...that to encourage use of his new invention, the shopping cart, market owner Sylvan Goldman hired fake shoppers to push the carts around his store in Oklahoma City? Seems his customers were reluctant to give up their hand-carried baskets.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7439279 | Active energy ray curable coating composition and molded product having coating film made of cured product of said composition To provide a coating composition which forms a coating film having excellent fingerprint removability and having favorable abrasion resistance and transparency, and a molded product having a coating film made of a cured product of the composition. An active e... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7439278 | Curable adhesive composition and its use in the optical field The invention concerns a photocurable adhesive composition comprising, based on total weight of photopolymerizable monomers and/or oligomers of the composition: (A1) 20 to 80 wt % of at least one diacrylate monomer or oligomer ther... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7414081 | Colored, radiation-curable composition Radiation-curable compositions, and methods of making the same, for providing a wide variety of substrates with a durable, colored coating or colorant are disclosed. The color is at least in part provided by chromophore molecules that are covalently bonded to other ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7396861 | Radiation curable compositions Radiation curable compositions with a polymeric co-initiator are disclosed comprising a dendritic polymer core with at least one co-initiating functional group as an end group. The dendritic polymeric core is preferably a hyperbranched polymer. Industrial applicatio... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7393881 | Colored radiation curable coating compositions for identifying telecommunications elements and telecommunications elements coated thereby A telecommunication element having a durable color identifying polymeric coating thereon is disclosed. The telecommunication element comprises an elongated communication transmission medium, such as an optical fiber or an optical fiber ribbon, and a radiation cured ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7342053 | Resin composition, adhesive film using the same and multilayer printed circuit board Producing a printed circuit board, by coating a resin composition comprising an aromatic cyanate compound having two or more cyanato groups in a molecule and a radical-polymerizable resin on a circuit substrate, photo-curing the resin composition, and thermally curi... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338986 | UV curable low gloss additives for overprint varnish coating formulations and coatings therefrom The invention relates to UV curable, low gloss overprint varnish coating formulations and cured coatings prepared therefrom. The low gloss overprint varnish formulations contain a Michael addition resin, a polyamide powder and a reactive monomer. ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7273896 | Compositions and methods of using a transient colorant This invention relates generally to compositions and systems for forming biomaterials containing a transient colorant for visualizing tissue or surgical materials coated with such biomaterials, to methods of using such compositions as bioadhesives, for tissue augmen... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7252708 | Fluorescent water-base ink for ink-jet recording A fluorescent water base ink for ink-jet recording contains a first fluorescent dye and a second fluorescent dye. The first fluorescent dye has a first ultraviolet absorption wavelength region in an absorption spectrum and a first fluorescence emission wavelength re... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7238732 | Radiation-curable adhesive compositions A radiation-curable adhesive composition comprising at least one tackifier resin and at least one radiation-curable composition is provided wherein the tackifier resin comprises monomer repeating units from at least one aromatic monomer and at least one acrylate mon... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7232851 | Lithographic energy curable inks An energy curable lithographic ink composition having an asymptotic relative viscosity of about 0.4 to about 1.5 and a water up-take number of at least about 30%. Also disclosed is a method of improving various rheological properties and increasing the water window ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7169829 | Maleimido-bearing compounds resin composition containing the same and cured articles thereof The present invention provides (meth)acrylate compounds bearing a specific maleimide group and resin compositions containing said compounds that can be cured by irradiation of light in a practical dose even when a photoinitiator is not used or used in a smaller amou... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7148266 | Game balls with cover containing post crosslinkable thermoplastic polyurethane and method of making same A game ball having a cover formed from a crosslinkable thermoplastic polyurethane is disclosed. By selective exposure to radiation, the thermoplastic polyurethane cover is crosslinked and its hardness is increased. Typically, increases in hardness values of at least... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7135267 | Aqueous developable photoimageable compositions for use in photo-patterning methods The invention is directed to a photo-imageable composition precursor, the precursor composition comprising: (I) finely divided particles of inorganic material comprising: Functional phase particles sele... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7129288 | Polyurethanes containing sulphide groups, polymeric mixtures based thereon, production and use thereof Novel polyurethanes containing sulfide groups which comprise at least one group of the general formula I in the polymer main chain and/or at least one group of the general formula II incorporated at the chain end: —X—A—S—B—Y— (I) ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7122289 | Mixture which can be thermally hardened and hardened by actinic radiation and use thereof A mixture and method for preparing a composition curable thermally and with actinic radiation comprising a binder free from carbon-carbon double bonds activatable with actinic radiation, at least one blocked or unblocked polyisocyanate having at least one soft, flex... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7115673 | Photosensitive resin composition, porous resin, circuit board, and wireless suspension board The present photosensitive resin composition 2 comprises a polyamic acid resin 4, a photosensitive agent, a dispersible compound 3 dispersible in the polyamic acid resin 4, and a solvent. The porous resin is obtained by removing the solve... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7084185 | Method for the production of cross-linkable acrylate contact adhesive materials Process for preparing crosslinked pressure ensitive adhesives, in which a plyacrylate is prepared by the free radical copolymericzation of a monomer mixture , the polyacrylate is then concentrated and the concentrated polyacrylate is reacted with further monomers ha... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7084186 | Crosslinkable resin compositions Crosslinkable resin compositions that are cured easily by irradiation with active energy beams and particularly cured quickly with ultraviolet ray are provided, which comprises a polymer containing a maleimido group and an ethylenically unsaturated group. The compos... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7045174 | Method and device for insulating electro-technical components The method for hardening electro-insulating materials is characterised by the utilization and/or co-utilization of near-infrared radiation (NIR) having a wavelength of 500 nm to 1400 nm. NIR also enables very fast hardening of the component surface even with pure th... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7045558 | Method of making a high refractive index optical management coating and the coating A radiation curable composition comprises a heterocyclic acrylate or heterocyclic methacrylate. The composition is curable to make an optical management article such as an optical management coating on a substrate. A method of making an optical management article, c... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7030170 | Photosensitive resin composition, dry film, and workpiece using the same A photosensitive resin composition which contains (A) polyamic acid, (B) (meth)acrylate having at least two photopolymerizable C═C unsaturated double bonds, (C) a photopolymerization initiator and (D) a flame retardant, with the (meth)acrylate (B) having at least ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7022748 | Aqueous dispersions, which can be hardened thermally and by using actinic radiation, method for the production thereof and their use Aqueous dispersions curable thermally and with actinic radiation, comprising (I) liquid, and/or highly viscous solid particles dimensionally stable under storage and application conditions, comprising (... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6949591 | Coating material which can be thermally cured and hardened by actinic radiation and use thereof A coating material curable thermally and with actinic radiation, comprising at least one constituent (a1) containing at least two functional groups (a11) which serve for crosslinking with actinic radiation, and if desired at least one functional group (a12) which is... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6943204 | Process for the modification of elastomers with surface interpenetrating polymer networks and elastomers formed therefrom A process for forming a surface modification on a polymer substrate and polymer substrates having such surface modifications. The process comprises the steps of absorbing a swelling monomer into the polymer substrate for a period of time in order to swell the polyme... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6933328 | Composition of crosslinkable prepolymers for biodegradable implants A composition suitable for preparing a biodegradable implant, comprising a crosslinkable multifunctional prepolymer having at least two polymerizable end groups, the said composition having a viscosity such that it is deformable at a temperature of 0° to 60° C. in... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6916855 | Radiation curable compositions The invention relates to a radiation curable composition comprising radiation curable components wherein at least one component of the radiation curable composition contains a functional group which, when attached to an acrylate group has a calculated Boltzmann aver... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6906113 | Surface-active photoinitiators Compounds of formula Ia, Ib and Ic, (Ic), in which R, R1 and R2 are e.g. phenyl, naphthyl, anthracyl, phenanthryl or a heterocyclic radical, are suitable as photoinitiators which accumulate at the surface of coatings. ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6905735 | UV curable paint compositions and method of making and applying same The present invention discloses an ultraviolet light curable paint composition and method for applying and making such a composition to a substrate. Suitable substrates include glass, metals, and various plastics such as polycarbonates. The disclosed composition doe... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6887946 | (Meth) acryloyl group-containing compound and method for producing the same It is an object of the present invention to provide a compound having a (meth)acryloyl group that is suitably used in various applications, a process for producing such compound simply and under mild conditions, and an useful photo-curable composition and aqueous ph... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6878781 | Poly(arylene ether)-containing thermoset composition in powder form, method for the preparation thereof, and articles derived therefrom A curable resin composition including a poly(arylene ether), an allylic monomer, and an acryloyl monomer may be formulated as a powder. The resin composition exhibits improved toughness, and it is useful in thermoset processing applications where use of powdered res... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6861456 | Photosensitive compound, photosensitive resin, and photosensitive composition The present invention provides a novel photosensitive compound having an azido group suitable for exposure to light of a short wavelength; a photosensitive resin containing the photosensitive compound; and a photosensitive composition containing the photosensitive c... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6852771 | Dual radiation/thermal cured coating composition Coating composition comprising (a1) radiation curable component that polymerizes upon exposure to actinic radiation comprising at least two functional groups comprising at least one bond that is activatable upon exposure to actinic radiation, optionally, at l... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6835759 | Dual cure coating composition and processes for using the same The coating composition comprises a radiation curable component (a1), a thermally curable binder component (a2), a thermally curable crosslinking component (a3), and optionally, one or more reactive diluents (a4). Radiation curable component (a1) is polymerizable up... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6833425 | Filler for plastic formulations based on polyurethane The invention relates to fillers for plastics formulations based on polyurethane and the use thereof. ... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6825243 | Active energy ray-curable urethane (meth)acrylate and active energy ray-curable composition, and uses thereof Provided are an active energy ray-curable urethane (meth)acrylate and an active energy ray-curable composition for paints and coating agents having abrasion resistance and lubricity, and uses thereof. The curable urethane (meth)acrylate has a long chain alkyl group ... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6803393 | Multicomponent system that can be cured thermally or by actinic radiation, method for producing the same and the use thereof Multicomponent system curable thermally and with actinic radiation, comprising A) an isocyanate-reactive binder comprising A1) at least one unsaturated polyester whose molecule contains on average at least one group that can be activated with actinic radiation, of t... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6797102 | Co-mingled polyurethane-polyvinyl ester polymer compositions and a process for forming the same A co-mingled polyurethane-polyvinyl ester composition can be used as a coating, which has good scratch, mar and solvent resistance. The coating is derived from a waterborne polyurethane solution containing free radically polymerizable monomers such as acrylate, ultr... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6787582 | Game balls with cover containing post crosslinkable thermoplastic polyurethane and method of making same A game ball having a cover formed from a crosslinkable thermoplastic polyurethane is disclosed. Various types of game balls are described, including golf balls and softballs. By selective exposure to radiation, the thermoplastic polyurethane cover is crosslinked and... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6706414 | Liquid uncrosslinked Michael addition oligomers prepared in the presence of a catalyst having both an epoxy moiety and a quaternary salt The uncrosslinked liquid oligomeric compositions of this invention are made by the Michael addition reaction of acetoacetate-functional donor compounds with multifunctional acrylate acceptor compounds where the equivalent ratios of multifunctional acrylate to acetoa... | 03/16/2004 |