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| 8168689 | High optical contrast pigment and colorful photosensitive composition employing the same and fabrication method thereof A high optical contrast pigment and colorful photosensitive composition employing the same are disclosed. The composition comprises a solvent, an alkali-soluble resin, reactive monomer, and a modified pigment which has low crystallization. The low crystallization de... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8158693 | Process for preparing stable pigmented curable solid inks A process for preparing a radiation curable solid ink composition wherein a solid pigment and dispersant are added to a molten solid monomer including (a) heating a monomer that is solid at room temperature to a temperature above the monomer melting point to provide... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8148444 | Sheet formable monomer composition, heat conductive sheet and production method of the heat conductive sheet To provide a composition useful for forming a heat conductive sheet that satisfies both high heat conductivity and sufficient softness, has sufficient cohesive strength at a surface portion of a heat conductive sheet and does not cause remaining paste and breakage o... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8106107 | Compositions and methods for use in three dimensional model printing A radiation curing composition suitable for building a three-dimensional object by a solid freeform method is disclosed. The composition includes one or more mono-functional monomers where a respective polymer has a Glass Transition Temperature higher than about 60Â... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8008364 | Curable composition The present invention provides a pigment dispersion liquid including a pigment, a compound having a cyclic urea structure and having an acid group or a basic group, a dispersant, and a solvent. The pigment may be a pigment having a urea structure or an imide structu... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7977398 | UV-curable coatings and methods for applying UV-curable coatings using thermal micro-fluid ejection heads An aqueous-based UV-curable fluid composition for use in a micro-fluid ejection device. The fluid composition includes a mixture of poly-functional compounds, a colorant compound, a photo-initiator and less than about 50 weight percent water based on a total weight ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7897653 | Fluorescent radiation curable inks Disclosed is a radiation curable ink containing a fluorescent material that upon exposure to activating energy fluoresces such that an image that was not visible prior to exposure to the activating energy becomes visible. Also disclosed are an ink jet system and a p... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7888398 | Pigment This present invention can provide a novel pigment useful in color image displays to form blue pixels capable of providing high-level brightness and saturation, especially a finely-divided pigment which has bright hue and is excellent in pigment physical properties ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7741379 | System and a method for a UV curable ink having infrared sensitivity An ultraviolet (UV) curable ink having infrared (IR) sensitivity includes a UV light curable matrix, a UV photoinitiator, and an IR sensitive dye. ... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7524890 | Photocurable and antistatic resin composition for coating optical fiber The present invention is directed to a photocurable and antistatic resin composition for coating an optical fiber, comprising (A) a photopolymerizable urethane acrylate oligomer, (B) a reactive monomer having at least one (meth)acrylate or vinyl group, (C) a photoin... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7479510 | Compositions and methods for use in three dimensional model printing Compositions suitable for support in building a three-dimensional object are described. The compositions may include a non-curable component and a curable component not reactive with the non-curable component. The composition may further include a surface-active age... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7436115 | Electroluminescent device The present invention discloses a method for fabricating an electroluminescent lamp that includes a step in which an electroluminescent active layer is formed by curing a UV curable electroluminescent composition. Embodiments of the method of the present invention i... | 10/14/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7393881 | Colored radiation curable coating compositions for identifying telecommunications elements and telecommunications elements coated thereby A telecommunication element having a durable color identifying polymeric coating thereon is disclosed. The telecommunication element comprises an elongated communication transmission medium, such as an optical fiber or an optical fiber ribbon, and a radiation cured ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7375145 | Inkjet ink There is provided an inkjet ink comprising a photo-acid generating agent which is capable of generating an acid as it is irradiated with light, a color component, and an acid-polymerizable compound which can be polymerized in the presence of an acid, wherein at leas... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7368485 | Printing ink Inks are disclosed which are used in ink-jet printing. The inks are cured by ultraviolet radiation, preferably free radical initiation. The inks contain a (meth)acrylate monomer, an α,β-unsaturated ether monomer and a photoinitiator. The inks exhibit a low viscosi... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7368518 | Pressure-sensitive adhesive composition The present invention aims at provision of a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition that affords a cured product having good adhesive property. Reduction of the amount of tackifier resin to be used, which is attributable to the good adhesive property, is a secondar... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7348369 | Colored fine particle dispersion, ink using the same, and ink-jet recording method The invention provides a colored fine particle dispersion wherein colored fine particles including a dispersible polymer having both of a hydrophilic polymer moiety and a hydrophobic polymer moiety which has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 0° C. or less and ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7316887 | Photosensitive lithographic printing plate and method for making a printing plate A photosensitive lithographic printing plate comprises a photosensitive layer and a protective layer formed in this order on a support, wherein the photosensitive layer has a maximum peak of spectral sensitivity within a wavelength range ranging from 390 to 430 nm, ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317122 | Curable trans-1,2-cyclohexane bis(urea-urethane) compounds Curable trans-1,2-cyclohexane bis(urea-urethane) compounds of the formulae wherein R1 and R′1 each, independently of the other, are alkylene, arylene, arylalkylene, or alkylarylene groups,... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7312254 | High temperature stabilization of UV systems A composition comprising one or more radiation curable monomers and/or oligomers and one or heat stable composition comprising at least one radiation-curable alpha, beta-ethylenically unsaturated compound, at least one phenolic stabilizer, and at least one non-pheno... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7303787 | Active ray curable ink-jet composition, image forming method using the same, and ink-jet recording apparatus An active ray curable ink-jet ink composition comprising: (i) a colorant; and (ii) a set of (I) or a set of (II), wherein the set of (I) contains: (a) a photopolymerizable alicyclic epoxy compound; and (b) a diol compound contained in a specific amount; and the set ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7304095 | Photocurable ink-jet ink, ink-jet image forming method and ink-jet recording apparatus using the same A photocurable ink for ink-jet printing, including: a photopolymerizable compound; a pigment; and a dispersing agent, wherein the photopolymerizable compound is a radical polymerizable compound; an amine value of the pigment (AMp) is larger than an acid value of the... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7293867 | Ink for ink jet recording, process for the production of ink and ink jet recording process An ink for ink jet recording having a phthalocyanine dye dissolved and/or dispersed in an aqueous medium, characterized in that the aforementioned phthalocyanine dye is a water-soluble dye having an oxidation potential of more positive than 1.0 and the conductivity ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7276544 | Process for manufacturing intraocular lenses with blue light absorption characteristics A process for producing intraocular lenses (IOLs) capable of absorbing blue light and ultraviolet light using photo curing. Intraocular lenses so produced block blue light and ultraviolet light from reaching the retina of an eye implanted with the IOL. By blocking b... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7256222 | Radiation-curable ink composition and image recording method To provide a radiation-curable ink composition that can form a high-quality image on not only liquid absorbing materials to be recorded but also non-liquid absorbing materials to be recorded, is superior in curing properties in air, and is superior in storage stabil... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7253214 | Oxidation-resistant and wear-resistant polyethylenes for human joint replacements and methods for making them The present invention presents methods for making oxidation-resistant and wear-resistant polyethylenes and medical implants made therefrom. Preferably, the implants are components of prosthetic joints, e.g., a bearing component of an artificial hip or knee joint. Th... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7252864 | Optical film for display devices Disclosed is an optical film that comprises certain radiation cured (meth)acrylate binders and, desirably, irregular semicrystalline asymmetric particles. ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7238731 | Environmentally friendly coating compositions for coating metal objects, coated objects therefrom, and methods, processes and assemblages for coating thereof Disclosed are environmentally friendly, substantially all solids coating compositions which are curable using ultraviolet and visible radiation. In addition, the disclosed coating compositions are suitable for coating flexible objects and/or objects having angular f... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7232850 | Photocurable compositions for articles having stable tensile properties A photocurable composition comprising cationically curable compound, an acrylate-containing compound; a hydroxyl-containing compound; a cationic photoinitiator; and a free radical photoinitiator; wherein said composition has less than 0.54 equivalents of cationicall... | 06/19/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7211368 | Stereolithography resins and methods Photocurable resin compositions are provided that are most useful in stereolithography. A photocurable resin includes a urethane acrylate oligomer, an acrylate monomer, and a polymerization modifier. The resin after curing provides a solid product that has character... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7202285 | Radiation-curable composition Compositions suitable for use as base coats and varnishes, preferably for use in combination with electrostatic of set inks printed onto plastics substrates, particularly polycarbonate compact discs. They contain a photopolymerisable material, a photoinitiator, an i... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7183335 | Compositions and methods for use in three dimensional model printing Compositions for use in the manufacture of three-dimensional objects including compositions for use as a support and/or release material in the manufacture of the three-dimensional objects are provided. There is thus provided, in accordance with an embodiment of the... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7173071 | Photo-cured and stabilized coatings Photo-curable coating formulations which comprise a durable and/or red-shifted reactable hydroxyphenylbenzotriazole ultraviolet light absorber (UVA) are effectively photocured employing a combination of α-hydroxy ketone and bisacylphosphine oxide photoinitiators. T... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7153349 | Phase change inks containing curable trans-1,2-cyclohexane bis(urea-urethane) compounds Phase change inks comprising a phase change ink carrier and one or more curable trans-1,2-cyclohexane bis[urea-urethane] compounds of the formulae wherein R1 and R′1 are alkylene, arylene,... | 12/26/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7135973 | Tamper monitoring article, system and method A tamper monitoring article and system, and an associated method of making, installing and using the article and system. The article has an elongate body portion. The body portion has a first end portion that adheres to a second end portion, if present, or to a subs... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7122247 | Radiation-curable composition with simultaneous color formation during cure A radiation-curable fiber optic coating composition for an inner primary coating includes a coloring agent, preferably a dye or a dye precursor, compatible with the fiber of the fiber optic and capable of imparting a pre-selected color to the inner primary coating, ... | 10/17/2006 |
