Processes Involving A Polysiloxane Having Ethylenic Unsaturation As Reactant Or As Solid Polymer; Or Compositions Therefore Patents (Class 522/99)
  • Patent number: 7037954
    Abstract: An ocular lens material comprising a copolymer prepared by polymerization with heating of a monomer mixture and/or with irradiating a monomer mixture with ultraviolet ray by means of a molding method, the monomer mixture containing a polysiloxane macromonomer A, a Si-containing alkyl methacrylate B, a hydrophilic monomer C comprising NVP as C-1 and another hydrophilic monomer C-2, another monomer D and a crosslinkable monomer E comprising a crosslinkable monomer E-1 containing at least one group selected from acryloyl group, vinyl group and allyl group, and methacryloyl group, and a crosslinkable monomer E-2 containing at least two methacryloyl groups as main components, wherein (A+B)/C (weight ratio) is 30/70 to 70/30, A/B is 25/75 to 75/25, C-1/C-2 is 50/50 to 100/0, the amount of D is 0 to 20% by weight in the monomer mixture, which has high oxygen permeability, high mechanical strength, excellent surface wettability and low surface frictional property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Menicon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Baba, Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Kazuhiko Nakada
  • Patent number: 6991887
    Abstract: A composition containing a polymer, a crosslinker and a photo-activatable catalyst is placed on a substrate. The composition is exposed to a predetermined pattern of light, leaving an unexposed region. The light causes the polymer to become crosslinked by hydrosilylation. A solvent is used to remove the unexposed composition from the substrate, leaving the exposed pattern to become a sorbent polymer film that will absorb a predetermined chemical species when exposed to such chemical species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Jay W. Grate, David A. Nelson
  • Patent number: 6984483
    Abstract: The invention relates to organically modified, stable in storage, UV curable, NIR permeable silicic acid polycondensates which are photostructurable in layers having a thickness of 1 to 150 ?m. The invention also relates to the production and use thereof as negative resists. The polycondensates according to the invention are obtainable by condensation of organically modified silanediols of the formula I with organically modified silanes of the formula II. Ar2Si(OH)2 ??(I) RSi(OR?)3 ??(II) The radicals are identical or different and have the following meaning: Ar=a radical having 6 to 20 carbon atoms and at least one aromatic group, R=an organic radical having 2 to 15 carbon atoms and at least one epoxy group and/or at least one C?C double bond, R?=methyl or ethyl. Condensation occurs without the addition of water. The molar ratio of said compounds I and II is 1:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Christof Roscher, Ralf Buestrich
  • Patent number: 6949294
    Abstract: A radiation curing silicone rubber composition is provided. This composition includes as a base polymer either a liquid polysiloxane with a (meth)acryloyl group and a hydrosilyl group, or a combination of a liquid polysiloxane with at least two (meth)acryloyl groups and a liquid polysiloxane with a hydrosilyl group. This composition is formed into a film, and then subjected to radiation curing, thereby producing an adhesive silicone rubber elastomer film with low elasticity, adequate heat resistance, powerful adhesion and good workability. This film is useful for bonding electronic components using methods such as die bonding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Kashiwagi, Toshio Shiobara
  • Patent number: 6946498
    Abstract: A coating composition comprising (1) an anionic surfactant comprising a sulfonic acid salt, (2) a sol of fine inorganic oxide particles, (3) a silicon compound having one acryl or methacryl group and a hydrolyzable group or a product of hydrolysis of the compound, (4) a compound having at least two photopolymerizable unsaturated groups, and (5) a photopolymerization initiator; and a coated article obtained by applying the coating composition to a base and then photocuring the coating. The coated article combines antifogging properties with abrasion resistance sufficient for practical use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Nippon Arc Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hisayuki Kayanoki
  • Patent number: 6943204
    Abstract: A process for forming a surface modification on a polymer substrate and polymer substrates having such surface modifications. The process comprises the steps of absorbing a swelling monomer into the polymer substrate for a period of time in order to swell the polymer substrate; removing the swollen polymer from the swelling monomer; transferring the swollen polymer to a reaction mixture containing at least one functional monomer; polymerizing the functional monomer in the reaction mixture containing the swollen polymer substrate for a period of time; and removing the polymer from the reaction mixture. Because the surface modification produced by the process is a surface interpenetrating polymer network, the process is not sensitive to the reactive groups located on the surface of the polymer substrate. Further, the surface interpenetrating network bonds to the polymer substrate through caternary connections or other forms of chain entanglement and this is quite stable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Advanced Medical Optics Uppsala AB
    Inventors: Yading Wang, Robert van Boxtel, Stephen Q. Zhou
  • Patent number: 6933097
    Abstract: A photosensitive composition for optical waveguides comprising of an organic oligomer, a polymerization initiator and a crosslinking agent, the organic oligomer being a silicone oligomer represented by the following formula (1), wherein X denotes hydrogen, deuterium, halogen, an alkyl group or an alkoxy group; m is an integer from 1 to 5; x and y represent the proportion of respective units, and neither x nor y is 0; and R1 denotes a methyl, ethyl, or isopropyl group; a production method thereof, and a polymer optical waveguide pattern formation method using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji Toyoda, Saburo Imamura, Satoru Tomaru, Takashi Kurihara, Koji Enbutsu, Shoichi Hayashida, Tohru Maruno
  • Patent number: 6927243
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a photocurable resin composition which contains a photocurable component and forms on a substrate a photocurable resin layer having a viscosity of 1000-500,000 Pa·s at 23° C. and 65% RH. This resin composition is formed into a photocurable resin layer, which is laminated onto a metal sheet to give a metal sheet with a photocurable resin layer laminated thereon. This metal sheet can be worked and converted into a metal part with a high-hardness protective coating laminated thereon upon irradiation with light or electron beams after working.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Watase, Yasuo Hirano, Kazuo Okumura, Atsushi Kihara, Yukihisa Komiya, Tadashige Nakamoto, Takahiro Kobayashi, Takeshi Ohwaki, Mika Nishida, Etsuji Ueno
  • Patent number: 6919385
    Abstract: An energy-ray curing resin composition comprising a photopolymerizable resin component which can be cured by irradiation with an energy ray, a photopolymerization initiator component which makes it possible to cure the above photopolymerizable resin component by irradiation with an energy ray and a curing agent component used for curing at least one of the above photopolymerizable resin components by a method other than irradiation with an energy ray. To provide a high curability energy-ray curing resin composition which has a very high curing capacity as compared with those of conventional energy-ray curing resins and which is simple and has a high design freedom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Noriya Hayashi
  • Patent number: 6908644
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a photocurable composition that is combinable with a thermally curable clearcoat composition to form a dual curable composition that is useful for forming clearcoats with improved sag resistance. The photocurable composition of the invention includes at least one photocurable oligomer; a first photoinitiator that absorbs light in a first spectral region such that curing of the photocurable composition preferentially occurs near the surface of the of the coating; and a second photoinitiator that absorbs light in a second spectral region such that curing of the photocurable composition occurs throughout the coating. The present invention also provides a method of coating a substrate with a dual curable composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Timothy P. Weingartz
  • Patent number: 6899991
    Abstract: A photo-curable resin composition comprising (A) an organosiloxane-bearing polymer comprising recurring units of formula (1): wherein R1 to R4 are monovalent C1-C8 hydrocarbon, n is an integer of 1-1,000, and X is and having a Mw of 500-200,000, (B) a formalin-modified or formalin-alcohol-modified amino condensate, a phenol compound having on the average at least two methylol or alkoxymethylol radicals, or an epoxy compound having on the average at least two epoxy radicals, (C) a photoacid generator, and (D) a silicon compound of the formula: (R11)mSi(OR12)4?m wherein R11 is monovalent C1-C9 hydrocarbon, R12 is C1-C4 alkyl, m is 0-2, forms cured pattern films having dry etch resistance and improved adhesion to substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideto Kato, Kazumi Noda, Toshihiko Fujii, Kazuhiro Arai, Satoshi Asai
  • Patent number: 6873026
    Abstract: A composition comprises a first component that provides a predetermined response to radiation, and a second component. Upon curing of the composition, portions of the first component bind together portions of the second component to form an inhomogeneous material having physical properties substantially determined by the second component. The function provided by the first component's response to radiation and the macroscopic properties determined by the second component are largely decoupled and thus may be separately optimized. Some embodiments provide photo-patternable low dielectric constant materials that may be advantageously employed in metal interconnect layers in integrated circuits, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignee: Novellus Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul E. Brunemeier, Archita Sengupta, Justin F. Gaynor, Robert H. Havemann
  • Patent number: 6867242
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a sealed impregnation and/or release coating of flat joints, in particular of cylinder-head gaskets such as composite seals, metallic joints and multi-layered steel joints. The invention uses a silicone composition including at least a polyorganosiloxane A crosslinkable by a cationic and/or radical process by appropriate crosslinking functional groups, for example, of the alkenyl ether, acrylic, acrylate, epoxide and/or oxethane type; at least an initiator salt B selected among onium borates or an organometallic complex; and at least a reactive diluent C including a nonorganosilicon or organosilicon compound comprising in its structure at least a crosslinking functional group and optionally a secondary functional group different from the crosslinking functional group but capable of chemically reacting with a crosslinking functional group, for example of the hydroxyl, alkoxy and/or carboxyl type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Rhodia Chimie
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Frances, Olivier Loubet
  • Patent number: 6867325
    Abstract: An organosiloxane polymer comprising recurring units of the general formula (1) and having a weight average molecular weight of 1,000-500,000 is novel. R1 to R4 are monovalent hydrocarbon groups, n is an integer of 1-2,000, X has a structure of the formula: and R5 is an acrylic functional organic group of the formula: wherein R? is H or methyl and R? is a divalent hydrocarbon group. A photo-curable resin composition comprising the organosiloxane polymer and a sensitizer can be cured with a wide wavelength range of light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideto Kato, Satoshi Asai, Toshihiko Fujii
  • Patent number: 6864340
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel “hybrid” silyl-terminated polymers that contain at least two different reactive end-capping groups. The “hybrid” silyl-terminated polymers of the present invention are produced by a novel single multi-step end-capping reaction of at least one silanol-terminated polymer with at least two silanes in the presence of a catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: Henkel Corporation
    Inventors: Michael P. Levandoski, Robert P. Cross, Alfred A. DeCato, Heath L. Salvati
  • Patent number: 6846852
    Abstract: This invention provides for compositions, which can be crosslinked by radiation to give elastomeric coatings, which comprises: (a) high-molecular weight siloxanes with multiple (meth)acrylate functional groups; and (b) reinforcing fillers selected from the group consisting of silicone resins and silicone dioxide fillers, wherein the siloxanes (a) have the general structure: [R3SiO1/2]a[(Z)nG—Ym—R2SiO1/2]a?[R2SiO2/2]b[(Z)nG—Ym—RSiO2/2]b?[RSiO3/2]c[SiO4/2]d.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Goldschmidt AG
    Inventors: John Allen, Thomas E. Hohenwarter, Jr., Peter Lersch, Ernest D. Moore, Angela Dawn Paez, Jörg Simpelkamp, Steven Paul Smith
  • Patent number: 6844376
    Abstract: The invention provides a reaction product derived from an epoxy-functional acrylic monomer and an alkylaminoalkylene polyalkoxysilane or from a reaction product derived from acrylic acid and an epoxidized polyalkoxysilane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: Henkel Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony Francis Jacobine, Steven Thomas Nakos, Peter Albert Salamon, Hsien-Kun Chu
  • Publication number: 20040265731
    Abstract: A photosensitive resin composition of the present invention contains a (A) soluble polyimide and a (b) (meth)acrylic compound, the (A) soluble polyimide being soluble in an organic solvent and being synthesized by using an acid dianhydride component and at least one of a diamine component containing a siloxane structure or an aromatic ring structure, and a diamine component having, in its structure, a hydroxyl group a carboxyl group or a carbonyl group, and the (B) (meth)acrylic compound having at least one carbon-carbon double bond, and preferably contains at least one of a (C) photo reaction initiator and a (D) fire retardant. With this arrangement, the photosensitive resin composition of the present invention is capable of having excellent properties. Especially, the photosensitive resin composition of the present invention is so excellently useful that it can be used for electronic parts and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Koji Okada, Kaoru Takagahara, Toshio Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 6835759
    Abstract: The coating composition comprises a radiation curable component (a1), a thermally curable binder component (a2), a thermally curable crosslinking component (a3), and optionally, one or more reactive diluents (a4). Radiation curable component (a1) is polymerizable upon exposure to electromagnetic radiation and comprises at least two functional groups (a11) comprising at least one bond activatable with electromagnetic radiation. Thermally curable binder component (a2) is polymerizable upon exposure to heat and has at least two functional groups (a21) which are reactive with functional groups (a31). Third component (a3) comprises at least 2.0 functional groups (a31) which are reactive with functional groups (a21). The value of UV/TH, the nonvolatile weight ratio of the sum of radiation curable component (a1) and optional reactive diluent (a4) to the sum of thermally curable binder component (a2) and thermally curable crosslinking component (a3) is from 0.20 to 0.60.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher J. Bradford, Marcy Zimmer, Ryan F. O'Donnell, Lyle Caillouette, Jennifer A. Rischke
  • Patent number: 6835420
    Abstract: The invention relates to a coating material which can be hardened thermally and, optionally, by using actinic radiation. Said coating material contains: A) a binding agent comprising at least two functional groups (a1) which can enter into thermal cross-linking reactions with complementary functional groups (b1) in cross-linking agent (B), and; (B) at least one cross-linking agent comprising at least two functional groups (b1) which can enter into thermal cross-linking reactions with complementary functional groups (a1) in binding agent (A). At least one binding agent (A) contains, in an integrally polymerized manner, at least one olefinically unsaturated polysiloxane macromonomer which contains, in the statistical mean, at least 3.0 double bonds per molecule. The invention also relates to the use of the coating material for producing highly scratch resistant multilayer transparent lacquers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: BASF Coatings AC
    Inventors: Ulrike Röckrath, Hubert Baumgart, Andrea Zumbrink, Stefan Silber, Thomas Farwick
  • Patent number: 6828355
    Abstract: This invention relates to resin-reinforced silicone compositions curable upon exposure to radiation in the electromagnetic spectrum, which compositions when cured demonstrate improved elastomeric properties, such as tensile strength, modulus and elongation. The inventive resin-reinforced silicone compositions may alternatively be rendered curable by exposure to moisture. In addition, the inventive composition may be rendered curable by exposure to radiation in the electromagnetic spectrum, and exposure to moisture. The inventive silicone compositions are particularly well suited for use in electronic conformal coating and potting applications, as well as in automotive gasketing applications, pressure sensitive adhesive applications and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: Henkel Corporation
    Inventor: Hsien-Kun Chu
  • Patent number: 6828296
    Abstract: A UV cured floor finish can be removed from a floor by applying to the cured finish an inhomogeneous stripper composition containing at least one polar solvent, allowing the stripper composition to contact the finish for sufficient time to soften the finish, and removing the softened finish from the floor by mopping, vacuuming, mild abrasion or other measures that do not remove substantial portions of the floor. Preferably the polar solvent is denser than water and preferably the stripper composition has a diffusion rate through the cured finish greater than about 7×10−7 g/cm2/sec. Strippable floor finish kits can be manufactured by combining a UV curable floor finish composition and an inhomogeneous stripper composition containing at least one polar solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: Ecolab Inc.
    Inventors: Keith E. Olson, Bryan M. Anderson, Kim R. Smith
  • Patent number: 6827985
    Abstract: A photocurable silicone composition which includes an additive which provides cure-through-volume of the overall composition. The additive is desirably a curable amino silyl-terminated polyorganosiloxane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: Henkel Corporation
    Inventors: Michael P. Levandoski, Alfred A. DeCato
  • Patent number: 6825239
    Abstract: Fluid silico-acrylic compositions, stable in the long term, polymerizable thermally and by radiatiion, by mechanism giving rise to free radicals, with a very low water (less than 1%) and volatile solvent content, containing silica, a silane, and a multifunctional acrylic monomer, in which the silica is in the form of indivualized particles with an average diameter with the range 9 amd 100 nm, not interconnected by siloxane bonds, the silane is a vinyl silane with the formula (I) H2C═CH—Si(OR)3  (I) in which R represents a methyl or ethyl radical, and the multifunctional (meth)acrylic monomer is an alkoxylated (meth)acrylate, method for preparation and use for the development of anti-scratch transparent and uncoloured varnishes, obtained by polymerization giving rise to free radicals by radiation (UV, electron bundles) or thermally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Clariant (France) SA
    Inventors: Didier Wilhelm, Armand Eranian, Ngoc Can Vu, Philippe Vincent
  • Patent number: 6818678
    Abstract: A resin composition comprising: (A) particles prepared by bonding at least one oxide of an element selected from the group consisting of silicon, aluminum, zirconium, titanium, zinc, germanium, indium, tin, antimony, and cerium, and an organic compound which includes a polymerizable unsaturated group, (B) an oligomer-type radiation polymerization initiator having a site which generates photo-radicals by irradiation of radioactive rays, and (C) a compound having at least two polymerizable unsaturated groups in the molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignees: DSM IP Assets B.V., JSR Corporation, Japan Fine Coatings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Yamaguchi, Takao Yashiro, Isao Nishiwaki, Takashi Ukachi
  • Publication number: 20040225026
    Abstract: The invention is based on the discovery that a remarkable improvement in the performance of maleimide thermosets can be achieved through the incorporation of imide-extended mono-, bis-, or polymaleimide compounds. These imide-extended maleimide compounds are readily prepared by the condensation of appropriate anhydrides with appropriate diamines to give amine terminated compounds. These compounds are then condensed with excess maleic anhydride to yield imide-extended maleimide compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Inventors: Farhad G. Mizori, Stephen M. Dershem
  • Patent number: 6815034
    Abstract: A light-curable resin composition includes an acrylate oligomer, an acrylate monomer having 4 or less functional groups, a photopolymerization initiator, a hardness enhancing agent represented by the formula(1), m-terphenyl represented by the formula(2) and a colloidal antistatic agent. The light-curable resin composition has a high antistatic property and a light transmittance, as well as a high hardness and a low shrinkage rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Do-hoon Chang, Myong-do Ro, Du-seop Yoon, In-sik Park
  • Publication number: 20040214911
    Abstract: A coating composition that can be cured by actinic or ionizing radiation is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2004
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Inventors: Shawn DeSaw, Dennis Simpson, Deborah E. Hayes, Lawrence G. Anderson, Kaliappa G. Ragunathan, Richard J. Sadvary
  • Publication number: 20040209972
    Abstract: A dual-cure silicone compound is provided that is useful as an encapsulating/potting compound. The dual-cure silicone exhibits both UV- and moisture-initiated curing mechanisms, with the UV-initiated curing mechanism providing very rapid curing compared to conventional dual-cure silicones. The dual-cure silicone is an elastomeric material on curing. In a preferred embodiment, the dual-cure silicone is made from a mixture of a first polysiloxane component having terminal mercapto and alkoxy functionality, and a second polysiloxane component having terminal vinyl and alkoxy functionality. Methods of making the first and second polysiloxane components also are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Brian R. Chambers, Steven L. Hannah, Ronald J. Raleigh
  • Patent number: 6783897
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a crosslinking agent comprising methyl siloxane polymer of a backbone having a polyalkylene oxide group as a branch group and acryl groups at both ends, and a crosslinkable solid polymer electrolyte composition comprising a crosslinking agent, a lithium salt, an organic solvent, and a curing initiator mixed in a certain ratio. The crosslinkable solid polymer electrolyte composition has a high ionic conductivity at room temperature and can be readily formed into a film and is thus suitable for use in large-size lithium-polymer secondary batteries applicable to electric cars, power storage devices for power leveling and the like, as well as in small-size lithium-polymer secondary batteries applicable to video cameras, portable data terminals such as cellular phones and notebook computers, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology
    Inventors: Yongku Kang, Changjin Lee, Won Sil Lee, Kun Ae Noh
  • Patent number: 6776934
    Abstract: A method for photopolymerizing a monomer mixture to form a lens involves photopolymerizing a mixture of lens-forming monomers that includes an initiator of the formula: wherein: Ar represents an aromatic radical; Ra represents a secondary amino radical; Rb represents an ethylenically unsaturated radical or an aromatic radical; and Rc represents a secondary amino radical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
    Inventor: Yu-Chin Lai
  • Patent number: 6749898
    Abstract: There are disclosed a casting film which is used for producing a ceramic green sheet and which comprises a substrate film and a cured layer formed thereon of an addition reaction type silicone composition containing a photosensitizer, in which the cured layer is formed by heat-treating a layer of a photosensitizer-containing addition reaction type silicone composition in a coating amount expressed in terms of solid content in the range of 0.01 to 0.2 g/m2 at a temperature in the range of 40 to 120° C., followed by a treatment with ultraviolet ray irradiation. The casting film is excellent in coatability of ceramic slurry and releasability of ceramic green sheet, and is imparted with high flatness which has heretofore never been realizable by any of conventional casting films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Lintec Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Nakamura, Tomishi Shibano
  • Patent number: 6747071
    Abstract: The invention concerns dental compositions. Said composition comprises (1) a silicon crosslinkable and/or polymerizable by cation process; (2) an efficient amount of at least an initiator such as onium borate; (3) at least a photosensitizer; and (4) a dental filler present in the composition in a proportion of at least 10 wt. % relative to the composition total weight. Said dental compositions are useful for making dental prostheses or for dental restoration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Rhodia Chimie
    Inventor: Jean-Marc Frances
  • Publication number: 20040082681
    Abstract: The present invention provides for the use of radiation-curable coating compositions comprising at least one radiation-curable organopolysiloxane having (meth)acrylic ester groups and a photoinitiator, wherein said photoinitiator includes at least one compound of the general formula 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2003
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Inventors: Mike Brand, Hardi Dohler, Winfried Hamann, Jurgen Pomorin
  • Patent number: 6727337
    Abstract: Storage stable, UV curable, NIR transparent, polycondensates and methods for the production thereof by condensation of one or more silanediols of formula (I) and/or derived precondensates thereof with one or more silanes of formula (II) and/or derived precondensates thereof At least one of the aromatic groups Ar1 or Ar2 bears a cross-linkable functional group. The polycondensates are curable by crosslinking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: The Australian National University
    Inventor: Reiner Friedrich
  • Patent number: 6706779
    Abstract: This invention relates to radiation curable compositions comprising an alkenyl ether functional polyisobutylene, a cationic photoinitiator, and a miscible reactive diluent selected from specified organic vinyl ether compounds, epoxy functional compounds, or compounds having the formula R8Xb, wherein R8 is a non-silicon containing organic group, X is an organic group containing at-least one acrylate functional group, and b has a value of 1-3. The radiation curable compositions exhibit a low cure energy, have a high moisture vapor barrier, high damping characteristics, and a high refractive index, and provide a barrier to corrosive vapors and have maintained or enhanced modulus, tensile strength, and toughness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Maneesh Bahadur, Susan Victoria Perz, Toshio Suzuki
  • Patent number: 6703433
    Abstract: This invention relates to radiation curable compositions comprising an alkenyl ether functional polyisobutylene, a cationic photoinitiator, and a miscible reactive diluent selected from specified organic vinyl ether compounds or compounds having the formula R8Xb, wherein R8 is a non-silicon containing organic group, X is an organic group containing at-least one acrylate functional group, and b has a value of 1-3. The radiation curable compositions exhibit a low cure energy, have a high moisture vapor barrier, high damping characteristics, and a high refractive index, and provide a barrier to corrosive vapors and have maintained or enhanced modulus, tensile strength, and toughness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Maneesh Bahadur, Susan Victoria Perz, Toshio Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20040039077
    Abstract: An ocular lens material comprising a copolymer prepared by polymerization with heating of a monomer mixture and/or with irradiating a monomer mixture with ultraviolet ray by means of a molding method, the monomer mixture containing a polysiloxane macromonomer A, a Si-containing alkyl methacrylate B, a hydrophilic monomer C comprising NVP as C-1 and another hydrophilic monomer C-2, another monomer D and a crosslinkable monomer E comprising a crosslinkable monomer E-1 containing at least one group selected from acryloyl group, vinyl group and allyl group, and methacryloyl group, and a crosslinkable monomer E-2 containing at least two methacryloyl groups as main components, wherein (A+B)/C (weight ratio) is 30/70 to 70/30, A/B is 25/75 to 75/25, C-1/C-2 is 50/50 to 100/0, the amount of D is 0 to 20% by weight in the monomer mixture, which has high oxygen permeability, high mechanical strength, excellent surface wettability and low surface frictional property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Applicant: MENICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Baba, Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Kazuhiko Nakada
  • Publication number: 20040029990
    Abstract: The present invention has for its object to provide a curable composition which, despite its low viscosity, gives a cured product with a high gel fraction, low residual tack, low modulus, high elongation, and good flexibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Applicant: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Fujita, Nobuhiro Hasegawa, Yoshiki Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20040014836
    Abstract: Silicone-containing addition polymers are obtained by free-radically initiated polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers, wherein the polymerization is initiated using an organopolysiloxane which contains at least one peroxide group —OOR′ in which R′ is a hydrogen atom, or a monovalent C1 to C18 hydrocarbon radical or C1 to C18 acyl radical each of which may be substituted by cyano-, fluoro-, chloro-, bromo- or organopolysiloxane and each of which may be interrupted by divalent radicals attached on both sides to carbon atoms and selected from the group consisting of —O—, —COO—, —OOC—, —CONR3—, —NR3CO—, and —CO—, where R3 is hydrogen or an optionally cyano-, fluoro-, chloro- or bromo-substituted C1 to C10 hydrocarbon radical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Applicant: Wacker Polymer Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Weitzel, Wolfgang Keller
  • Patent number: 6649668
    Abstract: The invention concerns the field of polymerization and/or cross-linking reaction catalysis by cationic process of monomers, oligomers and/or polymers. In particular, novel polymerization and/or cross-linking initiator systems comprising at least one onium borate and at least one benzophenone are described to satisfy the ever greater exigencies of productivity and manufacture. The initiators are used in particular for preparing resins and/or composite materials based on an organic and/or silicon matrix or optionally a matrix of acrylic monomers, oligomers, or polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Inventors: Marie-Anne David, Jean-Marc Frances
  • Patent number: 6638991
    Abstract: An ocular lens material comprising a copolymer prepared by polymerization with heating of a monomer mixture and/or with irradiating a monomer mixture with ultraviolet ray by means of a molding method, the monomer mixture containing a polysiloxane macromonomer A, a Si-containing alkyl methacrylate B, a hydrophilic monomer C comprising NVP as C-1 and another hydrophilic monomer C-2, another monomer D and a crosslinkable monomer E comprising a crosslinkable monomer E-1 containing at least one group selected from acryloyl group, vinyl group and allyl group, and methacryloyl group, and a crosslinkable monomer E-2 containing at least two methacryloyl groups as main components, wherein (A+B)/C (weight ratio) is 30/70 to 70/30, A/B is 25/75 to 75/25, C-1/C-2 is 50/50 to 100/0, the amount of D is 0 to 20% by weight in the monomer mixture, which has high oxygen permeability, high mechanical strength, excellent surface wettability and low surface frictional property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: Menicon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Baba, Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Kazuhiko Nakada
  • Publication number: 20030199603
    Abstract: A curable coating composition that may be converted to a cured coating for an optical fiber during a continuous fiber coating process. The curable coating composition comprises an organohydrogenpolysiloxane, an alkenyl functional polysiloxane, and an ultraviolet radiation absorbing hydrosilation photocatalyst in an amount for crosslink formation between the organohydrogenpolysiloxane and the alkenyl functional polysiloxane. The curable coating composition crosslinks under the influence of ultraviolet radiation to provide a cured coating having a high level of transparency to ultraviolet radiation. Application of heat to the curable coating composition accelerates the rate of cured coating formation. The high level of transparency of the cured coating allows from about 70% to about 99% of radiation of wavelengths from about 240 nm to about 275 nm to pass through the coating for writing a refractive index grating to produce an optical fiber Bragg grating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2002
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Applicant: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Christopher B. Walker, Dora M. Paolucci
  • Patent number: 6627672
    Abstract: This invention relates to a dual curing silicone composition with an enhanced depth of cure. This composition incorporates an acylphosphine oxide or diacylphosphine oxide, the compatibility of which with the silicone is promoted through the use of a polar carrier. The composition may also include a second photoinitiator that is different than the acylphosphine oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Henkel Loctite Corporation
    Inventors: Chiu-Sing Lin, Thomas Fay-Oy Lim, Richard Oliver Angus, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6605651
    Abstract: This invention provides a method and material compositions for producing objects containing in whole, or in part, biomedical polymers, especially those having dental use. Microwave sensitive material compositions are injected under pressure into a mold, the mold containing a replica of a body tissue or tissues. While hydraulic pressure is maintained on the material, a microwave source emits metered electromagnetic energy for hardening the material in the 3-dimensionally defined space. For dental and other applications, the mold making, injection and hardening are done sequentially to rapidly produce an object which accurately fits the mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Biomat Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Ivan Stangel, Jingwei Xu
  • Patent number: 6596786
    Abstract: There is provided a radiation-curable coating composition containing oligomers that each have two end groups X1 and X2, wherein the end groups X1 and X2, which may be the same or different, are a photoinitiator group or an adhesion promoter group. The coating composition may exclude the presence of non-reactive photoinitiator groups and non-reactive adhesion promoter groups, each of which would fail to covalently bond itself to an oligomer backbone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Alcatel
    Inventors: Michael B. Purvis, Igor V. Khudyakov, Bob Overton, Todd W. Gantt
  • Patent number: 6593390
    Abstract: A radiation curable ink jet ink having a viscosity not greater than 35 mPa.s at 30° C. and comprising a colorant component, a diluent consisting essentially of reactive liquid material and, optionally, at least one photopolymerization catalyst and wherein the reactive liquid material is formed of both monofunctional and polyfunctional material and comprises 5 to 30% by weight of at least one oligomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: XAAR Technology Limited
    Inventors: Steve Johnson, Jill Woods
  • Patent number: 6590009
    Abstract: The invention concerns a polymerization and/or crosslinking method under electron beam and/or gamma radiation for compositions based on monomers, oligomers and/or polymers with organic functional groups. The invention is characterized in that the crosslinking and/or polymerization is carried out in the presence of an initiator capable of being activated under electron beam and/or gamma radiation comprising a boron derivative of formula (I) M+B(Ar) 4 wherein: M+, a unit bearing a positive charge, is an alkaline metal selected among those of columns IA and IIA of the periodic table; Ar is an aromatic derivative, optionally substituted by at least a substituent selected among a fluorine radical, a chlorine radical, a linear or branched alkyl chain, which itself can be substituted by at least a fluorine atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Rhodia Chimie
    Inventor: Christian Priou
  • Publication number: 20030113662
    Abstract: A photo-curable resin composition comprising (A) an organosiloxane-bearing polymer comprising recurring units of formula (1): 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Inventors: Hideto Kato, Kazumi Noda, Toshihiko Fujii, Kazuhiro Arai, Satoshi Asai
  • Publication number: 20030099841
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a photocurable resin composition which contains a photocurable component and forms on a substrate a photocurable resin layer having a viscosity of 1000-500,000 Pa·s at 23° C. and 65% RH. This resin composition is formed into a photocurable resin layer, which is laminated onto a metal sheet to give a metal sheet with a photocurable resin layer laminated thereon. This metal sheet can be worked and converted into a metal part with a high-hardness protective coating laminated thereon upon irradiation with light or electron beams after working.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2002
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Inventors: Takeshi Watase, Yasuo Hirano, Kazuo Okumura, Atsushi Kihara, Yukihisa Komiya, Tadashige Nakamoto, Takahiro Kobayashi, Takeshi Ohwaki, Mika Nishida, Etsuji Ueno