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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7732506 | Radiation-curable compositions for improved weather resistance Disclosed are radiation-curable compositions comprising at least one ortho-phthalate (meth)acrylate, and optionally a (meth)acrylate monomer, a stabilizing package, an adhesion promoter, and/or a photoinitiator. The compositions maintain physical integrity when cure... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7436115 | Electroluminescent device The present invention discloses a method for fabricating an electroluminescent lamp that includes a step in which an electroluminescent active layer is formed by curing a UV curable electroluminescent composition. Embodiments of the method of the present invention i... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7407707 | Radiation-curable coatings for metal substrates from multifunctional acrylate oligomers The invention detailed herein comprises a family of radiation-curable coating formulations specifically for metal substrates. These coating formulations are based on multifunctional acrylate resins formed by the reaction of acrylate monomers and oligomers with ΓΏ-ke... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7348128 | Photosensitive resin based on saponified polyvinyl acetate photosensitive resin composition, method of forming aqueous gel from the same, and compound A photosensitive resin which exhibits excellent storage stability, affinity, miscibility, or solubility with respect to a variety of compounds, and high sensitivity can be solidified even under hydrous conditions as well as exhibiting high cure-related sensitivity a... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7262230 | Process of preparing crosslinked, low loss polymers with tunable refractive indices A process that includes (a) providing a mixture including i) a halocatechol diacrylate, a haloresorcinol diacrylate, or a halohydroquinone diacrylate component, ii) a charge transporting component having a radical polymerizable group, and iii) a radical initiator an... | 08/28/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7220787 | Photoreactive hot-melt adhesive composition It is an object to provide a photoreactive hot-melt adhesive composition which exhibits high adhesive strength immediately after combination of adherends and excellent bond strength after completion of curing and provides a highly durable bonded laminate. A p... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7217744 | Polymeric networks The present invention relates to polymeric networks, which are characterised by particular mechanical properties and which, furthermore, allow the control of thermal and mechanical properties by simple variation of the components. ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7160961 | Melt coating method using a polyester resin composition The invention relates to cast resins containing A) at least one solid unsaturated polyester and B) at least one oligomer and/or polymer cross-linking agent that can be copolymerised therewith, said cross-linking agent having at least one terminal and/or lateral prop... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7129281 | One-bottle dental bonding composition The present invention provides a one-bottle dental bonding composition that provides a bonding layer excellent in bonding strength, independent of the skill of the practitioners, and, more preferably, that releases fluoride ion gradually into oral cavity over an ext... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7041708 | Ultraviolet-curable polyurethane compositions Ultraviolet (UV)-curable polyurethane compositions are provided which are made by reacting an isocyanate with an ultraviolet (UV)-curable polyol that is made by co-polymerizing an alkylene oxide, an unsaturated carboxylic acid or anhydride and a hydroxy functional c... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7034063 | Multi-component system containing solvents, hardenable by thermal and actinic radiation and the use thereof A solvent-containing multicomponent system curable thermally and with actinic radiation (dual cure) and comprising (A) at least one component comprising (A1) at least one constituent containing at least 1.8 meq/g of isocyanate-react... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7025954 | Materials for reshaping of essentially rigid keratinaceous surfaces In the disclosed method for the reshaping (adornment, repair, covering, prosthetic extension, etc.) of essentially rigid, keratinaceous surfaces such as nail plates with a free radical-polymerizable acrylic ester, the free radical initiator contains an encapsulated ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6995194 | Radiation curable powder coating compositions A radiation curable powder coating composition is disclosed, which comprises a blend of (meth)acryloyl group containing polyphenoxy resin, a (meth)acryloyl group containing resin other than the polyphenoxy resin and other than a (meth)acryloyl group containing amorp... | 02/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6903145 | Method for producing a multicomponent system which can be thermally hardened and hardened by actinic radiation and the use thereof A process for preparing a multicomponent system curable thermally and with actinic radiation (dual cure), where (A) at least one component comprising at least one constituent (A1) containing per molecule at least two isocyanate-reactive functional group... | 06/07/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6855746 | Process for the production of molded particles for enzyme- or microbial cell-immobilization This invention provides a process for the production of molded particles for enzyme- or microbial cell-immobilization which is characterized in that: an aqueous liquid composition which comprises: (A) an unsaturated group-containing ureth... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6855747 | Method of producing ion sensitive film for ion sensor There is disclosed a method of easily producing a long-lived ion sensitive film having excellent durability and used in an ion sensor. The method starts with preparing a monomer mixture consisting chiefly of monomer units including a functional group and a second gr... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6852770 | Radiation-curable composition and products coated therewith The present invention provides radiation-curable compositions and products coated therewith, such as coated optical fibers. The present compositions have a low amount of, or are even absent of, reactive diluents while still exhibiting a sufficiently low viscosity to... | 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 |
| 6833393 | Curable composition, cured coating film and coated substrate A curable composition comprising a compound (A) having at least one active energy ray curable polymerizable functional group, a fluorine-containing copolymer (B) obtained by (1) copolymerizing a polymerizable monomer (a) having a polyfluoroalkyl group and a polymeri... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6790873 | Ocular lens and process for its production An ocular lens having a desired shape without having a deformation induced by its process, and having a uniform coat layer on its surface, is proceeded by single mold polymerization. The ocular lens is produced by a process comprising a step of irradiating at least ... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6784222 | 100% solids radiation curable conductive primer An electroconductive coating composition which function as a sealer/primer includes (a) a radiation curable, polymerizable compound, (b) a photoinitiator and (c) a conductive pigment. The conductive pigment may be a mixture of pigment including a blend of conductive... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6777459 | Phosphine oxide photoinitiator systems and curable compositions with low color The present invention relates to a novel photoinitiator system comprising one or more acylphosphine oxide photoinitiators and one or more lightfast red, blue or violet organic pigments. Low yellow color formation results upon curing ethylenically unsaturated compoun... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6716891 | Coating material that can be cured thermally or by actinic radiation, and its use The invention relates to a coating material that can be cured thermally or by actinic radiation and that contains at least one component (a1) with at least two functional groups (a11) which serve for cross-linking, by actinic radiation, and at least one functional g... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6703073 | Polar acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive compositions Crosslinked polyacrylates obtained by crosslinking, induced by means of UV radiation, of a polymer mixture comprising a) polyacrylate copolymers of the following monomers a1) acrylic acid and/or acrylic esters of the following formula... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6689463 | Secondary coating composition for optical fibers The present invention relates to a composition for coating optical fibers that includes a UV curable coating composition. The composition includes at least one component having at least one heterocyclic moiety capable of undergoing ring opening polymeriza... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6686401 | Liquid composition polymerizable into organic glass having good optical and physico-mechanical properties Liquid composition polymerizable, by means of radicalic polymerization, into organic glass, comprising the product obtained from the transesterification of a mixture of diallyl carbonate (A) and a phthalic ester (B), with one or more polyols (C), linear o... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6673850 | Photoinitiators and their applications Photoinitiators of formula (Ia) or (Ib) having chain transfer groups, wherein n is 1 or 2; PI is for example a group of formula (IIa); PI' inter alia is a group of formula (IIIa); Ar is for example phenyl; Ar2 is inter alia phenylene; R1 | 01/06/2004 |
| 6649669 | Single solution bonding formulation A single solution bonding formulation for dental applications comprising a plurality of at least one self-polymerizable polyvinyl acidic monomer or at least two different polymerizable polyvinyl acidic monomers, a calcium phosphate filler, at least one ph... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6641912 | Photocurable pressure-sensitive adhesive composition and its sheet An objective is to provide a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition which shows pressure-sensitive adhesive properties at ordinary temperature, has the ability to cure upon irradiation and after photocure exhibits improved bond strength relative to high-... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6579966 | Cured polyesters containing fluorinated side chains A polyester polymer includes at least one hydroxyl terminated polyoxetane block containing repeat units derived from polymerizing at least one oxetane monomer having a pendant --CH2 --O--(CH2)n --Rf group wherein said Rf g... | 06/17/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6541535 | High powered radiation and/or thermal hardening coating powder with a functionalized based structure The invention relates to a binder for powder coating materials having an oligomeric or polymeric substructure which are curable thermally and/or by means of high-energy radiation, said binder comprising in each case terminally and/or laterally at least on... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6531180 | Adhesive transparent resin and a composite including the same To provide a transparent resin which is suitable in the process of producing a coating for electronic materials, a glass having both of the scattering-preventing function and the antireflective function, an adhesive agent, a shock-absorbing material, an u... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6528160 | Adhesive transparent resin and a composite including the same To provide a transparent resin which is suitable in the process of producing a coating for electronic materials, a glass having both of the scattering-preventing function and the antireflective function, an adhesive agent, a shock-absorbing material, an u... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6515040 | Microwave synthesis of polyamides, polyesters, and polyamideesters Polyamides, polyesters, and polyamideesters are efficiently synthesized in a microwave process with precise temperature control. Compared to conventional thermal polymerizations, the microwave process takes less time and produces polymers with equivalent ... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6506815 | Resin composition for denture base A resin composition for denture is provided, which does not require operations for weighing, and mixing during the use; is free from involving of air bubbles; and when used for preparation of a denture base, is free from a reduction in physical properties... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6486228 | Mono-and Bis-acylphosphine oxide photoinitiator combinations Photoinitiator combinations comprising at least one compound of formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R1 is C1 -C4 alkyl, C1 -C4 alkoxy or halogen; R2 is hydrogen, C1 -C4 alkyl, C | 11/26/2002 |