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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7795324 | Radiation curable compositions A novel polymeric initiator is disclosed comprising a dendritic polymer core with at least one initiating functional group as an end group. The dendritic polymeric core is preferably a hyperbranched polymer. The polymeric initiators are useful in radiation cu... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7538144 | Photoreactive polymers A novel photoreactive polymer is disclosed comprising a dendritic polymer core with at least one initiating functional group and at least one co-initiating functional group. The photoreactive polymers are useful in radiation curable compositions are varnishes, lacqu... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7429409 | UV-crosslinking block copolymers Process for preparing crosslinked pressure-sensitive adhesives at least partly based on block copolymers comprising at least one polyvalent thioether unit, characterized in that at least the following process steps are carried out: two-stage or multi-stage fr... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7417074 | Ink for ink jet and ink jet recording apparatus There is disclosed an ink jet recording apparatus comprising a color ink container having a capacity V1 accommodating therein a solvent polymerizable in the presence of an acid and a colorant, a reaction liquid container having a capacity V2 (V2... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7396861 | Radiation curable compositions Radiation curable compositions with a polymeric co-initiator are disclosed comprising a dendritic polymer core with at least one co-initiating functional group as an end group. The dendritic polymeric core is preferably a hyperbranched polymer. Industrial applicatio... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7364834 | Functional polymer A polymer having α,β unsaturated groups and a group that generates a free radical when exposed to actinic radiation. The polymer may be self-cross-linking. ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361724 | Self assembling monolayer compositions A surface coating composition for providing a self-assembling monolayer, in stable form, on a material surface or at a suitable interface, as well as a method of preparing such a composition and a method of using such a composition to coat a surface, such as the sur... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7323290 | Dry film photoresist A dry film photoresist includes a functional polymer. The functional polymer has α,β-unsaturated groups and groups that generate a free radical upon exposure to actinic radiation. ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7323498 | Wax-tethered photoinitiators A wax-tethered photoinitiator that is a photoinitiator compound including a wax chain therein, wherein the photoinitiator compound is activated by ultraviolet radiation, and method of making the same is described. The wax-tethered photoinitiator may be used in a cur... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7307106 | Photocurable Michael addition polymers A curable composition is described comprising a Michael donor component, a polyacryl component, and a monoacryl component, where at least one of the Michael donor or monoacryl components comprises a pendent photoinitiator group. A Michael addition polymer that is th... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7282526 | Particle having an attached halide group and methods of making the same A modified particle or aggregate is disclosed wherein a particle has an attached group having the formula: wherein the substituents are defined in the disclosure. Modified particles with attached polymers are als... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7279505 | Radiation-curable prepolymers The present invention provides a radiation-curable prepolymer. The radiation-curable prepolymer of the invention is prepared by reacting an isocyanate-capped polyurethane with an ethylenically unsaturated amine or an ethylenically unsaturated monohydroxy compound or... | 10/09/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7268173 | Free-radically radiation-curable, solvent-free and printable precursor of a pressure-sensitive adhesive The present invention relates to a free-radically radiation-curable, solvent-free and printable precursor of a pressure-sensitive adhesive, the precursor comprising: (i) 30-75 wt. % of one or more mono(meth)acrylate functional oligomer compounds at least one of said... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7247261 | Nonlinear optical material with nano-sized dendrimer structure The present invention relates to a non-linear optical material having a dendrimer structure; and, more particularly, to a non-linear optical material having organic chromophores at the ends and formed based on ester linkages and/or ether linkages. Since the non-line... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7186312 | Adhesive which hardens in several stages A hotmelt adhesive having a melting point of at least 40° C. is provided which may be hardened in multiple stages and which is useful in the production of laminates. The hotmelt adhesive may contain a polymer with at least one functional group that is reactive towa... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7169825 | Dual cure reaction products of self-photoinitiating multifunctional acrylates with thiols and synthetic methods Self-photoinitiating liquid oligomeric compositions are disclosed. The oligomeric compositions are formed from multifunctional mercaptans and Michael addition polyacrylate resins, synthesized from multifunctional acrylates and β-dicarbonyl Michael donors, specifica... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7169826 | Optical fiber coatings Optical fiber coating compositions which comprise at least one ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable compound and a photoinitiator blend, wherein the blend comprises (a) bis(2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl)phenylphosphine oxide and (b) 2,4,6,-trimethyl... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7166647 | Multi-functional photoinitiators Compounds of formula (I): {where n is a number from 1 to 6; R3 is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl; A represents a group of formula —[O(CHR2CHR1)a]y—, —[O(CH | 01/23/2007 |
| 7156944 | Fusible adhesives crosslinkable by radiation To obtain an adhesive having both a high initial adhesive capacity and high heat resistance, a fusible adhesive which can be cross-linked by radiation and a low tendency to creep is provided. The adhesive contains 0 to 40 weight percent of at least one elastomer whi... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7148265 | Functional polymer A polymer having α,β unsaturated groups and a group that generates a free radical when exposed to actinic radiation. The polymer may be self-cross-linking. ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7144928 | UV-transparent pressure sensitive adhesive A UV-transparent pressure sensitive adhesive comprising (a) a copolymer of (a1) from 75 to 99.8% by weight of acrylic esters and/or methacrylic esters of the formula CH2═CH(R1)(C... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7144604 | Method for cross-linking polyacrylates Method for producing a polyacrylate adhesive compound by a hot-melt method in which a polyfunctional α-cleaving initiator, which is present as an oligomer, is added to the polymer to be crosslinked prior to the hot-melt method and ultraviolet crosslinking is carrie... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7138541 | Surface coating agents Compounds useful as surface coating agents, including compounds of the formula: wherein X1 comprises a first photoreactive species; X2 comprises a second photoreacti... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7138438 | Polymeric nanoparticle formulations and their use for improving the dirt pick up resistance of a coating A formulation for repelling particulate matter on the surface of a coating comprising polymeric nanoparticles having a mean particle diameter of from 1 to 50 nm. The polymeric nanoparticles may further be functionalized to impart additional characteristics to modify... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7135209 | Water soluble radiation activatable polymer resins The present invention relates to water soluble radiation activatable polymer resin formulations which are suitable to modify the absorption properties of fibrous materials and the polymer obtained by such radiation activatable polymer resins and the method of prepar... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7125442 | Lightfast additive having UV-absorbing moiety and ink composition including the same A lightfast additive and an ink composition including the same include a benzophenone moiety for lightfastness and a moiety for wettability and the ability to stabilize a colorant, wherein the two moieties are covalently bonded. The lightfast additive may exhibit ef... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7122290 | Holographic storage medium Holographic storage mediums, methods for producing the storage medium, methods for storing data in the holographic storage medium, and optical storage reading methods are described herein. The holographic storage medium can be formed from a composition comprising a ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7105582 | Surface-active siloxane photoinitiators Compounds of the formula I are suitable photoinitiators which accumulates at the surface of the formulation in which R is for example phenyl and A is a surface-active radical of the formula III ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7105207 | UV curable oligomeric adhesive compositions suitable for use in flexible packaging applications The present invention relates to flexible package laminates useful in food packaging that are prepared using a liquid, UV curable, oligomeric, adhesive composition that does not require a photoinitiator. ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7091192 | Linear cyclodextrin copolymers Linear cyclodextrin copolymers and linear oxidized cyclodextrin copolymers containing an unoxidized and/or an oxidized cyclodextrin moiety integrated into the polymer backbone are described. Methods of preparing such copolymers are also described. The linear cyclode... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7074839 | Crosslinkable hydrophilic materials from reactive oligomers having pendent photoinitiator groups The present invention provides crosslinkable compositions useful in the preparation of hydrophilic gels, and are prepared from oligomers having pendent hydrophilic, poly(alkylene oxide) groups, pendent photoinitiator groups, and optionally polymerizable functional g... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7067608 | Process for preparing branched polyarylene ethers Disclosed is a process for preparing branched polyarylene ether polymers by (A) providing a reaction mixture comprising (i) a polyfunctional phenol compound of the formula Ar(OH)x wherein x≧3 and wherein Ar is an aryl moiety or an alkylaryl moiety, prov... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7052936 | Use of polybenzoxazoles (PBOS) for adhesion The present invention describes the use of polybenzoxazoles (PBOs) for adhesively bonding articles or materials, especially components used in the semiconductor industry, such as chips and wafers, a process for adhesively bonding materials, especially chips and wafe... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7045568 | Aqueous dispersion type pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, and pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet An aqueous dispersion type pressure-sensitive adhesive composition which has a small increase of a peel force to a release liner having a silicone release agent applied thereto or back coating layer, and pressure-sensitive adhesive sheets comprising the composition.... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7033676 | Binding agent mixtures and their use in coating materials cured by actinic radiation and/or heat A binder mixture comprises at least one polymer (A) with saturated main chain that is not a polyester and at least one polyester (B) with a saturated and/or unsaturated main chain, where (i) one of the two components (A) or (B) con... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7008987 | Aqueous dispersion type pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet, and pressure-sensitive adhesive rubber foam sheet using the sheet An aqueous dispersion type pressure-sensitive adhesive composition which is excellent in adhesion to foams and unsusceptibility to edge peeling and retains stable adhesive force over long, a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet including a substrate and, disposed on on... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7001678 | Crosslinked polymer blends that include a luminescent polymer, and devices incorporating same Crosslinked polymer blends that include a luminescent polymer. Also featured are devices incorporating these blends. ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7001978 | Unsaturated ester substituted polymers with reduced halogen content Polymers of the formula wherein x is 0 or 1, R1-4 are alkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, or alkylaryl groups, X1-4 are halogens, a′, b′, c′, and d′ are 0–4, UE is an unsaturated ester group, e, f, g... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6995192 | Radiation-curable prepolymers The present invention provides a radiation-curable prepolymer. The radiation-curable prepolymer of the invention is prepared by reacting an isocyanate-capped polyurethane with an ethylenically unsaturated amine or an ethylenically unsaturated monohydroxy compound or... | 02/07/2006 |
