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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7829155 | Nanothin polymer coatings containing thiol and methods of use thereof The present invention provides a new monomer and methods of using the monomer to fabricate robust polymer surface coatings with controlled thicknesses between 1 and 5 nanometers. The coatings are composed of a new material containing polymerized monomers of 4-vinylb... | 11/09/2010 |
| 6991832 | Method of producing a fusible interfacing with dots of hot-melt polymer, and hot-melt polymer designed especially for carrying out said method In order to produce a fusible interfacing, dots of a hot-melt polymer are deposited on the right side of an interfacing support selected from textile and nonwoven supports and the wrong side of the interfacing support undergoes electron bombardment. The dots of hot-... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6903161 | Low-acid ethylene copolymers for improving the adhesion of LDPE to aluminum foil in extrusion coating This invention relates to a low-density polyethylene composition useful for coating polar substrates. This invention particularly relates to a low-density polyethylene composition useful for coating metal foils, wherein the composition comprises an ethylene/(meth)ac... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6627267 | Plasma enhanced chemical deposition with low vapor pressure compounds A method for plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition of low vapor pressure monomeric materials. The method includes making an evaporate by receiving a plurality of monomeric particles of the low vapor pressure monomeric materials as a spray into a flash... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6544600 | Plasma enhanced chemical deposition of conjugated polymer A method for making conjugated polymers. The method includes flash evaporating a conjugated material forming an evaporate, passing the evaporate to a glow discharge electrode creating a glow discharge conjugated material plasma from the evaporate, and cry... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6509065 | Plasma enhanced chemical deposition of conjugated polymer The method of the present invention has the steps of (a) flash evaporating a conjugated material in an evaporate outlet forming an evaporate; (b) passing the evaporate to a glow discharge electrode creating a glow discharge conjugated monomer plasma from ... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6495224 | Functionally enhanced protective shrink-wrap coverings and methods for their manufacture and use Functionally enhanced shrink-wrap materials having protective coatings composed of mixtures of a water-compatibilized, modified polyolefin resins (Component A) and a mixture of a water-compatibilized acrylic resin (Component B) and a water-compatibilized ... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6387379 | Biofunctional surface modified ocular implants, surgical instruments, medical devices, prostheses, contact lenses and the like A method for modifying the surface of a material adapted for contact with tissue of a human or non-human animal to impart biofunctional, bioactive or biomimetic properties to the surface comprising: (a) exposing the surface to a solution comprising (1) an ethy... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6207239 | Plasma enhanced chemical deposition of conjugated polymer The method of the present invention has the steps of (a) flash evaporating a conjugated material in an evaporate outlet forming an evaporate; (b) passing the evaporate to a glow discharge electrode creating a glow discharge conjugated monomer plasma from ... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6187070 | Enhanced radiation cure Production of a finished fabric backing for use in the production of a coated abrasive is performed using a dual cure system comprising a radiation curable binder and a thermal initiator in which polymerization is initiated by the use of radiation until t... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6093257 | Method for cleaning a substrate with a composition comprising radiation curable groups A method of cleaning a substrate by covering the substrate with a composition in a sufficient amount to clean the substrate. The composition includes a substantial amount of at least one low viscosity organic compound which includes a radiation curable gr... | 07/25/2000 |
| 5994110 | Methods for direct synthesis of compounds having complementary structure to a desired molecular entity and use thereof Compounds which possess a complementary structure to a desired molecule, such as a biomolecule, in particular polymeric or oligomeric compounds, which are useful as in vivo or in vitro diagnostic and therapeutic agents are provided. Also, various methods ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5879758 | Method of manufacture of coated fiber material such as a fly line An improved method for manufacture of coated fiber material, for example a composite fly fishing line, is disclosed. The method includes coating fiber of a first material with a hot melt adhesive material. For fly lines, indices of refraction of the mater... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5759637 | Water-Soluable electrically conducting polymers, their synthesis and use Disclosed is a novel composition of matter comprising a polyacid and a polymer containing repeating units which contain one or more basic atoms. The complex is water-soluble and electrically conductive. The complex is useful in providing organic discharge... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5728431 | Process for forming self-assembled polymer layers on a metal surface A new process is provided for the formation of self assembled polymer layers on a pretreated metallic substrate. The polymers used for forming such self assembled layers are homo, co and terpolymers of styrene and styrenic derivatives containing reactive ... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5459174 | Radiation curable isoolefin copolymers A radiation curable functionalized polymer is disclosed. The functionalized polymer is a copolymer of an isoolefin of 4 to 7 carbon atoms and para-alkylstyrene, wherein the para-alkylstyrene is functionalized with an acrylate or a mixture of acrylates and... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5441775 | Radiation-curable, aqueous dispersion Aqueous dispersions contain A) from 20 to 90% by weight of a dispersed polymer having a glass transition temperature above 30° C. and B) from 10 to 80% by weight of a tri-, tetra-, penta-or hexa(meth)acrylate of an alkoxylated, trivalent to hexavalent alcohol... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5376400 | Combined plasma and gamma radiation polymerization method for modifying surfaces A method for modifying the surface of a material by: a. exposing the surface to a glow discharge plasma to activate the surface; b. exposing the surface to an ethylenically unsaturated monomer or mixture of monomers; and c. irradiating the activated surface with ga... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5130160 | Ocular implants and methods for their manufacture A method for modifying an ocular implant polymer surface by the gamma-irradiation or electron beam irradiation induced polymerization thereon of N-vinylpyrrolidone, 2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate or a mixture thereof while maintaining the following conditions... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5100689 | Surface modified surgical instruments, devices, implants, contact lenses and the like Improved medical devices and instruments prepared by an improved method of producing hydrophilic, gamma-irradiation or electron beam-irradiation induced polymerized and chemically grafted coatings or plastic surfaces of articles adapted for contacting liv... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5094876 | Surface modified surgical instruments, devices, implants, contact lenses and the like An improved method for modifying the plastic surfaces of articles adapted for contacting living tissue by the gamma or electron beam irradiation induced chemical graft coating thereon of a monomer comprising N-vinylpyrrolidone, 2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate ... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5037702 | Erasably, markable articles and methods of making such articles An erasably markable article formed of a coated substrate that is markable with dry wipe inks without causing permanent discernible distortion of the substrate. The surface after marking is substantially fully erasable. The surface is provided by a smooth... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5024898 | Erasably markable articles and methods of making such articles An erasably markable luminescent article formed of a coated substrate that is markable with dry wipe inks without causing permanent discernible distortion of the substrate. The surface after marking is substantially fully erasable. The surface is provided... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5006364 | Solid imaging method utilizing compositions comprising thermally coalescible materials A solid imaging method utilizing photoformable compositions comprising thermally coalescible materials for producing multilayer models and prototypes having improved structural properties and resolution.... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4976989 | Method for preparing a magnetic recording medium A method for preparing a magnetic recording medium comprises the steps of coating, on a non-magnetic support, a magnetic layer mainly containing ferromagnetic particles and a binder polymerizable by radiation exposure, conducting a calendering treatment, ... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4946729 | Resin composition and magnetic recording medium employing the composition A back coating resin composition for a magnetic recording medium comprising: (A) a plastic compound having a molecular weight of from 5,000 to 100,000 and containing at least two radiation-curable unsaturated double bonds; (B) a rubber-like compound having a m... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4916021 | Radiation cured binders internetworked with soft materials A novel resinous binder composition is disclosed for a magnetic recording tape. Magnetic particles are dispersed within a resinous matrix having both a hard and soft component. The hard component is fabricated by exposing a resin capable of being cured by... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4892605 | Process for producing a furniture laminate sheet or web A multi-layer laminate web for furniture formed of a polyolefin web containing a mixture or blend of specific proportions by weight of a propylene homopolymer or copolymer and specific proportions by weight of a low pressure polyethylene, polyvinylalcohol... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4874670 | Tire having cured photopolymer air barrier coating A tire has on its inner surface an elastomeric air barrier coating, which is formed by photocuring a compositioin comprising: (a) an end capped prepolymer (MW 2500-10,000) formed by reacting a polyester diol (MW750-1500) with a diisocyanate, and reacting ... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4865743 | Method for production of solution-diffusion membranes and their application for pervaporation For producing solution/diffusion membranes, homogeneous dense films prepared by melt extrusion or casting from synthetic polymers, having a melting temperature above 140° C., a glass transition temperature above 0° C. and long time stability against boi... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4801495 | Decorative panel with improved surface characteristics The decorative panel having an underlay or core layer and a decorative layer on one or both sides of the core. At least one of the two surfaces of at least the outermost layer of the panel comprises a synthetic resin of one or more radiation-polymerized c... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4780362 | Bituminous roofing strip A roofing strip with a very wide range of plasticity and based on elastomer-modified bitumen is prepared by covering a support with a bitumen/rubber mixture in the ratio of 17/3-19/1 and irradiating the strip at a rate between 6 and 16×104 Gy.... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4698295 | Polyimides, a process for their preparation and their use, and tetracarboxylic acids and tetracarboxylic acid derivatives Polyimides which essentially consist of 0.1 to 100 mol % of at least one structural element of the formula I ##STR1## and 99.9 to 0 mol % of at least one structural element of the fomula II and/or III ##STR2## in which and Z' are a tetraval... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4698121 | Methods for the preparation of oriented thin large-area single crystals of diacetylenes and polydiacetylenes Methods for preparing thin large-area single crystals of diacetylenes and polydiacetylenes having surface dimensions greater than or equal to about 0.1 mm on all sides and a uniform thickness less than or equal to about 100 microns. The methods involve fo... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4690870 | Magnetic recording medium A magnetic recording medium comprising a non-magnetic support having thereon an electron-beam radiation-cured magnetic recording layer, said magnetic layer comprising a ferromagnetic oxide and a binder comprising (1) a resin selected from the group consisting ... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4684434 | Method for the preparation of thin large-area single crystals of diacetylenes and polydiacetylenes A method for preparing thin large-area single crystals of diacetylene monomer represented by the formula: wherein R and R' are side groups selected such that the diacetylene monomer is polymerizable by a 1,4-addition solid state reaction upon exposure to ... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4675234 | Radiation cured coating and process therefor An article having a radiation cured coating is formed by: (a) applying to a substrate a first layer of pigmented or unpigmented radiation curable material containing glitter particles such as metallic particles or synthetic glitter particles; (b) applying a se... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4672002 | Magnetic recording medium A magnetic recording medium comprising a support having coated thereon a magnetic layer is disclosed. The magnetic layer contains, as a binder, a composition cured with electron beam comprising (a) at least one of vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate type resins ... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4671998 | Magnetic recording medium A magnetic recording medium having an improved durability is disclosed, which comprises a support having provided thereon a magnetic layer containing ferromagnetic particles and a binder, that is exposed to radiation, wherein the binder comprises a compou... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4664734 | Process for producing a magnetic recording medium A process for producing a magnetic recording medium is disclosed. The process comprises coating a magnetic coating composition comprising a ferromagnetic powder, a binder, and an organic solvent on either a non-magnetic support or a roller or band having ... | 05/12/1987 |
