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Mouthguard made at least partially from an edible candy
A mouthguard includes a U-shaped upper bite plate which removably fits over upper teeth of a person, with the entire upper bite plate being made from a soft, deformable and edible gummi candy.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8071658 | Prepolymers with dangling polysiloxane-containing polymer chains The invention provide a new class of silicone-containing prepolymers containing dangling polysiloxane-containing polymer chains. This class of silicone-containing prepolymer is capable of being actinically crosslinked to form a silicone hydrogel material with a rela... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8026293 | Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane based imprint materials and imprint process using polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane based imprint materials A method of forming low dielectric contrast structures by imprinting a silsesquioxane based polymerizable composition. The imprinting composition including: one or more polyhedral silsesquioxane oligomers each having one or more polymerizable groups, wherein each of... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7923482 | Ultraviolet-curable resin composition, ultraviolet-curable coating and coated article The present invention is to provides an ultraviolet-curable resin composition which contains a composite resin (A) having a polysiloxane segment (a1) having a silanol group and/or a hydrolytic silyl group as well as a polymerizable double bond and a polymer segment ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7816419 | Photocurable and thermosetting coating composition and article having cured coating of such coating composition A photocurable and thermosetting coating composition which is solventless and liquid at room temperature is provided. This coating composition provides scratch resistance, crack resistance, smudge resistance, and removability of oil-base felted markers by wiping wit... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7759406 | Process for producing polysilsesquioxane graft polymer, pressure-sensitive adhesive, and pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet The present invention provides a process for producing a polysilsesquioxane graft polymer (1) which includes applying ionizing radiation or heat to a mixture including a polysilsesquioxane compound (2) and a vinyl compound (3), a polysilsesquioxane compound includin... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7691916 | Biomedical devices containing internal wetting agents This invention includes a wettable biomedical device containing a high molecular weight hydrophilic polymer and a hydroxyl-functionalized silicone-containing monomer. ... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7560499 | Initiator and ultraviolet absorber blends for changing lens power by ultraviolet light Novel blends of photo-initiators and photo-absorbers are disclosed. By the proper selection of the type and amount of absorber and initiator used in a composition, it is possible to regulate the conditions under which photo-induced reactions occur. In a specific emb... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7425586 | Environmentally friendly, 100% solids, actinic radiation curable coating compositions and coated surfaces and coated articles thereof Disclosed are environmentally friendly, substantially all solids coating compositions which are curable using ultra violet and visible radiation. In addition, methods for coating surfaces, or at least a portion of the surfaces, and curing of the coated surface to ob... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7388038 | Curable compositions The present invention has for its object to provide a curable composition which, despite its low viscosity, gives a cured product with a high gel fraction, low residual tack, low modulus, high elongation, and good flexibility. The present invention relates to... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7385017 | Silicone resin compositions and molded articles thereof This invention relates to a silicone resin composition which exhibits high heat resistance, high transparency and high dimensional stability and thus can be suitably used for optical applications such as a lens, an optical disc, an optical fiber, a substrate for a p... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7368519 | Fast moisture curing and UV-moisture dual curing compositions The invention provides fast moisture and photo/moisture curing silicone compositions and methods for the preparation thereof. More particularly, the compositions provided are prepared from silanol and silane cappers; the cappers have an α-carbon bonded to the silic... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365103 | Compositions for dark-field polymerization and method of using the same for imprint lithography processes A composition is provided and a method of using the same to form a pattern on a substrate using imprint lithography employing dark-field polymerization is disclosed. The composition includes a polymerizable bisvinylether and an initiator that produces an acid in res... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7354958 | Photopolymerizable composition and flame-retardant resin-formed article The invention provides a photopolymerizable composition comprising: flame-retardant particles which contains a hydrated metal and have an average diameter of about 1 to 500 nm; and a photopolymerization reactive material. The hydrated metal preferably includes at le... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7348366 | High temperature elastomers with low hydrocarbon vapor permeability An elastomer blend is made by admixing fluoroelastomer and fluorinated silicone polymer (with optional filler and/or conductive particulate) into a polymeric admixture in weight ratios to provide a low vaporous hydrocarbon permeation rate and high thermal strain val... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7332227 | Non-volatile lubricant system for medical devices A non-volatile lubricious coating composition is provided for use with medical devices, such as hypodermic needles, catheters, and the like. The coating composition includes a first siloxane polymer having a very low viscosity less than about 50 centistokes, a secon... | 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 |
| 7309732 | UV and UV/moisture dual curable compositions with improved cure through volume The present invention is directed to silicone formulations which are capable of being rapidly cured to tough elastomeric materials through exposure to UV radiation, and optionally through exposure to moisture as well. The cured products demonstrate high resistance t... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7291516 | Low temperature melt-processing of organic-inorganic hybrid The present invention provides a process for preparing a melt-processed organic-inorganic hybrid material including the steps of maintaining a solid organic-inorganic hybrid material at a temperature above the melting point but below the decomposition temperature of... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7283715 | Optical waveguide forming material and method An optical waveguide comprising a substrate, a lower clad layer on the substrate, a core layer and an upper clad layer, at least one of the lower clad layer, the core layer and the upper clad layer is formed of a cured product of a photo-curable organopolysiloxane c... | 10/16/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7250204 | Use of hydroxyalkylphenone-type photoinitiators in radiation-curable organopolysiloxanes for producing abhesive coatings The present invention provides for the use of radiation-curable coating compositions comprising at least one radiation-curable organopolysiloxane having (meth)acrylic ester groups and a photoinitiator, wherein said photoinitiator includes at least one compound of th... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7247660 | Dental composition based on silicone crosslinkable by cation process The invention concerns dental compositions. Said composition comprises (1) a silicone crosslinkable and/or polymerizable by cation process; (2) an efficient amount of at least an initiator such as onium borate; (3) at least a photosensitizer ; and (4) a dental fille... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7241853 | Printing processes employing intermediate transfer with molten intermediate transfer materials A block of intermediate transfer material for use in a printing apparatus having an intermediate transfer member, said intermediate transfer member being equipped with a heater to heat said intermediate transfer member to a temperature of at least about 40° C., sai... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7239785 | Method of preventing optical fiber failure in high power application A method of minimizing localized heating of, or minimizing signal losses across a source of loss in, an optical fiber used in transmission of a high power optical signal at an operating wavelength. These methods include the steps of: providing an optical fiber which... | 07/03/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7223517 | Lithographic antireflective hardmask compositions and uses thereof Compositions and techniques for the processing of semiconductor devices are provided. In one aspect of the invention, an antireflective hardmask composition is provided. The composition comprises a fully condensed polyhedral oligosilsesquioxane, {RSiO1.5}... | 05/29/2007 |
| RE39635 | Optically transparent hydrogels and processes for their production The invention provides hydrogels for use in the production of biomedical devices. In particular, the invention provides hydrogels formed from siloxane prepolymers and a hydrophilic monomer, which hydrogels are optically transparent. ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7216975 | Method for preparing the reactive tinting compound and the tinted contact lens A method for preparing the tinted contact lens with the covalently bonded novel reactive tinting compound is disclosed. The reactive tinting compound with mono vinyl functionality is prepared by reacting the reactive dye with a hydrophilic monomer containing both pe... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7207732 | Coated optical fiber and curable compositions suitable for coating optical fiber The present invention provides materials suitable for use as secondary coatings of optical fibers or the re-coating of spliced optical fiber junctions. With regard to the latter use, the coating materials a preferably characterized by a Young's modulus that is at le... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7192992 | Environmentally friendly, 100% solids, actinic radiation curable coating compositions for coating thermally sensitive surfaces and/or rusted surfaces 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 thermally sensitive objects and/or rusted surfac... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7176268 | Prepolymers for improved surface modification of contact lenses Provided are novel reactive functionalized fumaric- and itaconic-containing prepolymers and compositions comprising the prepolymers used in the manufacture of medical devices. The prepolymers can be used to provide surface modified contact lenses formed from one or ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7166696 | Solid phase synthesis supports and methods Functionalized supports and methods for solid phase synthesis. Preferably, the functionalized support is azlactone-functionalized. ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7152975 | Junctionless ophthalmic lenses and methods for making same Methods for producing a junctionless ophthalmic lens are provided. Additionally, ophthalmic lenses having junctionless, three dimensional surfaces, for example, asymmetrical anterior and/or posterior surfaces, as well as molding tools used in the production of such ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7153923 | Rapid-cure, one-component mixtures, which contain alkoxysilane-terminated polymers One-component, moisture curing compositions which exhibit rapid curing, even with exceptionally low levels of catalyst or with no catalyst at all, can be formulated from alkoxysilane-terminated polymers having alkoxysilane groups bonded to an electronegative, free e... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7151123 | Environmentally friendly, 100% solids, actinic radiation curable coating compositions and coated surfaces and coated articles thereof Disclosed are environmentally friendly, substantially all solids coating compositions which are curable using ultra violet and visible radiation. In addition, methods for coating surfaces, or at least a portion of the surfaces, and curing of the coated surface to ob... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7151122 | UV curable polysiloxane clearcoat A coating composition that can be cured by actinic or ionizing radiation is disclosed. The coating composition is made up of at least one polysiloxane compound one polysiloxane compound having the following structure (I) or (II): | 12/19/2006 |
| 7141614 | Photosensitive resin composition and photosensitive films and laminates made by using the same A photosensitive resin composition of the present invention contains a (A) soluble polyimide and a (b) (meth)acrylic compound, the (A) soluble polyimide being soluble in an organic solvent and being synthesized by using an acid dianhydride component and at least one... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7139463 | Compositions and devices for thermooptically controlled switching and filtering The invention relates to polymer compositions which enable thermooptic control of signal attenuation in the ultraviolet, visible and near infrared (NIR) regions of the electromagnetic spectrum, and devices incorporating such compositions. The compositions are derive... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7132220 | Organosiloxane polymer, photo-curable resin composition, patterning process, and substrate protective film A novel organosiloxane polymer is obtained by addition reaction of an organohydrogenpolysiloxane, an alkenyl-containing organopolysiloxane and an unsaturated compound of formula (3) or (4). Using the organosiloxane polymer, a photo-curable resin composition is prepa... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7125236 | Replica molding Replicas are molded by curing a photo-curable liquid silicone rubber composition to form a transparent mother mold having a cavity corresponding to the outer contour of a master model, casting a photo-curable liquid resin into the mold cavity, and irradiating light ... | 10/24/2006 |
