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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7338995 | Titanium dioxide—containing polymers and films with reduced melt fracture Pigmented polymer compositions and processes for preparing melt-processible polymer compositions contain a melt-processible polymer, surface treated organic pigment, typically titanium dioxide, and a polymer processing aid are described. The pigment is surface treat... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7311616 | One-piece golf ball A one-piece golf ball has a golf ball body made of a rubber composition, and the rubber composition contains 0.5 to 10 parts by mass of a titanium oxide relative to 100 parts by mass of a rubber component. The titanium oxide is surface-treated with a treating agent ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7220305 | Particulate metal oxide A particulate metal oxide having the mean length of the primary particles in the range from 50 to 90 nm, the mean width of the primary particles in the range from 5 to 20 nm, and the median volume particle diameter of the secondary particles is less than 45 nm. The ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7141111 | Embedded pigments for ceramic products and oxides in the form of nanometric particles Described herein are embedded pigments consisting of a labile chromophore englobed in a coating of refractory and transparent material formed by nanomolecular particles, also described are oxides of refractory and transparent materials in the form of nanoparticles a... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7112251 | Glow-in-the-dark tire sidewalls The present invention relates to a tire having a portion thereof such as a sidewall component that glows-in-the-dark due to the presence of a phosphorescent layer thereon. The present invention also relates to a tire having, and to a process for incorporating, a pho... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7097287 | Ink jet device, ink jet ink, and method of manufacturing electronic component using the device and the ink Here disclosed is an ink jet apparatus having an ink-circulating/dispersing function. The apparatus provides ink with dispersion as required, and circulates the ink through a tube to an ink-collecting tank. During this circulation, a required amount of the ink is fe... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7011703 | Surface-treated pigments Inorganic pigments, having deposited on the pigment surface at least one alkenyl- or alkyl-substituted succinic anhydride and at least one organic polyol, possess improved processibility and dispersibility in thermoplastic materials, and impart improved properties t... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6966998 | Security printing A method of providing covert security features for documents such as vouchers, packaged goods and banknotes in which the document is provided with a dopant. The dopant consisting of a material which can be identified by examination of its response to visible wavelen... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6958091 | Surface-treated pigments Inorganic pigments treated with at least one amide of a fatty acid and an aliphatic amine possess improved processibility and dispersibility in thermoplastic materials, and impart improved properties to thermoplastic compositions containing said surface-treated pigm... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6946028 | Surface-treated pigments Inorganic pigments treated with one or more of the α,α-dialkyl substituted linear or branched carboxylic acids and the salts thereof possess improved processibility and dispersibility in thermoplastic materials, and impart improved properties to thermoplastic comp... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6818050 | Lacquers and paints and coating material systems Paint and coating material system comprising a) at least one solids component comprising at least one organic or inorganic white, black or chromatic pigment, organic or inorganic fillers, or mixtures thereof, and b... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6811601 | Pigment preparations comprising alkoxylated polyethylenimine Pigment preparations comprising A) at least one organic or inorganic pigment and B) at least one ethoxylated and propoxylated and/or butoxylated polyethyleneimine. ... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6800127 | Pigment preparations The present invention relates to pigment preparations comprising polyamide particles with an average particle size of below 50 μm and a pigment of an average particle size below 0.2 μm. The inventive pigment preparations are useful for coloring high molecular weig... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6793720 | Solid marking composition as writing means, a writing instrument, an optically variable marking layer and use of a plurality of optically variable pigments A solid marking composition comprises a solid matrix containing at least one type of optically variable interference pigment flakes. The solid marking composition provides a document or article with a copy and counterfeit protection feature, and is preferably used i... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6582506 | Pigment flakes Pigment flakes having cores preferably composed of resins, polymers, thermoplastics, and/or thermosets with colorant (pigment and/or dyes) deposited thereon, coating applications thereof, and a method for making pigment flakes which includes providing a c... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6494943 | Ink jet inks, inks, and other compositions containing colored pigments Colored pigments having one or more desired parameters and/or properties are described. These parameters and/or properties include: a) a particles size of from about 10 nm to about 300 nm; b) an accusizer number of less than 1010 particles/ml o... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6235105 | Thin film pigmented optical coating compositions Optical coating compositions containing thin film particulates or pigments that are capable of imparting to the coating preselected optical characteristics or properties, such as selective reflectance, transmission and absorptance of light energy, are com... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6214106 | Silane treated inorganic pigments The present invention provides a process for the production of hydrophobic inorganic oxide products which comprises reacting the inorganic oxide particles with organohalosilanes, preferably organochlorosilanes, to produce hydrophobic organosilane coated i... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6174359 | Ceramic decoration coloring substances with increased color saturation comprising zirconium pigments, process for their production and their use Ceramic decoration coloring substances substantially containing a zirconium pigment of the host lattice or inclusion type and a glass flux at a pigment volume concentration (PVC) of at least 30% have an increased color saturation C* if the glass flux comp... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6132505 | Inorganic pigment pellets for coloring plastics, lacquers and building materials and a process for the production thereof The present invention relates to inorganic pigment pellets for coloring building materials, lacquers and plastics and to a process for the production thereof and to the use thereof inter alia for the production of pastes, suspensions and emulsion paints.... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6123763 | Pigment dispersing agent and pigment composition containing the same A colorless or only slightly colored pigment dispersing agent which is feasible as a pigment dispersing agent for pigments having various hues and has the general formula (1), ##STR1## wherein R1, R2, X1, Y1 | 09/26/2000 |
| 6063182 | Stir-in pigment compositions A stir-in pigment composition for coloring high-molecular-weight material, particularly coatings and ink systems, comprises 85 to 99.5 parts by weight of a pigment and 0.5 to 15 parts by weight of an additive comprising a vinylpyrrolidone polymer or copol... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6019834 | Pigment, process for producing the same and paint using the same A pigment of the present invention comprises: pigment particle as core particle; a lower coat formed on at least a part of surface of the pigment particle, comprising squaric acid, polyol having an anthraquinone skeleton represented by the general formula (I):... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5997627 | Pigment composition and effect coatings The disclosure describes pigment compositions containing a small particle size porous filler and a pigment, and their use for preparing effect coating compositions which produce thin film finishes exhibiting strong lightness and color flop with a pronounc... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5961710 | Inorganic pigment granules process for their production and their use The invention relates to granules of inorganic pigments, a process for their production using several auxiliary substances by compacting and their use in many technical fields.... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5908499 | Colored powders prepared by a combination of two thermal, chemical or irradiation processes Disclosed is a system of natural colors consisting of thousands of colored powders of mineral origin and of materials in or on which pigments have been applied and, afterwards, submitted to at least one thermal treatment and/or irradiation. These natural ... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5891237 | Production of free flowing spheres using partially neutralized fatty acid Spherical agglomerates of finely divided material such as inorganic oxides are prepared by admixing a slurry of finely divided material with a solution of a partially neutralised carboxylic acid.... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5656328 | Anhydrous gels and xerogels containing no hydroxyl groups, process for the production thereof and use thereof Gels based on a network of oxygen-bridged metal and/or semi-metal atoms and produced using a hydrolytic sol-gel process are often not homogeneous. Known non-hydrolytic sol-gel processes give rise to gels containing halogen. A novel non-hydrolytic sol-gel ... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5653794 | Silane treated inorganic pigments The present invention provides a process for the production of hydrophobic inorganic oxide products which comprises reacting the inorganic oxide particles with organohalosilanes, preferably organochlorosilanes, to produce hydrophobic organosilane coated i... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5534056 | Composite media with selectable radiation-transmission properties Radiation-absorptive materials, suitable for fabrication into packages, sheets, inks, paints, decorative surface treatments, lotions, creams, and gels are disclosed. The materials exploit certain optical properties associated with uniform, spherical, nano... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5527386 | Composite media with selectable radiation-transmission properties Radiation-absorptive materials, suitable for fabrication into packages, sheets, inks, paints, decorative surface treatments, lotions, creams, and gels are disclosed. The materials exploit certain optical properties associated with uniform, spherical, nano... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5405588 | Process for removing cadmium from scrap metal A process for the recovery of a metal, in particular, cadmium contained in scrap, in a stable form. The process comprises the steps of mixing the cadmium-containing scrap with an ammonium carbonate solution, preferably at least a stoichiometric amount of ... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5389402 | Method of producing decorations which are color-stable in a porcelain firing and a pigment composition suitable therefor A method for producing decorations which are color-stable in a porcelain firing (glost firing), and a pigment composition suitable for this method, is disclosed. Inclusion pigments based on heavy-metal sulfides and selenides in an oxidic or silicate casin... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5190586 | Pigment composite particles prepared by suspension polymorization Disclosed are pigment composite particles which are superior in water resistance, weather resistance, thermal stability and hardness. The pigment composite particles are prepared by suspension-polymerizing an aqueous suspension comprising (a) a pigment pa... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5017231 | Process for preparing coated pigments A heat-resistant pigment can be produced by forming a dense and uniform coating on the surface of the pigment by contacting a hydrophilic pigment with a metal oxide in at least partly water-miscible solvent.... | 05/21/1991 |
| 4960466 | Coating solutions A coating solution of a composition comprising in admixture (a) a solution of a cadmium compound (b) a solution of tin compound (c) a beta-diketone complexing agent, and (d) ammonia and or an amine, and reaction products thereof.... | 10/02/1990 |
| 4894092 | Process for preparing coated heat-resistant pigment A heat-resistant pigment can be produced by forming a dense and uniform coating on the surface of the pigment by contacting said pigment with a metal alkoxide diluted with a water-miscible or semi-water-miscible solvent.... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4810305 | Hydrophobic pigments and fillers for incorporation in synthetic resins A modified hydrophobic colored or magnetic pigment or filler comprising a hydrophobic pigment or filler containing from 0.05 to 10% by weight, based on the weight of the pigment or filler, of an organopolysiloxane corresponding to the formula ##STR1#... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4810303 | Production of hexagonal cadmium sulfide pigment Hexagonal cadmium sulfide, a bright yellow pigment useful in high temperature processing, is produced by reacting cadmium sulfate solution with a solution of a soluble sulfide under pressure and at a temperature of about 250° C.... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4806507 | Method of preventing glaze defects A method of preventing glaze defects occurring when using pigments which are provided by inclusion in zirconium silicate (zircon) comprises the incorporation into the glaze composition of an additive which is zirconium oxide, zirconium silicate, arsenic t... | 02/21/1989 |
