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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7964654 | Photoacid generators for the synthesis of oligo-DNA in a polymer matrix Compounds represented by the following structural formulas can be used as photoacid generators: Such compounds are useful, for example, in fabricating arrays of polymers. ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7863344 | Photoacid generators for the synthesis of oligo-DNA in a polymer matrix Compounds represented by the following structural formulas can be used as photoacid generators: Such compounds are useful, for example, in fabricating arrays of polymers. ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7304097 | High modulus crosslinked polyethylene with reduced residual free radical concentration prepared below the melt The present invention provides an irradiated crosslinked polyethylene containing reduced free radicals, preferably containing substantially no residual free radical. Disclosed is a process of making irradiated crosslinked polyethylene by irradiating the polyethylene... | 12/04/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7262231 | Photosensitive amine generator, photocurable composition and photoreactive adhesive composition The invention provides compounds which can generate amine by irradiation with light and are excellent both in photodecomposability and in reactivity and compatibility with amine-curable compounds, and photo-setting compositions containing the compounds. The compound... | 08/28/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7247420 | Two-layer film and method of forming pattern with the same The invention concerns a lift-off process for patterning layers that are deposited and/or sputtered. The invention provides a two-layer resist and a patterning method using the resist. The patterning method can readily produce burr-free layers on a substrate. | 07/24/2007 |
| 7237893 | 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 ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7235593 | Command-cure adhesives Reactive adhesive compositions that can be activated with actinic radiation, manipulated for an extended time and then cured thermally are disclosed. The prepolymer mixture for the reactive adhesive contains a catalyst component and a monomer/oligomer component. The... | 06/26/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7179882 | Low viscosity polymer polyols The present invention relates to low viscosity polymer polyols and to a process for the preparation of these low viscosity polymer polyols. These polymer polyols comprise the free-radical polymerization product of (A) a base polyol, (B) a pre-formed stabilizer, and ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7169186 | Monopolar constrained acetabular component The present invention provides monopolar acetabular liners that can enclose a femoral head to form a hip replacement prosthesis, wherein the liner has a rim that creates an orifice, wherein the orifice has a diameter that is smaller than the diameter of the femoral ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7166650 | High modulus crosslinked polyethylene with reduced residual free radical concentration prepared below the melt The present invention provides an irradiated crosslinked polyethylene containing reduced free radicals, preferably containing substantially no residual free radical. Disclosed is a process of making irradiated crosslinked polyethylene by irradiating the polyethylene... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7150853 | Method of sterilizing a medical device A method of sterilizing a medical device component, such as a catheter balloon, in which an electron beam (i.e., e-beam) is applied to the component in an evacuated or inert gas-filled container. The method of the invention allows for electron beam sterilization wit... | 12/19/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7135544 | Living olefin polymerization processes Processes for the living polymerization of olefin monomers with terminal carbon-carbon double bonds are disclosed. The processes employ initiators that include a metal atom and a ligand having two group 15 atoms and a group 16 atom or three group 15 atoms. The ligan... | 11/14/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7112617 | Patterned substrate with hydrophilic/hydrophobic contrast, and method of use A gas phase species (such as ozone, H2O2, or N2O) is photodissociated with ultraviolet light into a reactive species that is patternwise directed (e.g., through a mask) onto a surface of a material, such as an organosilicate. The rea... | 09/26/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7049363 | Material system for use in three dimensional printing A material system for use in a 3D-printing, which exhibits a higher form stability. The material system contains binder and solvent as well as optional filler materials. The binder is soluble in the solvent, as well as two complementary polyelectrolytes, and/or an i... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7041755 | Ring-opened azlactone photoiniferters for radical polymerization Photoiniferters for controlled radical polymerizations are described. The photoiniferters have an azlactone or ring-opened azlactone moiety to provide telechelic (co)polymers. ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7025954 | Materials for reshaping of essentially rigid keratinaceous surfaces In the disclosed method for the reshaping (adornment, repair, covering, prosthetic extension, etc.) of essentially rigid, keratinaceous surfaces such as nail plates with a free radical-polymerizable acrylic ester, the free radical initiator contains an encapsulated ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7015256 | Composition for forming photosensitive dielectric material, and transfer film, dielectric material and electronic parts using the same A photosensitive composition for forming a dielectric of the present invention comprising inorganic particles, an alkali developable resin and additives, wherein the additives comprise a compound having a quinonediazido group (C1), a compound containing at least two... | 03/21/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6964985 | Dental materials with extendable work time, kits, and methods The present invention provides a dental material that includes a hardenable resin system and a first initiator system capable of hardening the hardenable resin. ... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6960619 | Foamable photo-polymerized composition Acrylic composition for use in variety of indoor or outdoor sealing applications, where it is required to seal, to fill or to repair cracks, joints, gaps etc. in concrete, masonry, stone, wood or other constructional materials. The composition comprises acryl... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6939899 | Composition for producing ultraviolet blocking lenses An eyeglass lens forming composition containing light absorbing compounds which may undergo light initiated polymerization is provided. Typically, lens forming compositions that absorb light do not permit enough activating radiation to penetrate into the depths of t... | 09/06/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6908878 | Catalyst compound for the metathesis of olefins An improved catalyst composition for the metathesis of olefins comprises at least one porous mineral carrier based on alumina, at least one compound of rhenium, molybdenum, or tungsten, and further includes silicon in an oxide form. ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6864295 | Gas-generating, pressure-sensitive adhesive composition Disclosed is a gas-generating, pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprising a pressure-sensitive, ultraviolet irradiation-curable adhesive (A) containing a photoinitiator, wherein the adhesive (A) transmits therethrough an ultraviolet radiation, and a gas gene... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6849668 | Organo-silicon compounds and their use as photoinitiators A multi-functional photoinitiator of formula (I) R1m—Q—(A1—PI)n (I) wherein Q is a heteroatom selected from Si, Ti, Zr and Sn or any two independently selected suc... | 02/01/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6827985 | Curable silicone compositions having enhanced cure-through-volume A photocurable silicone composition which includes an additive which provides cure-through-volume of the overall composition. The additive is desirably a curable amino silyl-terminated polyorganosiloxane. ... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6806024 | Oxime derivatives and the use thereof as photoinitiators Radically photopolymerizable compositions comprising (a) at least one ethylenically unsaturated photopolymerizable compound; (b) as photoinitiator, at least one compound of formulae (I, II, III, IV, V and/or VI), wherein m is 0 or 1; n is 0, 1, 2 or 3; x is 1 or 2; ... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6794040 | Flowable compositions and use in filling vias and plated through-holes A printed circuit board or card having plated through-holes is provided wherein plated through-holes are filled with a photocured polymerized composition. Also, a method for fabricating these printed circuit boards or cards is provided. Also provided are composition... | 09/21/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6727038 | Photodefineable compositions A photodefineable mixture comprising oligomeric divinyltetramethyldisiloxane bisbenzocyclobutene as its major resin component dissolved in mesitylene and at least 2,6-bis(4-azidobenzylidene)-4-ethylcyclohexanone as a photosensitive agent in an amount sufficient to c... | 04/27/2004 |
