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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8101675 | Comminutable polyesters A process is disclosed for producing a polyester in powder form, which process comprises: (a) rendering a polyester comminutable by (i) chemical pre-treatment of the polyester, or (ii) irradiating the polyester; and (b) comminuting the polyester produced in step (a)... | 01/24/2012 |
| 7635726 | Method for producing polyester A method for producing a polyester is provided, the method comprising the step of reacting an acylated product of a compound having at least one phenolic hydroxyl group with an aromatic carboxylic acid under microwave irradiation. Polyester can be produced by the me... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7294673 | Method of modifying polymeric material and use thereof A method of modifying a polymeric material whereby the polymeric material is modified to give a highly durable surface without decreasing its strength. Namely, a polymeric material is modified by the method comprising a combination of an impregnation step, an activa... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7294658 | Radiation-cured, laminated flexible packaging material and radiation-curable, adhesive composition Provided are laminated flexible packaging materials (20) suitable for containing a pharmaceutical, food or beverage grade product. The laminated flexible packaging material includes a layer of flexible packaging material (26) bound to at least one othe... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7271203 | Crosslinking of photoiniator-initialized polyacrylates A process for increasing the molecular weight of polyacrylates, characterized in that polyacrylates which are functionalized at least on one part of their chain ends by photoinitiator groups X are exposed to actinic radiation, so that a direct linking reaction of th... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7232851 | Lithographic energy curable inks An energy curable lithographic ink composition having an asymptotic relative viscosity of about 0.4 to about 1.5 and a water up-take number of at least about 30%. Also disclosed is a method of improving various rheological properties and increasing the water window ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7166413 | Enabling chain scission of branched photoresist By using a branched long chained chain scission polymer as a photoresist for EUV and 157 nanometer applications, a relatively higher molecular weight polymer with good mechanical properties may be achieved. In addition, by using chain scission technology, line edge ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7153622 | Electrostatic charge image developing toner, producing method therefor, image forming method and image forming apparatus utilizing the toner, construct and method for making the construct A construct that comprises a base material and a polyhydroxyalkanoate, wherein at least a part of the base material is coated with the polyhydroxyalkanoate, and the polyhydroxyalkanoate comprises a 3-hydroxyalkanoic acid unit other than 3-hydroxypropionic acid unit,... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7129280 | Mixtures which contain carbamate groups and/or allophanate groups and can be cured thermally and by using actinic radiation Mixtures curable thermally and with actinic radiation and containing carbamate and/or allophanate groups, comprising (A) at least one of (A1) low molecular mass compounds, oligomers and polymers containing allophanate groups, carbam... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7034098 | Photoactive polymer A photoactive side-chain polymer from the class of polyimides, polyamide acids and esters thereof, comprising as a side-chain a dendritic block incorporating photoactive groups at its surface. The dendritic block preferably represents a unit of formulae Ia, Ib or a ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6831148 | Photoactive polyimides, polyamide acids or esters with side chain photocrosslinkable groups A photoactive polymer from the class of polyimides, polyamide acids and esters thereof comprises as a side-chain a photocrosslinkable group of the general formula (I) wherein the broken line indicates the point of link... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6830782 | Hydrophilic polymer treatment of an activated polymeric material and use thereof A method of modifying a polymeric material which comprises the steps of activation-treatment and a hydrophilic polymer-treatment, or comprises the steps of activation-treatment, a hydrophilic polymer-treatment, and monomer grafting in this order, or comprises the st... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6822015 | Rubber composition used for a rubber stopper for a medicament or for a medical treatment or its crosslinked product The object of the invention is to provide a rubber composition or its crosslinked product used for a rubber stopper for a medicament or a rubber article for a medical treatment, suitable for radiation treatments to be carried out for the purpose of sterilizing. ... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6803393 | Multicomponent system that can be cured thermally or by actinic radiation, method for producing the same and the use thereof Multicomponent system curable thermally and with actinic radiation, comprising A) an isocyanate-reactive binder comprising A1) at least one unsaturated polyester whose molecule contains on average at least one group that can be activated with actinic radiation, of t... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6787583 | UV curing intaglio ink An intaglio printing ink comprising a first binder compound selected from the group of water-soluble or water-thinnable acrylate oligomers, and optionally, a second monomeric binder compound selected from the group comprising water-soluble or water-thinnable PEG dia... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6686401 | Liquid composition polymerizable into organic glass having good optical and physico-mechanical properties Liquid composition polymerizable, by means of radicalic polymerization, into organic glass, comprising the product obtained from the transesterification of a mixture of diallyl carbonate (A) and a phthalic ester (B), with one or more polyols (C), linear o... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6596818 | Irradiation conversion of thermoplastic to thermoset polymers Disclosed is a radiation-crosslinkable thermoplastic polymer composition, a process for the preparation thereof, an angioplasty balloon made using such a composition, and a method of using the angioplasty balloon. The composition contains a reactive monom... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6323301 | High performance UV and heat crosslinked or chain extended polymers Disclosed is a composition comprising a polymer with a weight average molecular weight of from about 1,000 to about 100,000, said polymer containing at least some monomer repeat units with a first, photosensitivity-imparting substituent which enables cros... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6235353 | Low dielectric constant films with high glass transition temperatures made by electron beam curing Production of a dielectric coating on a substrate whereby a poly(arylene ethers) or fluorinated poly(arylene ethers) layer is cured by exposure to electron beam radiation. A wide area electron beam is used which causes chemical reactions to occur in the p... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6203143 | Hydroxyalkylated high performance curable polymers Disclosed is a composition which comprises (a) a polymer containing at least some monomer repeat units with photosensitivity-imparting substituents which enable crosslinking or chain extension of the polymer upon exposure to actinic radiation, said polyme... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6190603 | Process for producing mouldings A novel process for producing mouldings, especially contact lenses, is described, comprising the following steps: a) introducing into a mould a prepolymer containing photo crosslinkable groups that is liquid at room temperature or is readily meltable and ... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6187512 | Process for halomethylation of high performance polymers Disclosed is a process which comprises reacting a polymer of the general formula ##STR1## wherein x is an integer of 0 or 1, A is one of several specified groups, such as ##STR2## B is one of several specified groups, such as ##STR3## or mixture... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6184263 | Blends containing photosensitive high performance aromatic ether curable polymers A composition which comprises a mixture of (A) a first component comprising a polymer, at least some of the monomer repeat units of which have at least one photosensitivity-imparting group thereon, said polymer having a first degree of photosensitivity-im... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6151042 | High performance polymer compositions Disclosed is a composition comprising a polymer with a weight average molecular weight of from about 1,000 to about 100,000, said polymer containing at least some monomer repeat units with a first, photosensitivity-imparting substituent which enables cros... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6124372 | High performance polymer compositions having photosensitivity-imparting substituents and thermal sensitivity-imparting substituents Disclosed is a composition comprising a polymer with a weight average molecular weight of from about 1,000 to about 100,000, said polymer containing at least some monomer repeat units with a first, photosensitivity-imparting substituent which enables cros... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6114076 | Reactive melt mixing processes A reactive melt mixing process for the preparation of a low fix temperature toner resin, comprising: (a) mixing a reactive base resin, an initiator, and a polyester with amine functionality, and (b) crosslinking the resulting polymer melt under high shear to f... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6090453 | Halomethylated high performance curable polymers Disclosed is a process which comprises the steps of (a) providing a polymer containing at least some monomer repeat units with halomethyl group substituents which enable crosslinking or chain extension of the polymer upon exposure to a radiation source wh... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6087414 | Process for direct substitution of high performance polymers with unsaturated ester groups Disclosed is a process which comprises reacting a polymer of the general formula ##STR1## wherein x is an integer of 0 or 1, A is one of several specified groups, such as ##STR2## B is one of several specified groups, such as ##STR3##... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6063827 | Polyester process A process for the preparation of an unsaturated polyester which comprises (i) reacting an organic diol with a cyclic akylene carbonate in the presence of a first catalyst to thereby form a polyalkoxy diol, and (ii) optionally adding thereto a further amou... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6022095 | Curable compositions Disclosed is an improved composition comprising a photopatternable polymer containing at least some monomer repeat units with photosensitivity-imparting substituents, said photopatternable polymer being of the general formula ##STR1## wherein x ... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6020119 | Process for halomethylation of high performance polymers Disclosed is a process which comprises reacting a polymer of the general formula ##STR1## or ##STR2## wherein x is an integer of 0 or 1, A is one of several specified groups, such as ##STR3## B is one of several specified groups, ... | 02/01/2000 |
| 6007877 | Aqueous developable high performance photosensitive curable aromatic ether polymers Disclosed is a composition which comprises a polymer containing at least some monomer repeat units with water-solubility- or water-dispersability-imparting substituents and at least some monomer repeat units with photosensitivity-imparting substituents wh... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5994425 | Curable compositions containing photosensitive high performance aromatic ether polymers Disclosed is an improved composition comprising a photopatternable polymer containing at least some monomer repeat units with photosensitivity-imparting substituents, said photopatternable polymer being of the general formula ##STR1## wherein x ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5958995 | Blends containing photosensitive high performance aromatic ether curable polymers Disclosed is a composition for preparing a thermal ink jet printhead which comprises a mixture of (A) a polymer, some monomer repeat units of which have at least one photosensitivity-imparting group thereon, said polymer having a first degree of photosens... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5922784 | Coated abrasive article and method of making same A coated abrasive article comprises a backing, a first binder (i.e., a make coat) on the backing, and a plurality of abrasive particles in the first binder. The first binder precursor is an energy-curable melt-processable resin containing an epoxy resin, ... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5877230 | Anionic photoinitiation A method for the anionic photoinitiation of polymerization or crosslinking of a substrate by irradiating a mixture of a substrate and a photoinitiator, where the photoinitiator is an inorganic transition metal complex which releases on irradiation a polym... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5869191 | Acid functional and epoxy functional polyster resins Linear, tertiary carboxyl functional polyester resins obtainable by reaction of a) at least one compound A1, comprising the reaction product of (i) a glycidylester of a mixture of certain highly branched saturated monocarboxylic acids isomers, and (... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5849809 | Hydroxyalkylated high performance curable polymers Disclosed is a composition which comprises (a) a polymer containing at least some monomer repeat units with photosensitivity-imparting substituents which enable crosslinking or chain extension of the polymer upon exposure to actinic radiation, said polyme... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5761809 | Process for substituting haloalkylated polymers with unsaturated ester, ether, and alkylcarboxymethylene groups Disclosed is a process which comprises reacting a haloalkylated aromatic polymer with a material selected from the group consisting of unsaturated ester salts, alkoxide salts, alkylcarboxylate salts, and mixtures thereof, thereby forming a curable polymer... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5753783 | Process for haloalkylation of high performance polymers Disclosed is a process which comprises reacting a polymer of the general formula ##STR1## wherein x is an integer of 0 or 1, A is one of several specified groups, such as ##STR2## B is one of several specified groups, such as ##STR3## ... | 05/19/1998 |
