process, in particular derivatives of a polyvinyl alcohol having a molecular weight of at least about 2000 which comprises from about 0.5 to about 80%, based on the number of hydroxyl groups in the polyvinyl alcohol, of units of the formula I ##STR1## in which the variables are as defined in the description, and units of the formula IV, as defined in the description, which contain a bound photoinitiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventor: Beat Muller
  • Patent number: 6007833
    Abstract: A crosslinkable macromer system that includes two or more polymer-pendent polymerizable groups and one or more polymer-pendent initiator groups. The polymerizable groups and the initiator group(s) can be pendent on the same or different polymeric backbones. The macromer system provides advantages over the use of polymerizable macromers and separate, low molecular weight initiators, including advantages with respect to such properties as nontoxicity, efficiency, and solubility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1999
    Assignee: SurModics, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Chudzik, Aron B. Anderson
  • Patent number: 5998496
    Abstract: A compound of the general formula:A-L.sup.+ D.sup.-where A is a moiety which absorbs radiation and enters an excited state in which it accepts an electron; D.sup.- is a moiety which donates an electron to the excited state A and releases a free radical; and L.sup.+ is a cationic linking group which tethers electron acceptor moiety A to electron donor moiety D.sup.-. Cationic linking moiety L.sup.+ has the formula:-L'-G-where L' is a moiety which forms a stable radical with acceptor moiety A upon transfer of an electron from donor moiety D.sup.- to electron acceptor moiety A, and G is a moiety which forms a leaving group upon transfer of the electron from donor moiety D.sup.- to acceptor moiety A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Spectra Group Limited, Inc.
    Inventors: Salah A. Hassoon, Ananda M. Sarker, Douglas C. Neckers
  • Patent number: 5994425
    Abstract: Disclosed is an improved composition comprising a photopatternable polymer containing at least some monomer repeat units with photosensitivity-imparting substituents, said photopatternable polymer being of the general formula ##STR1## wherein x is an integer of 0 or 1, A is one of several specified groups, such as ##STR2## B is one of several specified groups, such as ##STR3## or mixtures thereof, and n is an integer representing the number of repeating monomer units. Also disclosed is a process for preparing a thermal ink jet printhead with the aforementioned polymer and a thermal ink jet printhead containing therein a layer of a crosslinked or chain extended polymer of the above formula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Ram S. Narang, Timothy J. Fuller, Thomas W. Smith, David J. Luca, Ralph A. Mosher
  • Patent number: 5958995
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition for preparing a thermal ink jet printhead which comprises a mixture of (A) a polymer, some monomer repeat units of which have at least one photosensitivity-imparting group thereon, said polymer having a first degree of photosensitivity-imparting group substitution measured in milliequivalents photosensitivity-imparting group per gram either (1) a polymer having a second degree of photosensitivity-imparting group substitution measured in milliequivalents of photosensitivity-imparting group per gram lower than the first degree of photosensitivity-imparting group substitution, wherein said second degree of photosensitivity-imparting group substitution may be zero, wherein the mixture of the first component and the second component has a third degree of photosensitivity-imparting group substitution measured in milliequivalents of photosensitivity-imparting group per gram which is lower than the first degree of photosensitivity-imparting group substitution and higher than the second degr
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Ram S. Narang, Timothy J. Fuller
  • Patent number: 5942555
    Abstract: A photoactivatable reagent useful as a chain transfer reagent for providing a semitelechelic polymer having one or more terminal photoactivatable groups. The reagent provides one or more photoactivatable groups and one or more sulfhydryl (or other chain transfer) groups, the photoactivatable and chain transfer groups optionally being joined together by a spacer group. The reagent can be used to prepare a polymer by serving to initiate the polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers. The reagent itself becomes an integral part of the resultant polymer, thereby providing the polymer with a terminal photoactivatable nature. The method provides a number of benefits, including the ability to provide homogeneous photoactivatable polymer compositions, e.g., in terms of the uniform location of the photogroup(s) on the terminal portion of each polymer molecule and the ability to build a desired nonpolar quality, and in turn improved surfactancy, into otherwise polar polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Assignee: SurModics, Inc.
    Inventors: Melvin J. Swanson, Richard A. Amos, Dale G. Swan, Gary W. Opperman
  • Patent number: 5889077
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process which comprises reacting a polymer of the general formula ##STR1## wherein x is an integer of 0 or 1, A is one of several specified groups, such as ##STR2## B is one of several specified groups, such as ##STR3## or mixtures thereof, and n is an integer representing the number of repeating monomer units, with (i) a formaldehyde source, and (ii) an unsaturated acid in the presence of an acid catalyst, thereby forming a curable polymer with unsaturated ester groups. Also disclosed is a process for preparing an ink jet printhead with the above polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy J. Fuller, Ram S. Narang, Thomas W. Smith, David J. Luca, Raymond K. Crandall
  • Patent number: 5859084
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of a radiation-curable acrylate composition, wherein to compounds A containing at least 2 acrylic groups there are added benzophenone derivatives which are not copolymerizable by free-radical copolymerization and which contain at least one primary or secondary amino group or a hydroxyl group or a mercapto group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jochen Schroder, Wolfgang Reich, Erich Beck, Martin Fischer, Wolfram Weiss
  • Patent number: 5849809
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition which comprises (a) a polymer containing at least some monomer repeat units with photosensitivity-imparting substituents which enable crosslinking or chain extension of the polymer upon exposure to actinic radiation, said polymer being of the formula ##STR1## wherein x is an integer of 0 or 1, A is one of several specified groups, such as ##STR2## B is one of several specified groups, such as ##STR3## or mixtures thereof, and n is an integer representing the number of repeating monomer units, wherein said photosensitivity-imparting substituents are hydroxyalkyl groups; (b) at least one member selected from the group consisting of photoinitiators and sensitizers; and (c) an optional solvent. Also disclosed are processes for preparing the above polymers and methods of preparing thermal ink jet printheads containing the above polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1998
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Ram S. Narang, Timothy J. Fuller
  • Patent number: 5776658
    Abstract: Compounds of the general formula I: (SIL--X--).sub.m IN (I), in which SIL is a radical of the formula Si(R.sup.1)(R.sup.2)(R.sup.3), where R.sup.1 is an alkyl, haloalkyl or alkoxy radical of 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkenyl radical, an alkenyloxy or acyloxy radical of 2 to 8 carbon atoms, an aryl or aryloxy radical of 6 to 10 carbon atoms, or a dialkyl-, diaryl- or alkylaryl-methyleneaminooxy radical having C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl or C.sub.6 -aryl groups; and R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are identical or different radicals with the meaning of R.sup.1 or X--IN; X is a group C.sub.n H.sub.2n ; IN is the radical of a compound which is active as a photoinitiator or photosensitizer and which has at least one carbonyl group located on an aromatic nucleus; m is a number from 1 to 4; and n is a number from 2 to 12, or of the formula II: Si.sub.o O.sub.o-1 (--X--IN).sub.p R.sup.4.sub.2o+2-p (II), in which R.sup.4 is a radical with the meaning of R.sup.1, and two or more radicals R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: AGFA-Gevaert AG
    Inventors: Claus-Peter Niesert, Georg Pawlowski, Willi-Kurt Gries, Klaus-Juergen Przybilla