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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7442486 | Radiation-sensitive compositions comprising oxazole derivatives and imageable elements based thereon Radiation-sensitive element comprising: (a) one or more types of monomers each comprising at least one ethylenically unsaturated group accessible to a free-radical polymerization, (b) at least one sensitizer, (c) at least one coinitiator capable of forming free radi... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7288365 | Image formation process and planographic printing plate material Disclosed is an image forming method possessing the steps of producing a planographic printing plate via a development treatment of exposing a hydrophilic surface of an aluminum support by removing a thermosensitive image formation layer provided on the hydrophilic ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7273839 | Method to increase flash points of flammable solvents The present invention relates to a method to decrease the flammability of normally flammable alcohols and solvents. The additive is Alpha Terpineol, which will increase the flash point of flammable alcohols or solvents, by blending the Terpineol into the flammable s... | 09/25/2007 |
| 6749936 | Achromatic multilayer diffractive pigments and foils Achromatic multilayer diffractive pigment flakes and foils are provided having diffractive structures thereon. The diffractive pigment flakes can have a symmetrical stacked coating structure on opposing sides of a reflective core layer, an asymmetrical stacked coati... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6582886 | Developing solvent for photopolymerizable printing plates Flexographic printing plates are produced by exposing the photopolymer plates to a light source and washing out (developing) the masked out, non-exposed areas with a solvent. The invention provides methyl ester solvents suitable for use in the development... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6503688 | Electron beam resist A high resolution patterning method of a resist layer is disclosed by patternwise irradiation of a resist layer with electron beam utilizing a polysubstituted triphenylene compound as the electron beam resist material, which is graphitized and made insolu... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6165687 | Standard array, programmable image forming process Standard array, programmable image forming process. The process includes the steps of providing or forming a standardized array of pixel sites (16) on a surface of a substrate (12), each pixel site (16) including at least one color element (18, 20, 22) or... | 12/26/2000 |
| 5885755 | Developing treatment apparatus used in the process for manufacturing a semiconductor device, and method for the developing treatment A developing treatment apparatus has a spin chuck for supporting a semiconductor wafer on which a photoresist to be developed is formed by suction and rotating it at least two rotating speeds including a low speed and a high speed, a washing liquid supply... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5863710 | Developer solution for photolithographic patterning Proposed is an aqueous alkaline developer solution used in the development treatment of a photoresist layer, especially, formed on an aluminum surface of a substrate. Different from conventional aqueous alkaline developer solutions which attack the alumin... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5821016 | Colored image forming material and color filter obtained therefrom In a colored image forming material comprising (a) a copolymer containing a carboxyl group, (b) a coloring agent, (c) a monomer containing at least one photopolymerizable unsaturated bond in the molecule, (d) a photoinitiator and, when required, (e) a spe... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5780203 | Process for forming colored partial picture element and light-shielding light-sensitive resin composition used therefor A process for forming a colored partial picture element comprises a step of forming a colored light-sensitive resin composition layer on a transparent substrate by transfer so as to cover at least a part of multicolor patterns formed by picture elements e... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5741620 | Reactive polymeric dyes Reactive polymeric dyes are provided comprising a chromophoric moiety derived from at least one free radically polymerizable dye and an azlactone moiety derived from 2-alkenylazlactone such that the free radically polymerizable dye is incorporated into th... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5731110 | Photoresist composition for use in color filters An azo dye for use in color filters soluble in alkaline aqueous solutions and organic solvents and having in one molecule at least one sulfonamido group of which one hydrogen atom is substituted; and a method for producing a color filter having a pluralit... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5721089 | Photosensitive material, color filter and liquid crystal device having the color filter A photosensitive colored material mainly composed of an aromatic polyamide or polyimide resin having a photosensitive group in its molecule, a coloring matter, and a solvent, wherein; said solvent comprises a first solvent component capable of independent... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5721077 | Process for producing a color filter A photosensitive colored material mainly composed of an aromatic polyamide or polyimide resin having a photosensitive group in its molecule, a coloring matter, and a solvent, wherein; said solvent comprises a first solvent component capable of independent... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5672410 | Embossed metallic leafing pigments A process for preparing embossed, finely-divided, thin, bright-metal particles which process comprises forming an embossed release surface to at least one side of a carrier sheet, depositing a metal film onto the release surface so that the metal film con... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5527654 | Process for the production of a color image utilizing transferred white pigment layer A process for the production of a color image is described, in which a photosensitive material that has a temporary support film, a colored photosensitive layer and an adhesion-promoting layer that can be activated by heat is laminated at high temperature... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5512418 | Infra-red sensitive aqueous wash-off photoimaging element An aqueous processable element for thermally-induced photoimaging and a photoimaging process using the element are disclosed. The element comprises, in order: (A) a dimensionally stable support, and (B) an active layer comprising: (1) a cationic polymer contai... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5496584 | Method for removing a liquid crystal alignment film A method for removing a liquid crystal alignment film from a liquid crystal cell substrate having the alignment film formed by coating a solution containing, as the main component, a polyamic acid having, as the main repeating units, a chemical structure ... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5489621 | Process for forming colored partial picture element and light-shielding light-sensitive resin composition used therefor A light-shielding light-sensitive resin composition containing at least (1) an alkali soluble binder, (2) a photopolymerization initiator, (3) an addition-polymerizable monomer having an ethylenically unsaturated double bond, and (4) at least two coloring... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5478681 | Method for producing color filter A method for producing a color filter comprising exposing a portion of the color filter corresponding to colored portions through a different pattern mask by colors and in an irradiation dose varying for each mask to effect patterning and successively col... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5468594 | Image forming process Disclosed is an image forming process employing a light-sensitive image forming material and a developing solution. The image forming material comprises a support and either a light-sensitive resin layer containing a pigment or a colorant layer containing... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5397683 | Photochemical method of making decorative designs A photochemical method of making a tactile design comprises the steps of exposing to light a selected portion of photo-sensitive layer-supported by a substrate; applying a decorative coating to the photo-sensitive layer; applying a photo-sensitive emulsio... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5368991 | Photosensitive resin composition for use as a light-shielding film which can be used as black matrices Disclosed is a photosensitive resin composition for use in a light-shielding film, comprising a photosensitive resin and a light-shielding coloring material, wherein light transmission properties after formation of the light-shielding film are controlled ... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5364740 | Bleaching of dyes in photosensitive systems A process for producing an imaged article with little or no residual dye stain and with a colored image involving the steps of: (a) exposing a positive- or negative-acting photoresist to radiation having a wavelength in the range of from about 300 to 1100 nm, ... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5326674 | Method for processing photosensitive copying materials A method for processing a photosensitive copying material comprises the steps of imagewise exposing to light a photosensitive copying material which comprises in order (i) a first photosensitive organic coating layer whose solubility in a developer varies... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5324550 | Pattern forming method In forming a resist pattern by forming a resist film containing an acid generator on a spin on glass film or a silicon resin film and subsequent exposure of light, an inhomogeneous distribution of an acid in the resist film caused by the spin on glass fil... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5223374 | Process for preparing a multicolored proof and radiation-sensitive recording material for use in this process The present invention relates to a process for preparing a multicolored proof, using a radiation-sensitive recording material which comprises a temporary, sheet-shaped layer support, a thermally transferable layer containing a colorant in one primary colo... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5215865 | Image developing method utilizing sodium sulfide and ammonium polysulfide developer solution whereby exposed copper substrate surface changes color An image development method is disclosed. In the method, a photoresist layer on a metal surface is exposed for development. The developer then used is a solution which will both develop the photoresist image and cause any exposed metal surface to change t... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5176986 | Liquid cleaner composition for removing polymeric materials from a surface A new liquid cleaner composition is provided for the mild and gentle removal of polymeric materials from sufaces without leaving any residues. The said new cleaner composition is an emulsion of the water-in-oil type comprising an aqueous phase finely disp... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5139818 | Method for applying metal catalyst patterns onto ceramic for electroless copper deposition Photochemical and electroless metallization techniques have been combined to create high resolution circuits with line widths and spaces of about one mil on alumina substrates. In this process, small amounts of a xylene-soluble platinum metallo-organic co... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5096801 | Color image recording method A novel color image recording method is provided, which comprises exposing to light a light-sensitive material obtained by dispersing a composition containing at least a photopolymerization initiator, a color image-forming substance and a polymerizable co... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5053299 | Method of making color filter arrays A method of forming a color filter array which includes forming only a single image mordant layer on a device and then exposing the mordant to a pattern representing an array of filter elements and developing areas of the mordant to provide separated filt... | 10/01/1991 |
| 4959296 | Process for the development of dry PS plates A developer for PS plates requiring no dampening water which comprise a substrate provided thereon with a primer layer, photopolymerizable light-sensitive layer and a silicone rubber layer in this order, comprises: (i) an organic solvent which can dissolv... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4904568 | Method of forming printed image Disclosed is a method of forming a printed image, which method comprises coating an electrodeposition coating composition on a plate with a conductive film and for use in a printed circuit to form a photo-sensitive resist film, and exposing the photo-sens... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4837098 | Color filter and method of producing the same A technique related to color filters to be arranged on the light-receiving surface of a color liquid crystal display device, color video camera, and the like. The color filter consists of a substrate (10) and a colored filter layer (12) formed thereon. Th... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4837097 | Optical Shield for liquid crystal devices and method of fabrication An optical shield for a liquid crystal dot shutter image bar and fabrication process therefor. In one embodiment, a layer of dye-in-photoresist is formed on the interior surface of one of the glass substrates and over the one or more electrodes thereon. T... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4833066 | Method of producing a transfer print In producing a transfer print, a lacquer layer is deposited on a substrate and, in turn, a color layer, an adhesive layer, another lacquer layer, a talcum layer and a photo layer are placed on the lacquer layer. After a portion of the photo layer is expos... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4820619 | Photosensitive resin composition and method of manufacturing color filter using the same A photosensitive resin composition contains a co-polymer of a glycidyl (meth)acrylate or glycidyl (-methyl)vinyl ether with a (meth)acrylic amide or ester having a quaternary ammonium salt structure, and an aromatic azide as a photosensitizer. A co... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4748102 | Photoimaging process using water removable coatings Photographic images may be produced on a backing such as paper and polyester sheets, from photographic negatives which encompass line rendering, design comps, copy, complex color separation or the like with water-based varnishes and pigments, the resultin... | 05/31/1988 |
