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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8168735 | Silicone compound, a process for the preparation thereof and a process for the preparation of an ophthalmic device therefrom The present invention provides a hydrophilic silicone which has a predetermined number of silicon atoms and a high purity and is suitable for producing an ophthalmic device and a process for preparing the same. The silicone compound is represented by formula ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8158735 | Adhesive bonding system having adherence to low energy surfaces This invention relates to (meth)acrylate-based polymerizable compositions and adhesive systems prepared therefrom, which include a alkylated borohydride or tetraalkyl borane metal or ammonium salt and a polymerizable siloxane. The inventive compositions and adhesive... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8143359 | Organic silicone compound The purpose of the present invention is to provide an organic silicon compound which has a vinyl group more reactive than those of the conventional organic silicon compounds and can be bonded with another compound. The present organic silicon compound is repr... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8138287 | (Meth)acrylate copolymer for syrup and resin composition thereof The present invention provides a copolymer for syrup, characterized by being formed from (A) 1 to 60 mass % of at least one (meth)acrylate compound selected from among a (meth)acrylate-modified silicone oil, an alkyl(meth)acrylate, a monoalkylene glycol(meth)acrylat... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8138288 | Synthesis of cationic siloxane prepolymers This application is directed toward an improved method of synthesizing cationic siloxane prepolymers as well as a specific cationic siloxane prepolymer having improved compatibility with monofunctional siloxanyl methacrylate monomers and medical devices containing t... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8124704 | Conjugated diene polymer, conjugated diene polymer composition, and process for producing conjugated diene polymer A conjugated diene polymer is provided that includes a conjugated diene-based constituent unit and a group represented by Formula (I) below at both termini of a polymer chain. There are also provided a conjugated diene poly... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8119753 | Silicone hydrogels with amino surface groups A silicone hydrogel comprising monomeric units of one or more amino monomers, wherein the amino monomers are of formula IA, IB, IIA or IIB and monomeric units of one or more silicone monomers wherei... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8101701 | Fumaric acid derivatives and ophthalmic lenses using the same Fumaric acid derivatives and ophthalmic lenses using them are disclosed. More specifically, a fumaric acid derivative having a hydrophilic group and a silicon-containing alkyl group within a molecule, and contact lenses or intraocular lenses using the same are discl... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8097689 | Curable organosilicon composition A curable organosilicon composition includes a radical curable organosilicon compound, an organoborane-amine complex, a condensation curable organosilicon compound, a condensation cure catalyst, and a condensation-reactive cross-linking compound. The curable organos... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8080622 | Soluble silicone prepolymers In one aspect, the invention relates to silicon-based prepolymers. The disclosed prepolymers exhibit satisfactory solubility in aqueous solutions or hydrophilic solutions and can overcome undesirable shrinkage, expansion, and related problems possessed by convention... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8071703 | Silicone-containing prepolymers with dangling hydrophilic polymer chains The invention provide a new class of silicone-containing prepolymers containing dangling hydrophilic polymer chains. This class of silicone-containing prepolymer is capable of being actinically crosslinked to form a silicone hydrogel material with a hydrophilic surf... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8063162 | Polymer for an ink receiving layer of an inkjet recording element A polymer for an ink receiving layer of an inkjet recording element includes at least one first monomer chemically bonded to at least one second monomer. The second monomer includes a silane functional group. The at least one second monomer is distributed along a ca... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8053539 | Siloxanyl materials for molded plastics In one aspect, the invention relates to compositions comprising siloxanyl compounds comprising the structure: or residues thereof. Such compositions can be suitable for producing molded articles, can be excellent in transpa... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8030423 | Multi-armed macromonomers Multi-armed macromonomers containing multiple side chains attached to a siloxy-containing core terminated on each end with one or more first substantially linear polysiloxane radicals having a polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated-containing terminal group, wherei... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8022157 | Light sensitive initiator integrated polydimethylsiloxane Disclosed herein is a surface functionalized poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) and methods for making the same. The surface functionalized poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) disclosed herein is applicable in the general field of microfluidics, bioMEMS (bio-microelectromechan... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8022156 | Greaseproof paper A greaseproof paper is provided for use in food processing and/or packaging of foods in which paper has been rendered oleophobic by treatment with a fluorine-containing polymer. The fluorine-containing polymer may be prepared by polymerizing a fluorine-containing mo... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8017710 | Crosslinkable high pressure polyethylene composition, a process for the preparation thereof, a pipe and a cable prepared thereof The present invention relates to a crosslinkable high pressure polyethylene composition containing ethylene silane copolymer resin having a content of silane of about 0.1 to 10 weight % and at least one silanol condensation catalyst. The invention further relates to... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7964684 | Antireflection film forming composition, antireflection film and optical device An antireflection film forming composition, includes: a polymerized product of Compound (I) having m number of RSi(O0.5)3 units, in which m stands for an integer of from 8 to 16, and Rs each independently represents a non-hydrolyzable group, wi... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7915362 | Heat-curable silicone composition and light emitting diode element using same Provided is a heat-curable silicone composition containing: (A) an organopolysiloxane having at least one structure represented by the following general formula (2) within each molecule: wherein m represents an integer of 0... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7875686 | Polycycloolefin polymeric compositions for semiconductor applications Polymeric compositions for semiconductor applications comprising 10 to 99 wt. % of norbornene-type cycloolefin monomers represented by one or more of Formula I(a), I(b), and optionally I(c) and/or I(d), 0.0005 to 0.5 wt. % of an addition polymerization procatalyst, ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7875687 | Silicone hydrogels based on fluorinated polysiloxanes A hydrogel that is the hydrated polymerization product of a monomer mixture that includes a hydrophilic monomer and a polysiloxane-containing monomer. The resulting hydrogel has an oxygen permeability of at least about 120 Barrers, a water content of at least about ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7868112 | Fluorine-containing polymer and resin composition A polymer containing: a constitutional unit A that is derived from fluorosilsesquioxane having one addition polymerizable functional group in a molecule; a constitutional unit B that is derived from organopolysiloxane having an addition polymerizable functional grou... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7863396 | Silicon compounds The present invention provides a silicon compound represented by Formula (1) and a polymer obtained by using the same, and this makes it possible not only to obtain an organic-inorganic composite material having a distinct structure but also to control the structure... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7847046 | Ophthalmic and otorhinolaryngological device materials containing phenylene-siloxane macromers Disclosed are soft, high refractive index, acrylic device materials having improved strength. The materials contain a phenylene-siloxane macromer. ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7834116 | Fluoro silicone acrylates and polymers thereof The present invention is directed to fluoro silicone acrylates that are used in reaction either alone or with other monomers to make polymers that can modify the surface of hair skin or pigment. This makes them ideal for incorporation into pigmented products in pers... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7834115 | Method for preparing an ethylene-silane copolymer The present invention relates to an improved method for preparing an ethylene-silane copolymer comprising hydrolysable silane groups by radical-initiated polymerisation of ethylene and an olefinically unsaturated silane compound, such as vinyl trimethoxysilane (VTMS... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7795360 | Coating composition A coating agent composition of the present invention consists of: (A) an acrylic-type copolymer that has a weight-average molecular weight within the range of 3,000 to 100,000 and contains in its side molecular chains hydrolysable silyl groups of the following formu... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7776982 | Silicon-containing fluorochemical surface-treating agent There is provided a surface treatment agent which comprises a fluoropolymer having repeating units derived from a fluorine-containing monomer of the formula: wherein (a) the fluoropolymer contains a silicon atom, and/or (b)... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7772342 | Liquid non-aqueous dispersion and process for producing the same A liquid non-aqueous dispersion comprising a silicone oil and a copolymer dispersed therein, the copolymer comprising (A) at least one radical polymerizable macromonomer containing dimethyl polysiloxane, and (B) at least one radical copolymerizable monomer with the ... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7741423 | Highly oxygen permeable polymer A polymer having a number average molecular weight (Mn) of from 10,000 to 5,000,000, as determined by gel permeation chromatography and reduced to polystyrene, and repeating units represented by the following formula (1): w... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7674868 | Copolymers containing nanoparticles The invention provides copolymers of ethylenically unsaturated monomers and of ethylenically functionalized nanoparticles in the form of their aqueous polymer dispersions or water-redispersible polymer powders, obtainable by means of free-radically initiated polymer... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7671156 | Silicone hydrogels The present invention provides silicone hydrogel materials having relatively high oxygen permeability and a relatively low modulus. The relatively-low modulus is achieved by adding a chain transfer agent into a polymerizable fluid composition in an amount sufficient... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7666965 | Method for production of mixed polymers containing silicon Polymer dispersions of polymers derived from silicone macromers and ethylenically unsaturated monomers are capable of incorporating large amounts of chemically bonded macromer, when the silicone macromer and part of the unsaturated monomer are polymerized in aqueous... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7659352 | Antireflective coating composition, antireflection film, and fabrication method thereof An antireflective coating composition, antireflection films and fabrication method thereof. The antireflection film is constructed by stacked crosslink colloid particles, having a plurality of nanopores distributed uniformly therein. Due to the nanopores, the antire... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7608673 | Organosilane compound and organosilica obtain therefrom Provided is an organosilane compound expressed by the following general formula (1): where: Ar represents a divalent aromatic organic group, such as a phenylene group; R1 represents a hydrogen atom or the like; R... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7595370 | Process for the preparation of polyorganosilylated carboxylate monomers or polymers thereof The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of polyorganosilylated carboxylate monomers or polymers thereof, comprising the steps of reacting a cyclosiloxane of formula (R4R5SiO)n with an unsaturated organosilylated carboxylate monomer or a copoly... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7572872 | Biomimetic materials comprising polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes Nanostructured chemicals such as polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes, polyhedral oligomeric silicates, and polyhedral oligomeric metallasesquioxanes are attached to living and nonliving systems as biomaterials to provide a nanoscopic topology that favors biomimeti... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7563853 | Polymer compound, process for producing the same, polymer-containing composition, ink-applying process, and ink-applying apparatus A polymer compound of a block polymer containing at least three block segments each having a repeating unit structure comprising a polyalkenyl ether structure comprises a repeating unit structure having a silyl ether side chain represented by the formula (1) in at l... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7524908 | Copolymerized high polymer film and method of manufacturing the same A copolymerized high polymer film includes plural organic polymers, as skeleton, and is manufactured by blowing more than two kinds of organic monomers of respectively specific structures, in a vapor phase condition, onto the surface of a heated substrate, through p... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7521515 | Filler layer for solar cell module and solar cell module using same The invention mainly aims to provide an economical filler layer for a solar cell module which is excellent in the adhesion property to a transparent front substrate and a backside protective sheet, does not worsen the working environments, and causes no adverse effe... | 04/21/2009 |