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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7419715 | Light diffusing films A light diffusing resin film is formed by curing a light-curable liquid resin composition whose indispensable components are a photo-polymerizable monomer (A), an organic compound (B) that is incompatible with the photo-polymerizable monomer (A), a cosolvent (C) tha... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7235591 | Uv-curable coating composition and coated articles The present invention relates to an ultraviolet-curable coating composition comprising: (A) an ultraviolet curable four or more functional groups-containing polyfunctional (meth)acrylate having four or more (meth)acryloyl groups in the molecule and a nu... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7214724 | Method for cross-linking a foamable plastic A plastic is converted from an initial condition with a higher density into a foamed condition with a lower density using a blowing agent, wherein the plastic is cross-linked prior to foaming by means of a first cross-linking agent and during the foaming by means of... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7186772 | Coating composition for forming self-layering or self-coating lacquer systems Self-coating or self-layering lacquer systems from at least two different resins, oligomers, or polymers, which are emulsifiable or dispersible in water, have different surface tensions, and form self-layering phases. After the application, the phases separate into ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7037953 | Radiation curable aqueous compositions A method for producing a solvent resistant, low-extractable, film from an actinic radiation curable homogenous aqueous composition containing a water soluble compound, having at least one alpha, beta-ethylenically unsaturated radiation polymerizable double bond, and... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6906116 | Unsaturated polyester compounds, resins curable with actinic energy ray, processes for the production thereof, and curable compositions An unsaturated polyester compound having an ethylenically unsatureated group in its terminal and hydroxymethyl group in its side chain is obtained by the reaction of (a) a compound containing at least two oxetane rings in its molecule with (b) a compound containing ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6893784 | Carboxyl group-containing photosensitive resin, alkali-developable, photocurable and thermosetting composition containing the same, and cured products thereof A carboxyl group-containing photosensitive resin is obtained by reacting an unsaturated group-containing monocarboxylic acid (d) with a reaction product (c) of a phenolic novolak resin (a) and an alkylene oxide (b) and further reacting a polybasic acid anhydride (f)... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6803392 | Photoinitiator formulations Aqueous storage-stable, non-sedimenting photoinitiator suspensions comprising (a) a mono- or bis-acylphosphine oxide of formula (I), wherein R1 is C1-C20alkyl; C2-C20alkyl interrupted by one or more O atoms; C | 10/12/2004 |
| 6756420 | Coating composition and a process to form a coating film with use thereof This invention provides a high-solids coating composition which comprises (A) a compound which has at least one radically polymerizable unsaturated group per molecule, (B) a hydroxyl group-containing ester compound which is obtained by ester-forming addition reactio... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6734222 | Adhesives containing polyvinyl alkyl ethers The invention relates to a mixture, containing A) a polymer, which consists to an extent of at least 40 wt % of C1-C18 alkyl (meth)acrylates (referred to herein as polyacrylates) and B) a homopolymer or copolymer of vinyl alkyl et... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6548565 | Non-aqueous coating composition based on an oxidatively drying alkyd resin and a photo-initiator A non-aqueous coating composition based on an oxidatively drying alkyd resin and a photo-initiator. An acid or latent acid and one or more compounds of the group of vinyl ethers, acetals, and alkoxysilanes which are reactive in the presence of an acid are... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6469071 | Radiation curable acrylate-terminated polymers having polycarbonate repeating units Polyester based polycarbonate (meth)acrylates prepared by the reaction of a alkylene or arylene diol polycarbonate with an anhydride or its dicarboxylic acid to form a carboxyl terminated diester, reacting the diester with a diglycidyl ether and an acryli... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6316516 | Coating composition for optical fibers The present invention relates to a composition for coating optical fibers which contains an oligomer capable of being polymerized, a monomer suitable to control the viscosity of the composition, and an adhesion promoter which includes a compound containin... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6316518 | Methods of treating polymeric materials, methods of forming nylon, and apparatuses The invention includes a method of increasing polymerization within a condensation polymer. A substantially dry condensation polymer material is provided. The material is exposed to radiation having a frequency less than microwave frequency for a time of ... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6265461 | High-solids, radiation-curable water-soluble combinations of polyester resins Radiation curable polyester composition AB, capable of forming solutions or dispersions in water of high solid content which can be produced by mixing or pre-condensing a water soluble, radiation-curable emulsifying resin A which contains ester and acid g... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6136882 | Non-hazing UV curable powder coatings containing crystalline resins This invention provides a UV curable powder coating composition comprising a particulate blend of a non-crystalline unsaturated polyester base resin, a crystalline unsaturated crosslinker resin co-polymerizable with the base resin, and a photoinitiator, t... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6133337 | Use of reactive prepolymeric organic compounds The invention relates to the use of reactive prepolymeric organic compounds, containing structural units having at least one readily abstractable hydrogen with a bond energy of not more than 397 kJ/-mol and having at least one ethylenic double bond, for c... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6069187 | Radiation curable coating compositions A coating composition which comprises (A) an actinic radiation curable resin, which is the ring-opening addition reaction product of (a) a polyester resin having hydroxyl functionality and (b) a compound having both a cyclic ether group and a (meth)acrylo... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6011080 | Non-hazing UV curable powder coatings containing crystalline resins This invention provides a UV curable powder coating composition comprising a particulate blend of a non-crystalline unsaturated polyester base resin, a crystalline unsaturated crosslinker resin co-polymerizable with the base resin, and a photoinitiator, t... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5922473 | Dual thermal and ultraviolet curable powder coatings Opaquely pigmented or thick filmed powder coatings for heat sensitive substrates, such as wood, wood composites, for example, medium density fiber board, and plastics, that can be fully cured, especially near the substrate, through the incorporation of a ... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5902646 | Coating medium, a method of producing multi-layer coatings and the use of the coating medium This invention relates to coating media based on one or more styrene-free, unsaturated polyester resins, which contain A) one or more unsaturated polyesters obtainable by the reaction of a) 0.5 to 1.0 mole of at least one alpha,beta-ethylenically unsaturated d... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5880170 | Photopolymerizable composition and transparent cured product thereof A photopolymerizable composition comprising: (I) a photopolymerizable oligomer represented by the following formula (1), ##STR1## and/or by the following formula (2), ##STR2## wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R2 ... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5741829 | Radiation-curable acrylates with built-in photoinitiators Radiation-curable (meth)acrylates obtainable by reacting compounds of the formula ##STR1## in which R is C1 -C4 -alkyl, aryl or R1 and R1 is ##STR2## in which R2 to R6 independent... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5736589 | Absorbable polyalkylene diglycolates Absorbable polymers and blends of acrylated poly(alkylene diglycolate)s and aliphatic polyesters based on lactone monomers such as lactide, glycolide, e-caprolactone, p-dioxanone, and trimethylene carbonate are described. The polymers and blends exhibit a... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5721076 | Color filters and materials and resins therefor This invention relates to alkali-developable photosensitive or thermosetting resin compositions obtained by mixing (A) polymerizable unsaturated compounds having main structural units represented by the following general formulas (1) and (2) ##STR1##... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5696178 | Absorbable polyalkylene diglycolates Absorbable polymers and blends of acrylated poly(alkylene diglycolate)s and aliphatic polyesters based on lactone monomers such as lactide, glycolide, e-caprolactone, p-dioxanone, and trimethylene carbonate are described. The polymers and blends exhibit a... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5639560 | Powder composition of crystalline polyesters containing end methacrylyl groups A radiation-curable powder composition for use as varnish or paint which comprises at least one crystalline polyester containing end methacrylyl groups comprising the reaction products of glycidyl methacrylate and of a crystalline polyester containing end... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5416126 | Composition which is cured by exposure to ultraviolet light in the absence of solvent A composition which is cured upon exposure to ultraviolet light in the absence of solvent is disclosed. The liquid composition is prepared by combining a liquid maleate polyester and at least one of a vinyl compound and an allyl functional compound. A pho... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5364691 | Alk-1-enyloxy carbonates This invention relates to radiation curable alk-1-enyloxy carbonate reaction products of a hydroxylated compound having the formula A-ROH and a dialk-1-enyloxy carbonate having the formula ##STR1## wherein R is a polymeric radical selected from the g... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5128385 | Photocrosslinkable thermoplastic urethane coating system The invention is directed to a coating system which is adaptable to being crosslinked subsequent to being embossed. The system comprises a linear polyurethane that contains sites of unsaturation only in its polymeric backbone and a photoinitiator. The pol... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5102702 | Binder mixtures crosslinkable by radiation Binder mixtures crosslinkable by radiation comprising as component A a product obtained by reaction of an epoxy compound with more than one epoxide group per molecule with at least one carboxylic acid in a molar ratio of epoxide groups to carboxyl groups ... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5096799 | Photopolymerizable composition A photopolymerizable composition capable of being developed with an aqueous alkali solution, comprising (1) a carboxyl group-containing polymer binder, (2) a photopolymerization initiator system containing a lophine dimer, and (3) a carboxy group-containing compoun... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5002976 | Radiation curable acrylate polyesters Acrylate polyesters are made by the reaction of a diol, a dibasic acid anhydride and glycidyl acrylate. When formulated into radiation curable compositions, the compositions can be used as coating, inks, and adhesives which cure at high rates when exposed... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4920182 | Epoxy resin compositions containing polyester flexibilizer and metallocene complex initiator Compositions are described containing (A) an epoxy resin having on average at least two 1,2-epoxy groups per molecule or a mixture of these epoxy resins, (B) a compound of the formula I or a mixture of these compounds ##STR1## in which a and b independent... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4857434 | Radiation curable liquid (meth) acrylated polymeric hydrocarbon maleate prepolymers and formulations containing same This invention is directed to a thermal or radiation curable prepolymer, formulations containing same and processes of using same, said prepolymer comprising a liquid meth(acrylate) terminated polymeric hydrocarbon maleate having pendant maleate groups. S... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4845265 | Polyfunctional vinyl ether terminated ester oligomers There are described vinyl ether terminated ester oligomers which cure or polymerize particularly rapidly, especially by cationic polymerization which is radiation induced in the presence of an onium salt. The oligomeric units arise from the reaction of a ... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4837126 | Polymer composition for photoresist application The novel polymers disclosed have the formula: ##STR1## wherein R1 is R5 --(z)p ; R5 is a terminal reactive group --O--; z is --isocyanate--O--; p is zero or 1, however p is zero when m is zero; P 1 | 06/06/1989 |
| 4788108 | Ultraviolet light curable compositions based on iminated unsaturated polyesters for application to porous substrates Disclosed is a curable filler composition which resists absorption into a porous substrate, particularly one derived from wood, comprising: (1) a liquid, ungelled binder of an unsaturated polyester resin having number average molecular weight of from 500 ... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4778831 | Sealing compounds, the preparation thereof, and use of same The invention relates to a sealing compound which contains unsaturated polyester resins, crosslinking agents, light initiators, and elasticity-modifying agents as well as, optionally, adjuvants, pigments, and/or dyes. The invention also relates to a metho... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4775597 | Ultraviolet light curable compositions for application to porous substrates based on unsaturated polyesters reacted with amino alcohols Disclosed is a curable filler composition which resists absorption into a porous substrate, particularly one derived from wood, comprising: (1) a liquid, ungelled binder of an unsaturated polyester resin having number average molecular weight of from 500 ... | 10/04/1988 |