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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7375144 | Abrasion resistant coatings Disclosed are radiation-curable, abrasion resistant coating compositions for thermoplastic substrates which provides superior abrasion, chemical, and impact resistance properties. The coating composition includes at least one flexible diacrylate component, at least ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7358283 | Radiation curable compositions useful in image projection systems A radiation curable composition comprising: A) at least one urethane poly(meth) acrylate compound; B) at least one poly(meth)acrylate compound; C) at least one polyester poly(meth)acrylate compound; D) at least one silicone poly(meth)acrylate compound; E) at least o... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7323226 | Tribostatic fluidised bed powder coating process A process for forming a coating on a substrate, including the steps of effecting tribostatic charging of a body of powder by establishing a fluidised-bed of the body of powder in a fluidising chamber at least a part of which is conductive, applying a voltage to the ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7297400 | Curable pressure sensitive adhesive compositions Curable pressure sensitive adhesive compositions comprising an acrylate copolymer, a mono-acrylate oligomer, a multi-acrylate oligomer having from 2 to 5 acrylate functional groups per molecule, and a photoinitiator, the adhesive exhibiting pressure sensitive adhesi... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7247697 | Coating compositions for use in golf balls A golf ball comprising a core, a cover encasing the core, at least one coating layer encasing the cover, and at least one indicia layer immediate adjacent to the coating layer is provided. At least one of the indicia and coating layers comprises at least one two-par... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7135522 | Dispersions of amorphous urethanized unsaturated polyester resins based on particular dicidol isomers An aqueous dispersion, contains: a) an amorphous urethanized, unsaturated polyester resin, b) a nonvolatile content of from 20% to 60% by weight, c) from 0 to 60% by weight of a solvent, d) a pH of between 5.0 and 9.5, and e) a viscosity at 20° C. of from 20 to 500... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7098256 | Antimicrobial radiation curable coating The invention is a radiation curable coating containing an antimicrobial agent, where upon irradiation with UV light, the radiation curable coating rapidly cures to a polymeric coating. The polymeric coating has durable antimicrobial properties, being especially eff... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7041708 | Ultraviolet-curable polyurethane compositions Ultraviolet (UV)-curable polyurethane compositions are provided which are made by reacting an isocyanate with an ultraviolet (UV)-curable polyol that is made by co-polymerizing an alkylene oxide, an unsaturated carboxylic acid or anhydride and a hydroxy functional c... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7037972 | Multicomponent system which can be hardened by means of heat and actinic radiation, and use of the same A multicomponent system curable thermally and with actinic radiation (dual cure), comprising (A) at least one component comprising at least one constituent containing at least one isocyanate-reactive functional group and at least o... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7034063 | Multi-component system containing solvents, hardenable by thermal and actinic radiation and the use thereof A solvent-containing multicomponent system curable thermally and with actinic radiation (dual cure) and comprising (A) at least one component comprising (A1) at least one constituent containing at least 1.8 meq/g of isocyanate-react... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7001930 | Acrylic resin formulations curable to clear, heat-resistant bodies A non-aqueous, solvent-free formulation for producing clear, transparent, heat-resistant elements, suitable for use as lenses in optoelectronic devices, consists essentially of an acidic, nonpolymerizing acrylic resin; THFA, DMA, HEMA, HBA, or an equivalent polymeri... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6960620 | Powder coating compositions comprising crystalline urethane acrylates and use thereof A radiation-curable powder coating compositions based on crystalline urethane acrylates, which crosslink to light-stable and weather-stable coating films. ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6908644 | Clearcoat insitu rheology control via UV cured oligomeric additive network system The present invention discloses a photocurable composition that is combinable with a thermally curable clearcoat composition to form a dual curable composition that is useful for forming clearcoats with improved sag resistance. The photocurable composition of the in... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6903145 | Method for producing a multicomponent system which can be thermally hardened and hardened by actinic radiation and the use thereof A process for preparing a multicomponent system curable thermally and with actinic radiation (dual cure), where (A) at least one component comprising at least one constituent (A1) containing per molecule at least two isocyanate-reactive functional group... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6890967 | Method for producing radically post-cross-linked polymers Radically post-crosslinked polymers are made by a process comprising the steps of: (1) forming a polyurethane (a*) by reacting a compound (a) with an aliphatic and/or an aromatic isocyanate and a compound (c) wherein compound (a) is the product of the reaction of an... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6887917 | Curable pressure sensitive adhesive compositions Curable pressure sensitive adhesive compositions comprising an acrylate copolymer, a mono-acrylate oligomer, a multi-acrylate oligomer having from 2 to 5 acrylate functional groups per molecule, and a photoinitiator, the adhesive exhibiting pressure sensitive adhesi... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6872759 | Artificial dura mater having cell adhesiveness and a process for producing the same The present invention provides a material having adhesiveness to bone and/or fascia, which is composed of a polymeric material comprising carbon as a constituent element, and at least a part of a surface of which is modified by ion bombardment. The material of the p... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6861465 | Radiation curable powder coating compositions and their use A radiation curable powder coating composition that contains a) a binder having at least one amorphous urethane acrylate having a glass transition temperature of at least 35° C. and a melting point of from 50 to 120° C.; and b) an auxiliary, can be crosslinked by ... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6852771 | Dual radiation/thermal cured coating composition Coating composition comprising (a1) radiation curable component that polymerizes upon exposure to actinic radiation comprising at least two functional groups comprising at least one bond that is activatable upon exposure to actinic radiation, optionally, at l... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6818681 | Ultraviolet-curable resin composition for optical discs There is provided an ultraviolet curing resin composition for an optical disk such as to improve the light resistance of reflective thin films made of silver or silver alloy and protect them against corroding and perform a high adhesive strength, in the optical disk... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6803393 | Multicomponent system that can be cured thermally or by actinic radiation, method for producing the same and the use thereof Multicomponent system curable thermally and with actinic radiation, comprising A) an isocyanate-reactive binder comprising A1) at least one unsaturated polyester whose molecule contains on average at least one group that can be activated with actinic radiation, of t... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6747070 | UV curable powder coating compositions A UV curable powder coating composition having a binder containing A) 60-90% by weight of at least one amorphous urethane acrylate and B) 10-40% by weight of at least one crystalline urethane acrylate; and having an auxiliary, crosslinks to form a light- and weather... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6730388 | Coating having macroscopic texture and process for making same In one embodiment the present invention provides a coated substrate comprising a substrate, a radiation-cured coating or a thermally-cured on at least a portion of the substrate, wherein the coating comprises an inherent macroscopic texture. In another embodiment, t... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6716892 | Urethane oligomer, resin compositions thereof, and cured article thereof The present invention relates to a new urethane oligomer (A) and a resin composition comprising (A) and an unsaturated group containing polycarboxylic acid resin (B) that can be diluted with water and is excellent in providing a cured product and that is suitable fo... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6599956 | Non-crystal-forming oligomers for use in radiation-curable fiber optice coatings A radiation-curable coating composition for an optical fiber comprising a reactive functionality-terminated urethane oligomer, wherein said oligomer comprises the reaction product of (i) a semi-crystalline polyol, and (ii) a non-crystalline polyol in the ... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6599955 | Radiation-curable urethane acrylates containing iso-cyanate groups and their use The invention relates to radiation-curable coating composition containing: a) 10 to 100 wt. % of a urethane (meth)acrylate which contains both (meth)acryloyl groups and free isocyanate groups, b) 0 to 90 wt. % of (meth)acrylates which contain (meth)acryloyl groups ... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6586494 | Radiation curable inkjet composition A radiation-curable inkjet composition for forming 3-D models or images comprising a semi-crystalline or crystalline, low-shrinkage, radiation-curable oligomeric material, a photoinitiator, and a diluent, said inkjet composition having a viscosity of betw... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6572932 | Process for providing a gloss controlled, abrasion resistant coating on surface covering products The invention comprises a composition and method for controlling the gloss of surface covering products through curing of the composition to create a wearlayer surface, and preferably on a floor covering product. The surface covering product preferably is... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6534557 | Radiation-curable, optical fiber primary coating system Optical fiber primary coating systems are disclosed having excellent ribbon stripping and adhesion behavior. The coatings are radiation-curable. The excellent stripping and adhesion behavior can be inner piramry coating composition having a slip enhancing... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6500876 | Coating composition containing UV-curable urethane (meth)acrylates containing isocyanate groups and urethane (meth)acrylates containing hydroxyl groups The invention relates to coating compositions containing: a) urethane (meth)acrylates that contain (meth)acryloyl groups and free isocyanate groups, b) urethane (meth)acrylates that contain (meth)acryloyl groups and free hydroxyl groups, c) the UV initiators t... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6486226 | Phosphine oxide photoinitiator systems and curable compositions with low color The present invention relates to a novel photoinitiator system comprising one or more acylphosphine oxide photoinitiators and one or more lightfast red, blue or violet organic pigments. Low yellow color formation results upon curing ethylenically unsatura... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6472451 | Radiation curable adhesive for digital versatile disc A UV-curable acrylate base adhesive composition for digital versatile discs and other substrates, a method for bonding verstile digital disc layers together with a UV-curable adhesive, and a digital versatile disc bonded by a UV-curable or a radiation cur... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6429235 | Energy-curable composition for making a pressure sensitive adhesive An energy-curable polymer-forming composition for making a pressure sensitive adhesive includes an unsaturated oligomer resin and an adhesive promoter which increases the peel strength of the adhesive without reducing its tack. The composition also includ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6391936 | Radiation-curable oligomers radiation-curable compositions, coated optical glass fibers, and ribbon assemblies Provided is a radiation-curable, inner primary coating composition adapted for forming inner primary coatings on optical glass fibers. The coating composition is formulated from a composition having: at least one radiation-curable oligomer having a number aver... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6380278 | Polyurethane salts A urethane (meth)acrylate metal salt obtained by reacting (A) one or more polyisocyanates, (B) one or more hydroxy functional (meth)acrylates, and (C) one or more metal salt polyols which are the reaction product of a metal oxide and a half ester containi... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6342122 | UV post curable pressure sensitive adhesives for membrane switch applications and their Production An solvent-based pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) having improved shear adhesion is composed of an acrylic-based PSA resin, an ethylenically unsaturated polyester, an ultraviolet radiation (UV) photosensitizer, and fugative organic solvent for the acryli... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6335382 | Ultraviolet-curable adhesive for bonding optical disks An ultraviolet-curable adhesive having an excellent moisture resistance and suitable for bonding optical disks having an information recording layer (vapor deposition layer), particularly optical disks having a thick vapor deposition layer, which contains... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6332291 | Radiation-curable coatings and their use This invention relates to radiation-curable coating compositions which contain A) compounds having one or more free-radically polymerisable double bonds which additionally contain at least one further functional group reactive for the purposes of an addit... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6316516 | Coating composition for optical fibers The present invention relates to a composition for coating optical fibers which contains an oligomer capable of being polymerized, a monomer suitable to control the viscosity of the composition, and an adhesion promoter which includes a compound containin... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6291541 | Solid vinyl ether terminated urethane curing agent Solid vinyl ether terminated curing agents for powder coatings can be prepared by reacting an aliphatic diisocyanate with a polyol and then with a hydroxy vinyl ether, or by reacting an aliphatic polyisocyanate with a hydroxy vinyl ether. Powder coatings ... | 09/18/2001 |