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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7816477 | Acrylic release agent precursor, release agent article, and process for producing release agent article The present invention provides an acrylic release agent precursor, which makes it possible to prepare an acrylic release agent efficiently as much as possible in a comparatively small ultraviolet dose, regardless of the component. An acrylic release agent precursor ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7737238 | Resin suitable for powder coating compositions A resin suitable for powder coating including glycidyl acrylate or glycidyl methacrylate. The resin may also contain a high Tg and hydrophobicity monomer. Typical powder coatings made from the resin show improved powder coating handling, and particularly acid etch r... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7442754 | Molecular imprinting of small particles, and production of small particles from solid state reactants Small particles of polymeric material are produced by expansion of a mixture of monomers and a propellant. The size and shape of the particles can be precisely tailored by materials selection and expansion conditions. Particles of 10 nanometers to 100 microns can be... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7438978 | Transparent conductive film, transparent conductive plate, and touch panel A touch panel having excellent durability, in which depression is scarcely generated on the surface of the touch panel by pushing the surface with a pen, and a transparent conductive film and plate useful in the touch panel are provided. The transparent conductive f... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7423074 | Polysiloxane prepolymers for biomedical devices A polysiloxane copolymer that is useful for forming biomedical devices comprises blocks (I) and (II) and is terminated at each end with an ethylenically unsaturated radical: (*Dii*Diol*Dii*PS)x (I) (*Dii*PS)y (II... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7411027 | Modified diene-α-olefin copolymer and method for producing same A modified diene-α-olefin copolymer which is represented by the formula (1) below and has H2C═C(R5)—COO— in at least a part of the ends. wherein R1 and R2 independently rep... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7405321 | (Meth)acrylic ester of alkenylene glycols and the use thereof The present invention relates to novel (meth)acrylic esters of polyalkoxylated glycols of the formula where AO is independently at each instance is —O—CHR3-CHR4- or —CHR3-CHR4-O— where R3 an... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7402632 | 2-Component crosslink of end-functionalized polyacrylates Method for increasing the molecular weight of polyacrylates, in which polyacrylates, functionalized at least in part of their chain ends by functional groups X, are reacted with a compound having at least functional groups Y capable of linking reactions with functio... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7385078 | 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 includes a tackif... | 06/10/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7385016 | Curable resin compositions and process for preparing oligomers containing acrylate groups and substituted methacrylate groups A curable resin composition which exhibits excellent hardness of their curing products as well as storage stability is provided, and a simple method to obtain acrylated resins is provided. The composition comprises a curable oligomer which has an acryloyl group and ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7381761 | Method for producing silicone-treated polymers Silicone-containing addition polymers having numerous uses are prepared by polymerizing addition polymerizable monomers in the presence of a silicone-containing polyvinyl alcohol, and/or by adding a silicone-containing polyvinyl alcohol to an aqueous addition polyme... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7368501 | Method for improving environmental durability of materials Disclosed is a method of making an environmentally durable material, the method requiring providing a material comprising at least one functional group Fc, and subjecting the material to a free radical source such that substantially all functional groups ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7341784 | Light management film and its preparation and use A light management film includes a first layer with a thermoplastic resin and a particular phosphonium sulfonate salt, and a second layer formed from a curable composition and having a refractive index of at least 1.5. The light management film exhibits reduced stat... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7335703 | Polyolefin graft copolymer prepared in the presence of coordination polymerization catalyst based on late transition metal complex and method for making the same A novel polyolefin graft copolymer prepared by graft-copolymerizing an olefin monomer with a (meth)acryl macromonomer or an isobutylene macromonomer in the presence of a coordination polymerization catalyst based on a late transition metal complex and a method for m... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7323517 | Composition and process for enhancing controlled free radical polymerization The present invention relates to a composition and process for enhancing the controlled radical polymerization in the presence of nitroxyls and nitroxylethers by adding a chain transfer agent selected from the group consisting of mercaptanes, thioethers and disulfid... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7323519 | Process for producing vinyl polymer, vinyl polymer, and curable composition The present invention provides: a process for preparing a vinyl polymer containing a halogen in an amount of 1,000 mg or less per kilogram, in which a vinyl polymer containing the halogen produced by atom transfer radical polymerization of a vinyl monomer is heated ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7323527 | Process for macroporous acrylic resins A method for producing a macroporous acrylic resin in an aqueous suspension from a C1-C4 alkyl acrylate, an organic solvent and a crosslinker. ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321013 | Method for obtaining coating compositions having reduced VOC Disclosed is a method of making reduced VOC polymers and coating compositions containing such polymers. Provided is a mixture (I) comprising a reactant mixture (a) of polymerizable components and a nonvolatile solvent (bnv) that (i) is not a crystalline s... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7309757 | Polymers for the delivery of bioactive agents and methods of their preparation Provided is a poly(amino ester) having a polymer backbone comprising at least one secondary amine linkage and at least one tertiary amine linkage in the polymer backbone. Poly(amino ester)s are prepared via the Michael addition of a bis(acrylate ester)monomer to a d... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7304114 | Processes for preparing tougheners for thermoset compositions Liquid rubbers that are ordinarily immiscible in liquid thermoset resins can be made miscible by the addition of at least one non-functional aromatic end-group to the polymer chains of such liquid rubber compositions. Such addition may be initiated by high-temperatu... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7288613 | N-alkoxy-4,4-dioxy-polyalkyl-piperidine compounds, their corresponding N-oxides and controlled radical polymerization therewith The present invention relates to selected 1-alkoxy-2,2,6,6 tetramethyl piperidine, 1-alkoxy-2,2 diethyl-6,6 dimethyl piperidine and 1-alkoxy-2,6 diethyl-2,3,6 dimethyl piperidine derivatives which are substituted in the 4 position by two oxygen atoms forming an open... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7264866 | Laminate film The object of the present invention is to provide a laminated film excellent in light resistance, scratch resistance, transparency, dimensional stability and adhesion to a hard coating layer. The present invention is a laminated film comprising a base material layer... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7238763 | Unsaturated monocarboxylic ester compounds An unsaturated monocarboxylic ester compound has at least two structures represented by the following general formula (1): wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group of 1 to 6 carbon atoms... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7235616 | Curable resin compositions and process for preparing oligomers containing acrylate groups and substituted methacrylate groups A curable resin composition which exhibits excellent hardness of their curing products as well as storage stability is provided, and a simple method to obtain acrylated resins is provided. The composition comprises a curable oligomer which has an acryloyl group and ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7235617 | Organoborane amine complex polymerization initiators and polymerizable compositions The invention is a two part composition useful for initiating cure of one or more polymerizable monomers which cure when exposed to free radicals comprising in one part an organoboraneamine complex and in a second part an isocyanate which is capable of decomplexing ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7230061 | Process for production of water-soluble (meth)acrylic polymers, water-soluble (meth)acrylic polymers, and use thereof The present invention is a method of producing a (meth)acrylic acid based water-soluble polymer having a content of groups in neutralized state of not more than 90 mole percent, where the sum total of acid groups and groups in neutralized state contained in the (met... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7230063 | Functional trithiocarbonate RAFT agents The present invention is directed to a free radical control agent of the structural formula: wherein R1 is a divalent alkyl group of 1 to 12 carbon atoms, R2 and R3 are each indep... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7226980 | Thermoset composition, method for the preparation thereof, and articles prepared therefrom A curable composition includes a poly(arylene ether) and a fused alicyclic (meth)acrylate monomer. Also described are a method of preparing the composition, a cured composition derived from the curable composition, and an article comprising the cured composition. Th... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7220528 | Amphipathic polymer particles and methods of manufacturing the same The invention is directed to amphipathic polymeric particles that serve as both the dispersant and the binder in water based inks, ink compositions containing these particles, and methods for making the particles. The polymeric particles contain both hydrophilic and... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7220803 | Process for obtaining aqueous polymer dispersions The process comprises the following phases: formation of a pre-emulsion of monomers in water; transfer into the polymerisation reactor with stirring, of (1) reaction stock consisting of a water solution of a surfactant, in an amount by weight relative to the weight ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7199213 | Thermoset composition, method for the preparation thereof, and articles prepared therefrom A curable composition includes a poly(arylene ether) and a fused alicyclic (meth)acrylate monomer. Also described are a method of preparing the composition, a cured composition derived from the curable composition, and an article comprising the cured composition. Th... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7199245 | 4-imino-n-alkoxy or oxy-polyalkyl-piperidine compounds and their use as polymerization regulators The present invention relates to selected 4-imino-N-alkoxy-polyalkyl-peperidine compounds preparation, a polymerizable composition comprising a) at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer and b) a 4-imino-N-alkoxy-polyalkyl-piperidine compound. Further aspects o... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7189303 | Initiator systems and adhesive compositions made therewith Initiator systems of the present invention include both a complexed initiator and a carboxylic acid decomplexer. For example, dicarboxylic acid decomplexer, carboxylic acid ester decomplexers, and monocarboxylic acid decomplexers (preferably those comprising an alky... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7179578 | Positive resist composition To provide a positive resist composition having high sensitivity, small defocus latitude depended on line pitch and less surface roughening at the etching, which can be suitably used for micro-photofabrication using far ultraviolet ray, particularly, ArF excimer las... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7153588 | UV resistant naphthalate polyester articles Naphthalate polyester articles can be coated with polymerizable compositions containing a vinyl-functional crosslinkable film former, a large amount of benzotriazole and a copolymerizable monomer that solubilizes the benzotriazole. The cured compositions help protec... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7135593 | Degradable crosslinkers, and degradable crosslinked hydrogels comprising them One aspect of the present invention relates to base-labile crosslinkers. A second aspect of the present invention relates to degradable crosslinked polymers and hydrogels comprising a base-labile crosslinker. The present invention also relates to a method of influen... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7125938 | Atom or group transfer radical polymerization A polymerization process comprising initiating a first polymerization of monomers using an initiator functionalized with an ATRP initiating site, wherein the first polymerization is selected from the group of cationic polymerization, anionic polymerization, conventi... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7122253 | Curable resin composition, cured film, and composite product A curable resin composition comprising (A) reactive particles prepared by bonding (A1) at least one of oxide particles of an element selected from the group consisting of silicon, aluminum, zirconium, titanium, zinc, germanium, indium, tin, antimony, ruthenium, rhen... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7087659 | Curable (meth)acrylate compositions A curable composition includes a multifunctional (meth)acrylate; a substituted or unsubstituted arylether (meth)acrylate monomer; and a polymerization initiator. The compositions exhibit high refractive indices and, upon polymerization, the compositions provide film... | 08/08/2006 |