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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7714033 | Photosensitive insulating resin composition, cured product thereof and electronic component comprising the same The objective of the present invention is to provide a photosensitive insulating resin composition which is highly sensitive to g-line and h-line and enables to form a surface-protecting film, an interlayer insulation film and a planarized film that are excellent in... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7405244 | Solvent-free polyimide silicone resin composition and a resin film composed of the same A solvent-free resin composition comprising (a) a polyimide silicone resin having repeating units represented by the following general formulas (1-1) and (1-2), wherein X is a tetravalent organic gr... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7374863 | Polymerizable composition A polymerizable composition comprising: (A) a non-acrylic binder polymer having an ethylenically unsaturated bond on a side chain; (B) a neutrally charged compound capable of generating a radical under light or heat; and (C) a compound having an ethylenically unsatu... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7371783 | Alkali-soluble maleimide copolymer and liquid crystal display comprising the same Provided is an alkali-soluble maleimide-based copolymer which comprises, as essential constituents, 5 to 50% by mass of a maleimide monomer unit which is at least one unit selected from the group consisting of a N-cyclohexylmaleimide monomer unit, a N-benzylmaleimid... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7365104 | Light curable articles containing azinium salts The present invention relates to a light curable material comprising a splayed layered material, at least one aqueous dispersible polymerizer, and at least one aqueous soluble N-oxyazinium compound, wherein the polymerizer polymerizes upon exposure to light. The pre... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7331350 | Photochemical tissue bonding Photochemical tissue bonding methods include the application of a photosensitizer to a tissue, e.g., cornea, followed by irradiation with electromagnetic energy to produce a tissue seal. The methods are useful for wound repair, or other tissue repair. ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7300747 | Photobase generator and curable composition The photobase generator of the invention is represented by the following formula 1: wherein Ar, R, A+ and X− are as defined in the specification. Since the photobase generator of the formu... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7297374 | Single- and multi-photon polymerizable pre-ceramic polymeric compositions A single- or multi-photon reactive composition comprises a liquid polysilazane precursor, a multifunctional acrylate additive, and a single- or multi-photon photocuring composition. The invention can be used to provide ceramic-based microstructures as, for example, ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7285580 | Methods of using primer molecules for enhancing the mechanical performance of tissue adhesives and sealants The present invention concerns novel methods for enhancing the mechanical performance of tissue adhesives and sealants which comprises employing a primer molecule in association with a tissue adhesive or sealant, wherein the primer molecule serves to enhance the str... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7253213 | Anionic and Lewis base photopolymerization process and its use for making optical articles The invention relates to a process for polymerising a monomer, polymerizing and/or crosslinking an oligomer, or crosslinking a polymer or copolymer, said monomer, oligomer, polymer and copolymer being selected among precursor monomers, urethane, thiourethane and epi... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7229959 | Supplemented fibrin matrix delivery systems This invention provides supplemented and unsupplemented tissue sealants as well as methods for their production and use thereof. Disclosed are tissue sealants supplemented with at least one antibody. The composition may be further supplemented with, for example, one... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7223519 | Imaging compositions and methods Imaging compositions and methods of using the compositions are disclosed. The imaging compositions are sensitive to low levels of energy such that upon application of the low levels of energy the compositions change color or shade. The compositions may be applied to... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7214431 | Two-layer film formed of radiation cured resin compositions and methods of making the same The invention relates to a liquid curable resin composition capable of forming a ribbon matrix material which can be completely removed from a coloring layer when separating the optical fiber ribbon. A liquid curable resin composition comprising: (1) 30–80 wt. % o... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7183333 | Photoinitiated reactions Photoinitiated reactions especially in photopolymer technology, as well as photoinitiated colour forming reactions are achievable by applying a reactive substrate selected from a polymerisable and/or crosslinkable composition and a colour changing substance to a sup... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7169829 | Maleimido-bearing compounds resin composition containing the same and cured articles thereof The present invention provides (meth)acrylate compounds bearing a specific maleimide group and resin compositions containing said compounds that can be cured by irradiation of light in a practical dose even when a photoinitiator is not used or used in a smaller amou... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7144676 | Imaging compositions and methods Imaging compositions and methods of using the compositions are disclosed. The imaging compositions are sensitive to low levels of energy such that upon application of the low levels of energy the compositions change color or shade. The compositions may be applied to... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7094418 | Crosslinkable macromers A crosslinkable macromer system and related methods of preparing the system and using the system in the form of a crosslinked matrix between a tissue site and an implant article such as a tissue implant or on the porous surface of a prosthetic device. The macromer s... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7077839 | Methods for tissue welding using laser-activated protein solders Various tissue glues have drawback such as toxicity, causing inflammatory reactions or insufficient bonding strength. The present invention is directed to methods of form tissue adhesion by administering to tissues compositions comprising proteins conjugated to one ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7073510 | Photochemical tissue bonding Photochemical tissue bonding methods include the application of a photosensitizer to a tissue and/or tissue graft, followed by irradiation with electromagnetic energy to produce a tissue seal. The methods are useful for tissue adhesion, such as in wound closure, tis... | 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 |
| 7022808 | Polymers A polymer having a plurality of 5–6 membered unsaturated rings which may be the same or different, linked together by way of linker chains to form a backbone, at least some of said 5–6 membered unsaturated rings carrying a ligand. Polymers of this nature can act... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6984262 | Adhesion enhancing coating composition, process for using and articles produced Described is a coating composition adapted to enhance the adhesion of a polymeric coating or film applied to a substrate. The coating composition is interposed between the substrate and the polymeric coating and comprises (a) at least one coupling agent, partial hyd... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6974855 | Polyimides by photochemical cyclopolymerization The novel polyimides of this invention are derived from Diels-Alder cyclopolymerization of photochemically generated bisdienes with dienophiles, such as bismaleimides, trismaleimides and mixtures thereof with maleimide end-caps. Irradiation of one or more diketones ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6946533 | Synthesis of macrocyclic polymers by ring insertion polymerization of cyclic olefin monomers A method for synthesizing cyclic polymers using transition metal alkylidene complexes as reaction catalysts is provided, wherein the complexes contain a cyclic group. Polymerization is carried out on the catalyst, using cyclic olefin monomers that undergo ring inser... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6924370 | Crosslinkable macromers A crosslinkable macromer system and related methods of preparing the system and using the system in the form of a crosslinked matrix between a tissue site and an implant article such as a tissue implant or on the porous surface of a prosthetic device. The macromer s... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6911485 | Anionic and Lewis base photopolymerization process and its use for making optical articles The invention relates to a process for polymerising a monomer, polymerizing and/or crosslinking a oligomer, or crosslinking a polymer or copolymer, said monomer, oligomer, polymer and copolymer being selected among precursor monomers, urethane, thiourethane and epis... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6867244 | Photoactivatable coating composition Photoactivatable coating composition comprising at least one photoinitiator and a base-catalysed polymerisable or curable organic material comprising at least one polyisocyanate and at least one compound containing isocyanate reactive groups, wherein the isocyanate ... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6855745 | Polymerization processes using aliphatic maleimides Aliphatic maleimides and methods using the same are disclosed. Polymerization of compositions which include the compounds of the invention may be activated by irradiating the composition with radiation. ... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6844373 | Composition comprising fluorinated, radiation-curable dyes for surface energy control A radiation-curable composition having a reduced surface energy and including a reactive dye containing at least one radiation-curable substituent and at least one fluorine-containing substituent. The reactive dye may include any anthraquinone, methine, azo, azine, ... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6838489 | High activity metal carbene metathesis catalysts generated using a thermally activated N-heterocyclic carbene precursor The invention provides a method for converting a less active or slower to initiate system to a higher activity system so that at the end of a polymerization the most active species is present in the system. The invention generally relates to a process for converting... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6797739 | Triazene-based compound comprising functionalized alkylthio groups, and photopolymerization initiator The preset invention relates to a photosensitive composition, and provides a triazine-based compound comprising new functionalized alkylthio groups of which long term storage characteristics at room temperature as well as photochemical activity as a photopolymerizat... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6780896 | Stabilized photoinitiators and applications thereof Zinc-complex photoiniators and applications therefore are disclosed. The zinc-complex photoinitiators of the present invention include various pendent groups which serve to protect the compound from hydrolysis. In this manner, the stability of the photoinitiator is ... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6749995 | Light sensitive composition, light sensitive planographic printing plate recursor, and image formation method Disclosed is a light sensitive composition containing a compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein R1, R2 and R3 independently represent a hydrogen atom, a substituted or ... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6713524 | Reactive polymers The invention relates to novel reactive polymers of formula wherein the variables are as defined in the claims. The polymers of the invention are useful for the modification of material surfaces and are particularly suit... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6709804 | Printed wiring board and semiconductor device and processes to prepare the same A printed wiring board, a substrate for disposing semiconductor chips and a semiconductor device prepared by coating a substrate with a photosensitive resin composition comprising an oxygen sensitizer and a cis-diene-substituted polyamic acid or polyimide and formin... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6673851 | Self-photoinitiating multifunctional acrylates Self-photoinitiating liquid oligomeric compositions having tertiary amine groups are provided by Michael Addition reaction of: A) an uncrosslinked Michael Addition reaction product of a multifunctional acrylate acceptor and a Michael Donor; and B) a pr... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6613495 | I-line photoresist compositions Negative photoimageable compositions are disclosed which contain a radiation sensitive component for producing an acid when subjected to radiation at wavelengths of 320 to 420 nanometers, a resin binder and a reactive oligomer. The compositions are useful... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6596786 | Radiation-curable coating composition including oligomeric photoinitiator and/or oligomeric adhesion promoter There is provided a radiation-curable coating composition containing oligomers that each have two end groups X1 and X2, wherein the end groups X1 and X2, which may be the same or different, are a photoinitiator ... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6593389 | Polyimides by photochemical cyclopolymerization The polyimides of this invention are derived from a Diels-Alder cyclopolymerization of a photochemically generated bisdiene with dienophiles, such as bismaleimides, trismaleimides and mixtures thereof with maleimide end-caps. Irradiation of one or more di... | 07/15/2003 |
