From Monomer Containing A Silicon Atom Patents (Class 526/279)
  • Patent number: 8092821
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, implantable or insertable medical devices are provided, which contain at least one polymeric region in contact with a metallic region. The polymeric region contains at least one block copolymer that contains at least one low Tg block and at least one high Tg block. The polymeric region contains at least one polymer that contains at least one adhesion promoting group selected from one or more of halo-silane, alkoxy-silane, epoxy, anhydride, phenoxy, hydroxyl, amino, sulfonate and carboxyl groups, which at least one polymer may correspond to the block copolymer, a supplemental polymer, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventor: Frederick H. Strickler
  • Publication number: 20110319583
    Abstract: The invention provides a silicone monomer which is suitable for the manufacture of ophthalmic devices, such as contact lenses, intraocular lenses, and keratoprosthesis, a monomer composition containing the monomer, and a polymer which fulfills both surface hydrophilicity and oxygen permeability at the same time. The silicone monomer of the present invention is represented by the formula (1a) or (1b): (X: a monovalent C2 to C6 organic group having one or more —OH and optionally one 0 or N in its main chain; Z1 to Z9: a C1 to C4 alkyl group; n: 1 to 3; a and b: 0 or 1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: NOF CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yosuke Matsuoka, Nobuyuki Yoshioka, Mao Sorimachi
  • Publication number: 20110310721
    Abstract: A polymerizable compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein A is a hydrogen atom or a group selected from the following formulae (2) to (5): VwH(3-W)C—??(2) PhxY(3-x)Si—??(3) J-(CH2)m1—CHl(CH3)(2-l)—??(4) J-(CH2)n1—SiPhp1(CH3)(2-p1)—??(5); B is a group selected from the following formulae (6) and (7): J-(CH2)m2—CHk(CH3)(2-k)—??(6) J-(CH2)n2—SiPhp2(CH3)(2-p2)—??(7); w is an integer of from 0 to 3; V is a methyl group or an ethyl group, provided that when w is from 2 to 3, a plurality of V's may be different groups, x is an integer of from 0 to 3, Y is a group selected from a methyl group, a cyclohexyl group, a tert-butyl group, a sec-butyl group and an isopropyl group, provided that when x is 0 or 1, a plurality of Y's may be different groups, J is a group selected from CH2?CR—COO—, an epoxy group, a vinyl group and a vinyl ether group, R is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, I is an integer of from 0 to 1, k is an integer of from 0 to 2, provided that when A is a hy
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Arishima, Hiroki Hotaka
  • Patent number: 8080622
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to silicon-based prepolymers. The disclosed prepolymers exhibit satisfactory solubility in aqueous solutions or hydrophilic solutions and can overcome undesirable shrinkage, expansion, and related problems possessed by conventional silicone monomers and related conventional polymerization techniques by producing hydrogels from a crosslinkable prepolymer. Also disclosed are polymers and molded articles produced from the disclosed prepolymers, which attain a satisfactory oxygen permeability. Also disclosed are methods for producing the disclosed prepolymers. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignees: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc., Toray Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Fujisawa, Mitsuru Yokota, Masataka Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8080604
    Abstract: An adhesive containing a ladder-type polysilsesquioxane which firmly bonds metals and synthetic resins and an adhesive sheet having an adhesive layer formed by using the adhesive on at least one side of a substrate are provided. An adhesive comprises a ladder-type polysilsesquioxane having a recurring unit of the following formula (I) in the molecule, wherein R1 represents a polymerizable functional group, and R2 represents the same group as R1, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, an alkoxy group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, or a phenyl group which may have a substituent, and the adhesive sheet has an adhesive layer formed by using the adhesive on at least one side of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Lintec Corporation
    Inventors: Shiori Beppu, Mikihiro Kashio, Toshio Sugizaki, Toshifumi Kageyama, Osamu Moriya
  • Publication number: 20110306744
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are the compounds shown below. Each R is an organic group, Cb is a carborane group, and —C6H4— is phenylene. The value of each m is a nonnegative integer, q is 0 or 1, with the proviso that if q is 0 then m is 0 or 1, p is a positive integer, r is a positive integer, and n is an integer greater than or equal to 10. Also disclosed are methods of making and crosslinking the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Manoj K. Kolel-Veetil, Teddy M. Keller
  • Patent number: 8076386
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a material for use in imprint lithography that features a composition having a viscosity associated therewith and including a surfactant, a polymerizable component, and an initiator responsive to a stimuli to vary the viscosity in response thereto, with the composition, in a liquid state, having the viscosity being lower than about 100 centipoises, a vapor pressure of less than about 20 Torr, and in a solid cured state a tensile modulus of greater than about 100 MPa, a break stress of greater than about 3 MPa and an elongation at break of greater than about 2%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignees: Molecular Imprints, Inc., Board of Regents, The University of Texas
    Inventors: Frank Y. Xu, Michael P. C. Watts, Nicholas A. Stacey
  • Patent number: 8071703
    Abstract: The invention provide a new class of silicone-containing prepolymers containing dangling hydrophilic polymer chains. This class of silicone-containing prepolymer is capable of being actinically crosslinked to form a silicone hydrogel material with a hydrophilic surface without post curing surface treatment. The present invention is also related to silicone hydrogel contact lenses made from this class of silicone-containing prepolymers and to methods for making the silicone hydrogel contact lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Jian S. Zhou, Frank Chang, Arturo Norberto Medina, Robert Scott
  • Patent number: 8071704
    Abstract: Provided are surface modified contact lenses formed from one or more fumaric- or itaconic-containing prepolymers having reactive functionality that is complimentary to surface modifying polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
    Inventors: Weihong Lang, Yu-Chin Lai
  • Patent number: 8071658
    Abstract: The invention provide a new class of silicone-containing prepolymers containing dangling polysiloxane-containing polymer chains. This class of silicone-containing prepolymer is capable of being actinically crosslinked to form a silicone hydrogel material with a relatively high oxygen permeability, a reduced elastic modulus, and a relatively high ion permeability. The present invention is also related to silicone hydrogel contact lenses made from this class of silicone-containing prepolymers and to methods for making the silicone hydrogel contact lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Jian S. Zhou, Dawn A. Smith
  • Publication number: 20110293540
    Abstract: Provided herein are branched polymers synthesized from: at least one (A1) reactive monomer having a vinyl functional group, or (A2) a hybrid reactive monomer having (a) at least one vinyl functional group and (b) at least one reactive non-vinyl functional group; and at least one: (B1) branching agent having at least two N-vinyl formamide functional groups or (B2) a hybrid branching agent having (a) at least one N-vinyl formamide functional group, and (b) at least one vinyl functional group. The polymers exhibit branching behavior, which in some embodiments lends to lower viscosity, enhanced processability, and/or improved sprayability compared to a corresponding polymer of equal molecular weight synthesized without the second reactive moiety. Formulations with the invention's polymers also are presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: ISP INVESTMENTS INC.
    Inventors: Osama M. Musa, David C. Streuli, Jose Martinez-Santiago, Cuiyue Lei
  • Patent number: 8067498
    Abstract: The present invention has its object to provide a transparent curable composition which may be prepared as a one package formulation, and which is excellent in strength, elongation at break, weather resistance, and adhesiveness of the resultant cured product. In addition, the present invention provides a curable composition which comprises 100 parts by weight of a vinyl polymer (I) the main chain of which is the product of living radical polymerization and which contains a crosslinkable silyl group, and 1 to 200 parts by weight of a micronized hydrophobic silica (II). Furthermore, the present invention also provides a curable composition which comprises 100 parts by weight of a vinyl polymer (I) the main chain of which is the product of living radical polymerization and which contains at least one crosslinkable silyl group, and 1 to 200 parts by weight of a graft copolymer (III) obtained by graft polymerization of a crosslinkable rubber-like acrylic ester polymer and a vinyl monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Ayako Yano, Hitoshi Tamai
  • Patent number: 8067495
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermoplastic elastomer composition and a glass panel molding assembly for a vehicle. The thermoplastic elastomer composition comprising a polymer component (1) that comprises a styrene-type thermoplastic elastomer and a polyolefin-type polymer {except for the additives in item (5) below}, a non-aromatic-rubber softener (2), a higher fatty acid derivative (4), and at least one type of an additive (5) selected from (5-a) a vinyl polymer graft-olefin polymer, (5-b) a polyorganosiloxane cross-linked powder; and (5-c) a polyorganosiloxane graft-olefin polymer. And the glass panel molding assembly for a vehicle produced from the aforementioned composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Dow Corning Toray Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruhiko Furukawa, Masakazu Irie
  • Publication number: 20110288231
    Abstract: Provided are a resin composition containing a (meth)acrylate compound (A) having a specific structure and a rigid moiety, and a (meth)acrylate compound (B) having a flexible moiety; a resin composition further containing a silane-based (meth)acrylate compound (C-1), an antioxidant (C-2) or an aliphatic compound (C-3) having a specific structure; and an optical component. A resin for an optical component can be produced from those resin compositions, the resin having excellent transparency, causing no cracks, being stable against heat without causing yellowing, and having a low coefficient of thermal expansion, a low water content, excellent shape stability, with excellent mold releasability, and excellent adhesiveness with a coating material that suppresses surface reflection and improves transmittance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka Obata, Takeshi Iwasaki, Hidetoshi Ono, Tomoaki Takebe
  • Publication number: 20110288252
    Abstract: The present invention relates to silanes with the formula (I) RaQbSiX4-a-b (I) wherein the radicals and indices have the following meaning: R is optionally the same or different and identifies a straight-chain, branched-chain and/or cyclic alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, alkylaryl or arylalkyl group or a straight-chain or branched and/or cyclic organic radical with at least one organically polymerizable group, wherein the carbon chains can each be interrupted by one or more oxygen or sulfur atoms or carboxyl or carbonamide or amino groups or can hold one or more groups selected from carboxylic acid groups, carbonamide groups, amino groups, hydroxy groups and mercapto groups, at one of the ends of said carbon chains, Q is (C6H3)(OR1)2 or R3(C6H3)(OR1)2, where R1 indicates hydrogen or a C1C4- alkyl group, and R3 is a substituted or unsubstituted carbon chain that is interrupted by either one or by multiple groups selected from —O—, —NH—, —NHC(O)—, —C(O)NH—, —C(O)NHC(O)—, —NHC(O)NH—, —C(O)O—, —NHC(O)O—, —C(O)—, —OC(O)NHC(
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventors: Thomas Ballweg, Somchith Nique
  • Patent number: 8063162
    Abstract: A polymer for an ink receiving layer of an inkjet recording element includes at least one first monomer chemically bonded to at least one second monomer. The second monomer includes a silane functional group. The at least one second monomer is distributed along a carbon backbone of the polymer at a non-terminal end. The polymer is capable of chemically bonding with an inorganic particulate substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Tienteh Chon
  • Publication number: 20110282022
    Abstract: The present discovery shows how to make a self-crosslinking SMP. Shape Memory Polymer (SMP) can be formulated as a castable coating. This process allows the polymer to dissolve in solvent, and as the solvent evaporates the polymers self-crosslink at room temperature in air, creating a copolymer coating wherein the copolymer coating is an SMP. This technology has coating applications where shape memory would be an asset: from shape memory textile and fabric to self-healing coatings for vehicles and morphing skins for aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: Cornerstone Research Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Tat Hung Tong
  • Publication number: 20110280946
    Abstract: To provide surface-treating agents that can provide excellent hydrophobicity to powder and can improve its rinsability, to provide surface-treated powders that are treated with the surface-treating agent, and to provide cosmetics that comprise the surface-treated powder. A surface-treating agent consisting of a polymer which comprises a monomer (A) represented by the general formula (1) described below as a constituent monomer. (wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, R2 represents an alkylene group having 4 to 22 carbon atoms, X1 represents an —NH— group or an oxygen atom, and M1 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent inorganic or organic cation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: SHISEIDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuji Nishihama, Isamu Kaneda, Atsushi Sogabe, Tomo Osawa, Shin-ichi Yusa
  • Patent number: 8058323
    Abstract: Disclosed are soft, high refractive index, acrylic materials. These materials, especially useful as intraocular lens materials, contain one or more aryl acrylic hydrophobic monomers as principal device-forming monomers and a tack-reducing macromer additive. In addition to their use as intraocular lens materials, the present materials are also suitable for use in other ophthalmic or otorhinolaryngological devices, such as contact lenses, keratoprostheses, corneal inlays or rings; otological ventilation tubes and nasal implants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Diana M. Cordova, Mutlu Karakelle, Chance Lehman, Douglas C. Schlueter, Joseph I. Weinschenk, III
  • Patent number: 8053588
    Abstract: Provided is an organosilane compound expressed by any one of the following general formulae (1) to (7): (wherein: Ar represents a phenylene group or the like; R1 represents a hydrogen atom or the like; R2 to R8 each represent a methyl group or the like; n represents an integer in a range from 0 to 2; m represents an integer of 1 or 2; L represents a single bond or the like; X represents a hydrogen atom or the like; and Y represents a hydrogen atom or the like).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho, Toyoshi Shimada
    Inventors: Norihiro Mizoshita, Yasutomo Goto, Shinji Inagaki, Toyoshi Shimada
  • Patent number: 8053539
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to compositions comprising siloxanyl compounds comprising the structure: or residues thereof. Such compositions can be suitable for producing molded articles, can be excellent in transparency, hydrophilicity, and oxygen permeability, and can have a low modulus of elasticity and/or an excellent optical quality, so as to be suitable for ophthalmic lenses such as contact lenses and intraocular lenses. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignees: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Inc., Toray Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Masataka Nakamura, Kazuhiko Fujisawa, Mitsuru Yokota
  • Patent number: 8053544
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a silicone having (meth)acryl groups on both ends of a molecule and represented by the formula (I): wherein R1 is represented by the following formula: wherein n is 3 or 4, k is an integer of from 1 to 15, j is an integer of from 0 to 15, and Q2 is a methyl group or a hydrogen atom; R2 is, independently of each other, a group selected from the group consisting of hydrocarbon groups and halogenated hydrocarbon groups, both having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; R3 is a group represented by the following formula: —CmH2mO(C2H4O)x(C3H6O)yQ1 wherein m is 3 or 4, x is an integer of from 1 to 15, y is an integer of from 0 to 15, and Q1 is a methyl group or a hydrogen atom; a is an integer of from 1 to 500; and b is an integer of from 1 to 100, with a total of a and b being 50 to 500.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shoji Ichinohe
  • Publication number: 20110257354
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide white colored fine particles with high white reflectance and not easily precipitating in a dispersion medium compared to inorganic white pigments, a method of producing the fine particles, an image display medium and an image display apparatus having a high whiteness like a paper and an excellent display memorability using the fine particles. Therefore, the fine particles contain a polymer of a compound expressed by the following formula (1). In the above formula (1), R represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group or an alkenyl group, “m” represents an integer of 1 to 10, and at least one of R represents the alkenyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventors: Masahiro YANAGISAWA, Seigou Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 8034532
    Abstract: A topcoat material for application on top of a photoresist material is disclosed. The topcoat material comprises an acid-inert compound. The topcoat material also comprises a polymer or an oligomer or a cage structure which shows negligible intermixing with the imaging layer and is soluble in aqueous base developer. A method of forming a patterned material layer on a substrate and a coated substrate comprising the topcoat material is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert David Allen, Phillip Joe Brock, Carl E. Larson, Ratnam Sooriyakumaran, Linda Karin Sundberg, Hoa D Truong
  • Publication number: 20110245407
    Abstract: A conjugated diene polymer comprising a constitutional unit based on a conjugated diene and a constitutional unit based on a compound represented by Formula (1) below, R1Si(OR2)mR3nR4(3?m?n)??(1) wherein m represents 1 or 2; n represents 1 or 2; m+n=2 or 3; R1 represents a hydrocarbyl group having a polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond; R2 represents a hydrocarbyl group, and, when there are plural R2 s, R2 s each may be the same or different; R3 represents an aryl group that may have an oxygen-containing substituent, and, when there are plural R3 s, R3 s each may be the same or different; and R4 represents an alkyl group or a substituted amino group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Mana ITO, I, Katsunari INAGAKI
  • Publication number: 20110245443
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a norbornene monomer composition, a norbornene polymer produced using the norbornene monomer composition, an optical film including the norbornene polymer, and a method for producing the norbornene polymer. The method includes reacting a reaction solution that contains cyclopentadiene, dicyclopentadiene, or a mixture of cyclopentadiene and dicyclopentadiene, an acetate compound, and a solvent so that a content of an exo isomer is 50 mol % or more. Variables such as a reaction temperature, a reaction time, a molar ratio between reactants, and addition of a solvent are controlled so that the exo isomer is contained in content of 50 mol % or more. Accordingly, it is possible to industrially produce an acetate norbornene addition polymer by using the acetate norbornene monomer composition containing the exo isomer in content of 50 mol % or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventors: Dai-Seung CHOI, Hye-Young Jung, Sung-Don Hong, Jung-Min Lee, Hee-Jean Lee, Sung-Ho Chun
  • Publication number: 20110245408
    Abstract: Conjugated diene polymer is provided that comprises a constitutional unit based on a conjugated diene and a constitutional unit based on a compound represented by Formula (1) below: R1Si(—R2-A)mR33-m??(1) wherein m represents an integer of 1 to 3; R1 represents a hydrocarbyl group having a polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond; R2 represents a hydrocarbylene group, and, when there are plural R2s, R2s each may be the same or different; A represents a substituted amino group, and, when there are plural A's, A's each may be the same or different; R3 represents a hydrocarbyl group, a substituted hydrocarbyl group or a substituted amino group, and, when there are plural R3s, R3s each may be the same or different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Toru Fujii, Katsunari Inagaki
  • Patent number: 8030422
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are novel polymer-tethered ligands, metal complexes comprising these ligands, and the use of these complexes as chain transfer catalysts to control the molecular weight of oligomeric and polymeric materials produced in a radical polymerization process. The materials made by the processes disclosed herein have significantly reduced color, making them suitable for a wide range of color-critical end-uses, including automotive coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Henry Edward Brynzda, Michael Charles Grady, Sigridur Soley Kristjansdottir, Christina M. Older, Matthew Arthur Page, Joachim C. Ritter, Wilson Tam
  • Patent number: 8030423
    Abstract: Multi-armed macromonomers containing multiple side chains attached to a siloxy-containing core terminated on each end with one or more first substantially linear polysiloxane radicals having a polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated-containing terminal group, wherein each side chain comprises a second substantially linear polysiloxane radical having a polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated-containing terminal group are disclosed. Biomedical devices such as contact lenses formed from the multi-armed macromonomers are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Inventors: Joseph C. Salamone, Jay F. Kunzler
  • Patent number: 8030415
    Abstract: A moisture crosslinkable thermoplastic composition is produced by a process of grafting an unsaturated silane of the formula: G1R1SiZ where G1 is vinyl, R1 is methyl and Z is a divalent hydrolyzable group under reactive mechanical working conditions and in the presence of at least two peroxides and subsequently is converted into a crosslinked thermoplastic composition by exposure to moisture in the presence of a crosslinking catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Momentive Performance Materials, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric R. Pohl
  • Publication number: 20110237766
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a silicone (meth)acrylamide monomer, and this silicone (meth)acrylamide monomer is particularly suitable for use in contact lenses, intraocular lenses, artificial cornea, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: Thomas L. Maggio, Michelle Carman Turnage, Michael R. Clark, Kazuhiko Fujisawa, Masataka Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8026293
    Abstract: A method of forming low dielectric contrast structures by imprinting a silsesquioxane based polymerizable composition. The imprinting composition including: one or more polyhedral silsesquioxane oligomers each having one or more polymerizable groups, wherein each of the one or more polymerizable group is bound to a different silicon atom of the one or more polyhedral silsesquioxane oligomers; and one or more polymerizable diluents, the diluents constituting at least 50% by weight of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert David Allen, Richard Anthony DiPietro, Geraud Jean-Michel Dubois, Mark Whitney Hart, Robert Dennis Miller, Ratnam Sooriyakumaran
  • Patent number: 8025918
    Abstract: Compositions comprising a silyl-containing copolymer of a monomer system comprising: (A) a silyl-containing monomer having a structural formula (A) Wherein n=1-20, o=1-5 R=O or NH R?=H or CH3 R?=C1-C12 alkyl ?wherein m=1-20; (B) a neutral, hydrophilic, ethylenically unsaturated monomer; and (C) a cationic ethylenically unsaturated monomer are disclosed. Aqueous solutions of the silyl-containing copolymer form transparent coatings on substrates which have very high contact angles with aqueous solutions and receive aqueous ink with very low bleeding. Substrates coated with the copolymer, methods for printing images, and methods of forming a portion or all of an electronic feature, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Rhodia, Inc.
    Inventors: Julie Broguiere, Jean-Christophe Castaing, Gilda M. Lizarraga
  • Patent number: 8022156
    Abstract: A greaseproof paper is provided for use in food processing and/or packaging of foods in which paper has been rendered oleophobic by treatment with a fluorine-containing polymer. The fluorine-containing polymer may be prepared by polymerizing a fluorine-containing monomer in the presence of a mercapto group-containing organopolysiloxane. The fluorine-containing polymer may be applied to paper by coating onto pre-formed paper, or by applying the polymer as a size during a papermaking process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignees: Dow Corning Corporation, Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter Cheshire Hupfield, Tetsuya Masutani, Shinichi Minami, Ikuo Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8022152
    Abstract: Ethylene and allyl- or vinylsilanes are efficiently copolymerized by certain late transition metal complexes containing selected bidentate or tridentate ligands. The resulting novel polymers may be crosslinked by moisture when vinylsilane contains groups bound to silicon which are hydrolyzable. The polymers are useful for wire coating, crosslinked foams, pipes, and other uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Steven Dale Ittel, Lynda Kaye Johnson, Lin Wang, Ying Wang, Elizabeth Forrester McCord, Catherine E. Radzewich, Stephan James McLain, Karl Jeffrey Sweetman, Alison Margaret Anne Bennett, Alex Sergey Ionkin, Rinaldo Soria Schiffino
  • Patent number: 8022157
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a surface functionalized poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) and methods for making the same. The surface functionalized poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) disclosed herein is applicable in the general field of microfluidics, bioMEMS (bio-microelectromechanical systems), soft lithography and other related biotechnology fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Peking University
    Inventor: Hongwei Ma
  • Patent number: 8017710
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a crosslinkable high pressure polyethylene composition containing ethylene silane copolymer resin having a content of silane of about 0.1 to 10 weight % and at least one silanol condensation catalyst. The invention further relates to a process for the preparation thereof, to a pipe made of said composition and to the use of the composition as an insulation for a cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Borealis Technology Oy
    Inventors: Bernt-Åke Sultan, Jeroen Oderkerk, Kenneth Johansson, Jonas Jungkvist
  • Patent number: 8008415
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a norbornene polymer that comprises a norbornene monomer having a photoreactive functional group, and a method of manufacturing the same. The norbornene polymer comprises at least 50 mol % of exo isomers among the norbornene monomers having the photoreactive functional group. Since the norbornene polymer according to the present invention comprises at least 50 mol % of exo isomers among the norbornene monomers having the photoreactive functional group, a molecular weight is significantly increased while the yield is not reduced during the manufacturing of the polymer. In views of the three dimensional structure, stability is ensured because the polymer has a planar structure in which the photoreactive groups between the molecules are close to each other. Therefore, the distance between the photoreactive groups is reduced, thus increasing the photoreaction rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Heon Kim, Sung-Ho Chun, Hye-Young Jung, Dai-Seung Choi, Kyoung-Hoon Kim, Jong-Chan Kim
  • Patent number: 8008419
    Abstract: The invention provides novel siloxane monomers useful in a variety of adhesive applications. In one aspect, the siloxane compounds described herein can be used as Diels-Alder type curatives for bismaleimide or poly-maleimide monomers. The unsaturated resins shown here are attractive for use as maleimide curatives due to their poly-functionality. Each substituted styrenyl residue can react with two maleimide functional groups. Thus, an invention adhesive composition typically contains an excess of bismaleimide monomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Designer Molecules, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen M. Dershem
  • Publication number: 20110207049
    Abstract: Described herein are photo-patternable sol-gel precursors and their methods of preparation. The sol-gel precursors are thermally stable and form compositions that have high refractive indices and low optical loss values. The precursors can be used to make sol-gel compositions that are ideally suited toward optical waveguide applications in the realm of telecommunications wavelengths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: Nito Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Joshua Tillema, Mohanalingam Kathaperumal, Wan-Yun Hsieh, Michiharu Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20110207637
    Abstract: This invention relates to an ethylene copolymer for lubricating oil, comprising: ethylene; at least one alpha-olefin having 3 or more carbon atoms; and at least one vicinally substituted olefin having 2 to 40 carbon atoms, wherein: the copolymer has a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of about 50,000 to about 500,000; and an intensity ratio of S?? to S?? insertions, as determined by a 13C-NMR spectrum of less than 0.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: Sudhin Datta, Smita Kacker, Mun F. Tse, Thomas T. Sun, Eric B. Sirota, Vera Minak-Bernero, Liehpao O. Farng
  • Publication number: 20110207206
    Abstract: A composite including a cross-linked interpenetrating network of an organic polymer including an alcohol adduct of, for example, a glycidyl ether substituted acrylate or epoxy substituted acrylate; and a sol-gel polymer. The composite having a low or no-shrinkage characteristic, and a method for making and using the composite, as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventor: Nikita Sergeevich Shelekhov
  • Patent number: 7998583
    Abstract: Nanoparticulate silicone organo copolymers exhibit controlled hydrophobicity in composite thermal insulation systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Wacker Chemie AG
    Inventors: Oliver Minge, Albert Hausberger
  • Patent number: 7998585
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dilutable, non-aqueous concentrate and an aqueous dilution used for aqueous delivery of fluorinated oligomeric silanes to a substrate, a method of treating a substrate with the aqueous dilution composition to render it oil and water repellent, and articles having coatings made from the aqueous dilution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Rudolf J. Dams, Mark J. Pellerite, Steven J. Martin, Michael S. Terrazas
  • Patent number: 7999050
    Abstract: A method of making a composition comprising reacting, in a reactor, a non-halogenated acetoacetate group containing monomer, at least one additional monomer, and a base, wherein at least a portion of the base is fed to the reactor during reaction. Also, a composition comprising an aqueous polymer dispersion that is a product of a method comprising reacting a non-halogenated acetoacetate moiety containing monomer, at least one additional monomer, and a base, wherein the base is fed to the reaction during reaction, wherein the composition has a lower viscosity than a second composition, wherein the second composition is prepared from the same materials as the composition, and the second composition is made by a method wherein the base is added to the second composition after a reaction to form the second composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventor: Cheng-Le Zhao
  • Patent number: 7989560
    Abstract: A polymer containing: a constitutional unit A that is derived from fluorosilsesquioxane having one addition polymerizable functional group in a molecule; a constitutional unit B that is derived from organopolysiloxane having an addition polymerizable functional group; and a constitutional unit C that is derived from an addition polymerizable functional monomer containing a group having active hydrogen, and optionally containing a constitutional unit D that is derived from an addition polymerizable monomer other than the fluorosilsesquioxane having one addition polymerizable functional group in a molecule, the organopolysiloxane having an addition polymerizable functional group and the addition polymerizable monomer containing a group having active hydrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Chisso Corporation
    Inventors: Hisao Oikawa, Koji Ohguma, Kenya Ito, Mikio Yamahiro
  • Publication number: 20110181833
    Abstract: There is provided a mono-(meth)acrylate functionalized hydrophilic silicone monomers containing a polyether with branched linking group, useful in making water absorbing silicone-hydrogel films for contact lens applications. This invention also provides homo-polymers and copolymers made from the mono-(meth)acrylate functionalized hydrophilic silicone monomers described herein. Also provided is a process for producing the monomers and polymers described herein and contact lenses produced from the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventors: Kendall Louis Guyer, Kenrick Martin Lewis, Sentihikumar Umapathy, Anubhav Saxena, Yi-Feng Wang
  • Publication number: 20110166248
    Abstract: The present invention provides a reactive hydrophilic copolymer consisting essentially of units formed by ethylenically unsaturated hydrophilic monomers and units of formula (I) or (II) formed by ethylenically unsaturated monomers having alkoxy silane functional groups in a random order: wherein the copolymer has a molecular weight of at least 50,000, and wherein R1, R2 and R3 can be the same or different and are independently selected from H or C1-3 alkyl; R is C1-3 alkyl; X, Y and Z can be the same or different and are independently selected from R? or OR?, provided that at least one of X, Y and Z is OR?; R? is H or C1-3 alkyl; and the equivalent ratio of the units formed by ethylenically unsaturated hydrophilic monomers to the units of formula (I) or (II) is within the range of 5/1 to 200/1. The present invention also provides silicone hydrogel compositions comprising the reactive hydrophilic copolymer of the present invention and ocular articles made therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Yu-Fang HSU, Ching-Ping HUANG, Chia-Chang LIU
  • Publication number: 20110166308
    Abstract: The present invention provides polymers resulting from polymerization of at least one reactive vinyl monomer moiety and a multifunctional N-vinylformamide crosslinking moiety; polymers resulting from polymerization of at least one reactive vinyl monomer moiety and a hybrid N-vinylformamide crosslinking moiety having at least one N-vinylformamide functionality and at least one other reactive vinyl functionality; polymers resulting from polymerization of at least one hybrid reactive N-vinylformamide monomer moiety having one N-vinylformamide functionality and at least one other reactive non-vinyl functionality and a multifunctional N-vinylformamide crosslinking moiety; and polymers resulting from polymerization of at least one hybrid reactive N-vinylformamide monomer moiety having one N-vinylformamide functionality and at least one other reactive non-vinyl functionality and a hybrid N-vinylformamide crosslinking moiety having at least one N-vinylformamide functionality and at least one other reactive vinyl func
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Osama M. Musa, Ilya Makarovsky, Lei Cuiyue
  • Publication number: 20110160416
    Abstract: A polymer for an ink receiving layer of an inkjet recording element includes at least one first monomer chemically bonded to at least one second monomer. The second monomer includes a silane functional group. The at least one second monomer is distributed along a carbon backbone of the polymer at a non-terminal end. The polymer is capable of chemically bonding with an inorganic particulate substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventor: Tienteh Chen