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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8039524 | Reagent and method for providing coatings on surfaces A grafting reagent and related method of using the reagent to form a polymeric layer on a support surface, and particularly a porous support surface, in a manner that provides and/or preserves desired properties (such as porosity) of the surface. The reagent and met... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8034849 | Adhesive composition and adhesive sheet A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition capable of giving a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet which simultaneously realizes satisfactory holding power, adhesion, and peel resistance in peeling from curved surfaces, while balancing these properties, and has satisfa... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7943680 | Stress relaxation in crosslinked polymers The invention provides methods for inducing reversible chain cleavage of polymer chains in a crosslinked polymeric material. Reversible cleavage of the polymer backbone is capable of relieving stress in the polymeric material as the bonds reform in a less stressed s... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7939576 | Antireflection film, process of producing the same, and polarizing plate and display device including the same An antireflection film comprising a transparent support, a hard coat layer and a low refractive index layer, wherein the low refractive index layer is formed with a composition containing a binder polymer, a polymerization initiator and an ethylenically unsaturated ... | 05/10/2011 |
| RE41896 | UV curable elastomer composition Ethylene copolymer elastomer compositions, acrylate rubber compositions, nitrile rubber compositions, fluoroelastomer compositions, and chlorinated olefin elastomer compositions are provided which are curable by exposure to UV radiation. The compositions are particu... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7820730 | Perfluoropolyether copolymer composition for forming banks Disclosed are a copolymer of a perfluoropolyether derivative and a photosensitive polymer, a composition for forming banks comprising the copolymer, and a method for forming banks using the composition. Also disclosed is an organic thin film transistor including the... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7750059 | Polymer solution for nanoimprint lithography to reduce imprint temperature and pressure A method of forming features on substrates by imprinting is provided. The method comprises: (a) forming a polymer solution comprising at least one polymer dissolved in at least one polymerizable monomer; and (b) depositing the polymer solution on a substrate to form... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7642296 | Photoinitiators The invention relates to novel photoinitators of formulae (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V) and (VI) wherein R1 and R2 are each independently of the other C1-C8alkyl; C1-C4alkyl substituted by OH, C1 | 01/05/2010 |
| 7547735 | UV curable compositions The present invention provides a UV curable composition comprising an acrylate component, comprising an acrylate-functionalized hydrogenated polybutadiene, and at least one mono-functional acrylate, and a photoinitiator combination triggered upon exposure to radiati... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7407617 | Free radical polymerization method having reduced premature termination, apparatus for performing the method, and product formed thereby A method of polymerizing by a free radical polymerization mechanism, product formed thereby, and apparatus for performing this method, are disclosed. The composition to be polymerized by the free radical polymerization mechanism is irradiated by a substantially cons... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7338986 | UV curable low gloss additives for overprint varnish coating formulations and coatings therefrom The invention relates to UV curable, low gloss overprint varnish coating formulations and cured coatings prepared therefrom. The low gloss overprint varnish formulations contain a Michael addition resin, a polyamide powder and a reactive monomer. ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7332477 | Photocleavable DNA transfer agent The present invention provides visible light sensitive and ultraviolet (UV) light sensitive composition for DNA transfer comprising acid sensitive polyacetals developed as DNA/RNA delivery agents, a photoacid generator and optionally a photosensitizer. ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329896 | Polymerizable charge transport compounds The invention relates to polymerizable charge transport compounds, their use as semiconductors or charge transport materials, in optical, electrooptical or electronic devices like for example organic field effect transistors (FET or OFET) for thin film transistor li... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7297723 | Powder slurries which can be hardened thermally and by means of actinic radiation, a method for the production thereof and the use of the same Powder slurries curable thermally and with actinic radiation and comprising solid and/or highly viscous particles dimensionally stable under storage and application conditions, comprising (A) a binder free of carbon-carbon double bonds activatable with ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7285310 | Active energy ray curable aqueous ink, and ink-jet recording process, ink cartridge, recording unit and ink-jet recording apparatus using the same An active energy ray curable ink which is quickly polymerized by an active energy ray, high in crosslinking degree of a cured material formed, excellent in adhesive property, low in viscosity, excellent in long-term storability and also excellent in ejection stabili... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7277619 | Nano-imprinted photonic crystal waveguide This invention relates to a method for forming a nano-imprinted photonic crystal waveguide, comprising the steps of: preparing an optical film on a substrate; preparing a template having a plurality of protrusions of less than 500 nm in length such that the protrusi... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7276543 | Radiation curable resin composition The present invention relates to a coated optical fiber comprising a glass optical fiber with a single protective coating or a combination of an inner and an outer primary coating applied thereon and optionally with a colored coating subsequently applied thereon whe... | 10/02/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7267928 | Printing plate material and printing process Disclosed is a printing plate material comprising a support and provided thereon, a hydrophilic layer and a thermosensitive image formation layer containing a blocked isocyanate compound, which is a reaction product of an isocyanate compound, a polyol, and an isocya... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7232595 | Device comprising low outgassing photo or electron beam cured rubbery polymer material Disclosed are photo or electron beam curable polymerizable compositions, and preparation thereof and devices containing such cured material. The composition contains completely or substantially completely hydrogenated hydrocarbon-based material completely free or su... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7211214 | Laser assisted direct imprint lithography In accordance with the invention, features can be directly imprinted into the surface of a solid substrate. Specifically, a substrate is directly imprinted with a desired pattern by the steps of providing a mold having a molding surface to imprint the pattern, dispo... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7202300 | Dispersion A method of preparing a dispersion which includes the step of contacting a first phase, a first material immiscible therewith, a first polymeric material and a second polymeric material wherein: (a) (i) said first polymeric material has a repeat unit of the formula ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7175894 | Photo-curing hollow structure The present invention comprises a fluid-injectable internal bag layer, a base-material layer superposed on an external periphery of the internal bag layer and impregnated with a photo-curing resin, and an outer layer superposed on an external periphery of the base-m... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7144976 | Coumarin endcapped absorbable polymers The present invention includes photocurable, liquid polymers incorporating coumarin ester endgroups into their molecular structure, which polymers are crosslinked upon irradiation with ultraviolet light by photochemically allowed [2+2] cycloaddition reactions among ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7144605 | Curable coating composition and coating film forming method A curable coating composition comprises (a) a component having an active methylene group and/or an active methane group, (b) a component having a methacrylate group and/or an acrylate group, (c) a ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7105629 | Coumarin endcapped absorbable polymers The present invention includes photocurable, liquid polymers incorporating coumarin ester endgroups into their molecular structure, which polymers are crosslinked upon irradiation with ultraviolet light by photochemically allowed [2+2] cycloaddition reactions among ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7074631 | Light emitting device methods A method includes disposing a planarization layer on a surface of a layer of semiconductor material and disposing a lithography layer on a surface of the planarization layer. The method also includes performing nanolithography to remove at least a portion of the pla... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7074840 | Light adjustable lenses capable of post-fabrication power modification via multi-photon processes The invention relates to novel photoinitiators and their use in light adjustable compositions. The initiatives comprise two or more multiphoton chromophores linked by a bridging compound. The bridging compound consists of a material that is compatible with the base ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7067565 | Epoxy/acrylate based primer coating compositions and their use in the optical field The invention relates to primer coating compositions exhibiting very good adhesion properties on a large variety of substrates, in particular plastic substrates such as ophthalmic lenses made of organic glasses and which also impart good impact resistance properties... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7063936 | Polymerizable composition and image recording material containing the same A polymerizable composition comprising; a dendrimer having at least two polymerizable groups within a molecule; a radical initiator; and an alkali-soluble polymer, and an image recording material comprising a support and a recording layer comprising a polymerizable ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7060419 | Process for producing microfluidic articles A process for producing microfluidic articles comprises (a) preparing a photoreactive composition comprising (1) at least one reactive species that is a polymer or a polymer precursor and that is capable of undergoing an acid- or radical-initiated chemical reaction ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7046904 | UV-curable resin composition for cladding optical fiber The present invention relates to a UV curable clad resin composition for optical fiber or waveguide comprising: (A) a photopolymerizable acrylate oligomer derived from the mixture composed of a polyol copolymer, an acid anhydride, an acrylate alcohol, a condensation... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7037460 | Free radical polymerization method having reduced premature termination, apparatus for performing the method, and product formed thereby A method of polymerizing by a free radical polymerization mechanism, product formed thereby, and apparatus for performing this method, are disclosed. The composition to be polymerized by the free radical polymerization mechanism is irradiated by a substantially cons... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7037952 | Ultraviolet ray curable ink, ink composition for ink jet and process for preparing ink jet printed matter using the same The ink comprises a coloring component, a reactive oligomer and/or a reactive prepolymer, a reactive diluent and a photoinitiator, wherein the reactive oligomer and/or reactive prepolymer unit and the reactive diluent unit have a glass transition point of 0° to 70Â... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7029526 | Process for making green pigment compositions useful for color filters and LCD's The invention pertains to the field of green color filters and LCDs. It has been found that pigments with surprisingly improved coloristic, chemical and physical properties are obtained by salt-kneading a halogenated phthalocyanine pigment together with a yellow pig... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7030171 | Process for producing vinyl polymer having functional group at end and vinyl polymer having functional group at end The objective of the present invention is to provide a production method by which a polymer of a functional group-terminated vinyl monomer can be easily and practically produced. Further, it is another object of the present invention to provide a functional g... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7005281 | Enzymatic process for preparing organosilicon group containing photoinitiators The invention relates to a process for preparing organosilicon group containing photoinitiators of the formula (I), wherein m is a number from 1 to 200; q is 0 or 1; A is IN-C(O)—O—CHR3—Y— or IN-C(O)—NH—CHR3—Y—; A′ is A or R | 02/28/2006 |
| 6958429 | Water-absorbing polymers with supramolecular hollow molecules, method for producing them and use of the same The invention relates to absorbent polymers based on optionally partially neutralised, monoethylenically unsaturated, acid group-carrying monomers. The surfaces of said polymers are re-cross-linked. The inventive polymers also have cyclodextrines and/or cyclodextrin... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6929828 | Surface-active photoinitiators A process for the production of coatings having scratch-resistant durable surfaces, in which there is used a photocurable formulation comprising a surface-active photoinitiator, concentrated at the surface of the formulation, of formula (Ia) or (Ib), wherein R and R... | 08/16/2005 |
