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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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7098257 | Coating materials that can be cured thermally and by actinic radiation, and the use thereof Coating materials curable thermally and with actinic radiation, comprising (A) binder selected from the group consisting of random, alternating and block, linear, branched and comb polyaddition resins, polycondensation resins, and ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7049351 | Moldings and preparation and uses thereof An ophthalmic lens made from a crosslinkable polymer containing H-active groups bonded to the oligomer or polymer backbone, some or all of whose hydrogen atoms have been substituted by radicals of a N-hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylamide. The lens transmits at least 70% of... | 05/23/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7026370 | Water compatible energy curable compositions containing malemide derivatives A method for controlling the cure rate of a water compatible non emulsion, non dispersing, actinic radiation curable composition containing a maleimide derivative ... | 04/11/2006 |
| RE39000 | Method of modifying the surface of a solid polymer substrate and the product obtained A method of modifying the surface of a solid polymer substrate comprising the steps of a) generating radicals on the substrate surface by subjecting it to a gas plasma or by subjecting it to UV light, and b) treating the surface with a vapor of a monomer or a monome... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6927274 | Resin compositions, processes for preparing the resin compositions and processes for forming resin films Polyimide precursors contained in resin compositions of the present invention have a polymer structure unit represented by formula (1) below: wherein chemical structure A2 includes an alicyclic compound but ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6664307 | Low-shrinkage epoxy resin formulation Low-shrinkage positioning formulations include, in addition to the resin-forming composition, a filler comprised of fibrous and spherical elements, usually of glass, present in a defined ratio and amount. The resin formulation may desirably comprise epoxy... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6620857 | Process for curing a polymerizable composition By means of a curing process combining thermal and UV curing it is possible, using compositions comprising (A) a coating system based on a polyacrylate polyol or polyester polyol with melamine, or a polyacrylate polyol and/or polyester polyol with a block... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6596818 | Irradiation conversion of thermoplastic to thermoset polymers Disclosed is a radiation-crosslinkable thermoplastic polymer composition, a process for the preparation thereof, an angioplasty balloon made using such a composition, and a method of using the angioplasty balloon. The composition contains a reactive monom... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6518327 | Irradiation process for making olefin graft copolymers with low weight side chains Graft copolymers are prepared, in a non-oxidizing atmosphere, by (1) irradiating a particulate olefin polymer material with high energy ionizing radiation, (2) treating the irradiated olefin polymer material with at least one grafting monomer that is capa... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6476092 | Photopolymerizable composition containing a polymerizable acrylic compound with hetero-substituted methyl or halo-substituted methyl at the alpha position A photopolymerizable composition which is capable of successfully ensuring both high sensitivity and excellent storage stability is provided as a radical photopolymerization-system composition which is highest in the sensitivity and very promising out of ... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6472451 | Radiation curable adhesive for digital versatile disc A UV-curable acrylate base adhesive composition for digital versatile discs and other substrates, a method for bonding verstile digital disc layers together with a UV-curable adhesive, and a digital versatile disc bonded by a UV-curable or a radiation cur... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6426034 | Radiation curable coating for thermoplastic substrates A liquid, radiation-curable coating suitable for coating thermoplastic substrates is described. The coating composition can be formulated to achieve very low gloss at both high and low angles of incidence, and is suitable for application to moldable therm... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6410611 | Active energy ray curable composition comprised of a maleimide derivative and a method for curing the said curable composition Objects of the present invention are the provision of an active energy ray curable composition which can be cured in the absence of a photoinitiator, and which can also be cured at practical light intensities and irradiating energy, and a method for curin... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6306923 | Ultraviolet or visible light polymerizable and/or crosslinkable maleimide-functional coating compositions These compositions comprise at least one compound (A) and at least one compound (B) containing electron enriched or depleted olefinic double bonds, respectively. The compound(s) (A) are prepolymers consisting in the reaction products of at least one malei... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6294593 | Method and crosslinkable polymers for forming crosslinked second order nonlinear optical polymers Crosslinkable polymers which can exhibit second order nonlinear optical properties and methods of forming and crosslinking such polymers are disclosed. The crosslinkable polymers are combined with a crosslinking agent. Optionally, the crosslinking agent c... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6291543 | Surfacially cross-linked elastoplastic articles, and method of making the same A surfacially ultraviolet radiation-crosslinked article formed of a homogeneous composition including an elastoplastic material, a cross-linker component that is cross-linkable by free-radical polymerization, and a free-radical source material generating ... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6194480 | Pigment composition and colored photosensitive composition A colored photosensitive composition is composed of a pigment composition, a binder polymer having an acidic group, a multi-functional monomer having at least two ethylenic unsaturated double bonds, and a photopolymerization initiator. The pigment composi... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6184263 | Blends containing photosensitive high performance aromatic ether curable polymers A composition which comprises a mixture of (A) a first component comprising a polymer, at least some of the monomer repeat units of which have at least one photosensitivity-imparting group thereon, said polymer having a first degree of photosensitivity-im... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6165563 | Radiation curable free radically polymerized star-branched polymers This invention relates to star-branched polymers containing pendent olefinic groups which have been crosslinked using actinic radiation and the use of these polymers in adhesives and coating applications.... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6126776 | Method of modifying the surface of a solid polymer substrate and the product obtained A method of modifying the surface of a solid polymer substrate comprising the steps of a) generating radicals on the substrate surface by subjecting it to a gas plasma or by subjecting it to UV light, and b) treating the surface with a vapor of a monomer ... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6087412 | Polymers based on block copolymers The invention relates to crosslinked polymers, which are polymerisation products of a polymerisable mixture that comprises the following components: a) a macromer of formula C ##STR1## wherein Macro is an m-valent radical of a macromer from which th... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5914354 | Radiation-sensitive resin composition A photosensitive resin composition comprising; (A) a polyimide precursor containing an acrylic or methacrylic group; (B) a tertiary amine compound represented by the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R6 is a monovalent organic group having 3 or less... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5900444 | Irradiation conversion of thermoplastic to thermoset polyurethane Disclosed is a radiation-crosslinkable thermoplastic polyurethane composition comprising (a) the reaction product of: (i) an aliphatic polyisocyanate, and (ii) a polyahl, and (b) a reactive monomer cross-linker. The reactive monomer cross-linker facilitat... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5883150 | Compositions of a copolymer including a sulfone polymer A polysulfone composition is formed from a solution of a polysulfone and a free radical polymerizable monomer exposed to ultraviolet light to form a blend of the polysulfone and copolymers of activated polysulfone and polymerized monomer having polymer se... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5856065 | Negative working photoresist composition based on polyimide primers Negative working photoresist compositions containing: a) a polyimide primer containing recurring structural units of formula (I) in the specification as well as b) a photoinitiator for polymerizing olefin double bonds, which are characterized by in that they c... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5612391 | Functionalized photoinitiators, macromers thereof, and the use thereof for contact lens Contact lenses formed from compounds of formula I: ##STR1## are disclosed. The compounds are photoinitiators which can be functionalized by means of ethylenic groups or can be bonded to H-active substances, in order, for example, to modify surfaces b... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5512606 | Photo-crosslinkable polyamide materials Photo-crosslinkable materials comprising a linear polyamide and a 2-substituted anthraquinone as photo-crosslinking agent, the 2-substituted anthraquinone preferably being 2-acrylamidooanthraquinone, 2-acryloxyanthraquinone or 2-benzoylaminoanthraquinone.... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5451453 | Supports having azlactone-functional surfaces, adduct supports, and methods of preparing both Supports having azlactone-functional surfaces, adduct supports prepared from such azlactone-functional supports, and methods of preparing both are disclosed. Azlactone functionality is introduced to surfaces of a pre-existing support in a manner which ret... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5446074 | Photosensitive polyimide precursors New photosensitive polyamic acid precursors are disclosed which have the formula: ##STR1## where Z is a tetravalent organic radical which contains at least one aromatic ring, Z' is a divalent organic radical which contains at least one aromatic ... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5352712 | Ultraviolet radiation-curable coatings for optical fibers Ultraviolet radiation-curable primary and secondary coating compositions for optical fibers are disclosed. The primary coatings comprise a hydrocarbon polyol-based reactively terminated aliphatic urethane oligomer; a hydrocarbon monomer terminated with at... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5344701 | Porous supports having azlactone-functional surfaces Supports having azlactone-functional surfaces, adduct supports prepared from such azlactone-functional supports, and methods of preparing both are disclosed. Azlactone functionality is introduced to surfaces of a pre-existing support in a manner which ret... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5326792 | Polyimide photosensitive cover coating agent A photosensitive cover coating agent forming an insulating, protective coating having superior compatibility, sensitivity, heat resistance, adhesion, electrical properties and flexibility is provided, which coating agent is obtained by mixing a polymer (A) of ... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5286829 | Biocompatible polymer material and a process for producing same A biocompatible material which is the product of graft-copolymerization of a water-soluble vinyl and/or an acrylate monomer with a sorption complex of polysilicic acid and collagen that has been rid of pigments, glycoproteins and proteoglycans, or a produ... | 02/15/1994 |