Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7981944 | Photocurable 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: 5 to 60 wt % of at least one mono or polyacrylate monomer or oligomer thereof (A); 5 to 50 wt % of at lea... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7799844 | Active energy beam-curable composition for optical material An active energy beam-curable composition for optical material is provided that comprises (A) a di(meth)acrylate represented by the following formula (1) and (B) a mono(meth)acrylate represented by the following formula (2) and/or a mono(meth)acrylate represented by... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7393880 | Radically polymerizable composition resulting in shock resistant organic lenses A radically polymerizable composition comprising: a first component A comprising at least an oligomer having at least two radically polymerizable functions and the homopolymer of which has a glass transition temperature (Tg | 07/01/2008 |
| 7361696 | 1,4-disubstituted diacetyline polymer and process for producing the same A 1,4-di-substituted diacetylene polymer that is soluble in organic solvent, is composed of a repeating unit represented by the general formula ═CR—C≡C—CR′═ (wherein, R and R′ represent identical or different monovalent organic substituents), and has a... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7345121 | Method of controlled free radical polymerisation of acrylic acid and its salts thereof, resulting low-polydispersity polymers, and their uses The present invention relates to the technical sector of the polymerisation of acrylic acid and its salts, more particularly in solution, more particularly by controlled radical method, the use of the corresponding organo-sulphurated transfer agents, the acrylic aci... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7341784 | Light management film and its preparation and use A light management film includes a first layer with a thermoplastic resin and a particular phosphonium sulfonate salt, and a second layer formed from a curable composition and having a refractive index of at least 1.5. The light management film exhibits reduced stat... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338984 | Resin composition containing ultrafine inorganic particle By providing a composition in which refractive index can be controlled, and scratch resistivity and adhesion (especially adhesion to a resin having a thiourethane bond or epithiosulfide bond) are excellent when the composition is coated on a base material such as a ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7307107 | Photopolymerizable composition and use thereof A photopolymerizable composition comprising a polymerizable compound and a photopolymerization initiator, wherein the polymerizable compound is characterized by comprising (a) a bifunctional (meth)acrylic acid (thio)ester compound containing a sulfur atom in the mol... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7294657 | Curable acrylate compositions, methods of making the compositions and articles made therefrom A composition comprising a phenylthioethylacrylate, a multifunctional (meth)acrylate, a curing agent, wherein the phenylthioethylacrylate comprises less than about 400 parts per million tin and less than about 2 percent by weight of the corresponding phenylthioethan... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7265163 | Light emitting polymer There is provided a process for forming a light emitting polymer comprising photopolymerization of a reactive mesogen having an endgroup which is susceptible to photopolymerization e.g. by a radical polymerization process. Also provided are methods for using the lig... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7199167 | Light emitting polymer There is provided a process for forming a light emitting polymer comprising photopolymerization of a reactive mesogen having an endgroup which is susceptible to photopolymerization e.g. by a radical polymerization process. Also provided are methods for using the lig... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7183335 | Compositions and methods for use in three dimensional model printing Compositions for use in the manufacture of three-dimensional objects including compositions for use as a support and/or release material in the manufacture of the three-dimensional objects are provided. There is thus provided, in accordance with an embodiment of the... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7169825 | Dual cure reaction products of self-photoinitiating multifunctional acrylates with thiols and synthetic methods Self-photoinitiating liquid oligomeric compositions are disclosed. The oligomeric compositions are formed from multifunctional mercaptans and Michael addition polyacrylate resins, synthesized from multifunctional acrylates and β-dicarbonyl Michael donors, specifica... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7144678 | Lithographic printing plate precursor A lithographic printing plate precursor comprises: a support; and an image-forming layer including a fluoroaliphatic group-containing copolymer, wherein the fluoroaliphatic group-containing copolymer contains a repeating unit corresponding to monomer (i) below and a... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7105586 | Optical retardation firm The invention relates to an optical retardation film comprising two layers of an anisotropic polymer adjacent to each other or adjacent to both sides of a substrate, characterized in that each layer exhibits a tilted structure with an optical symmetry axis having a ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7087659 | Curable (meth)acrylate compositions A curable composition includes a multifunctional (meth)acrylate; a substituted or unsubstituted arylether (meth)acrylate monomer; and a polymerization initiator. The compositions exhibit high refractive indices and, upon polymerization, the compositions provide film... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7078445 | Photosensitive acrylate composition and waveguide device A photosensitive composition suitable for practical waveguide devices is provided. The photosensitive composition comprises at least one multifunctional acrylate prepared from a fluorinated multifunctional alcohol and at least one photoinitiator. The said compositio... | 07/18/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7045559 | Electrically conductive adhesive hydrogels with solubilizer A composition providing electrically conductive adhesive hydrogels suitable for use as skin contact adhesives and, particularly, suitable for use as an electrical interface for disposable medical devices. The present hydrogels provide for reduced skin irritation and... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7026372 | Enic compounds, sulfur-containing polyenic compound, sulfur-containing polythiol compound, high refractive index photocurable composition and cured product thereof A composition containing 3,3′-thiobis(propane-1,2-dithiol) and one or more enic compounds which composition is photocurable and can give a cured product having a high refractive index and adequate hardness. ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6946498 | Coating composition and article coated with the composition A coating composition comprising (1) an anionic surfactant comprising a sulfonic acid salt, (2) a sol of fine inorganic oxide particles, (3) a silicon compound having one acryl or methacryl group and a hydrolyzable group or a product of hydrolysis of the compound, (... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6939901 | Adhesive composition An adhesive composition comprising (a) an acidic group-containing polymerizable monomer; (b) a polymerizable monomer represented by the general formula (I): wherein R1 is hydrogen atom or methyl group; R | 09/06/2005 |
| 6919385 | Energy-ray curing resin composition An energy-ray curing resin composition comprising a photopolymerizable resin component which can be cured by irradiation with an energy ray, a photopolymerization initiator component which makes it possible to cure the above photopolymerizable resin component by irr... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6911485 | Anionic and Lewis base photopolymerization process and its use for making optical articles The invention relates to a process for polymerising a monomer, polymerizing and/or crosslinking a oligomer, or crosslinking a polymer or copolymer, said monomer, oligomer, polymer and copolymer being selected among precursor monomers, urethane, thiourethane and epis... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6908952 | Ring-opened azlactone photoiniferters for radical polymerization Photoiniferters for controlled radical polymerizations are described. The photoiniferters have an azlactone or ring-opened azlactone moiety to provide telechelic (co)polymers. ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6903151 | Wet-stick adhesives, articles, and methods A wet-stick pressure-sensitive adhesive is provided wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive comprises: at least one copolymerized monoethylenically unsaturated (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer, wherein the (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer, when homopolymerized, has ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6900252 | UV-curable acrylate coatings for food packaging There is provided a radiation-curable coating or packaging composition containing vinyl acrylate and one or more additional components, wherein the composition does not contain a photoinitiator, and the composition polymerizes upon irradiation. The irradiation forms... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6872333 | Enic compounds, sulfur-containing polyenic compound, sulfur-containing polythiol compound, high refractive index photocurable composition and cured product thereof A composition containing 3,3′-thiobis(propane-1,2-dithiol) and one or more enic compounds which composition is photocurable and can give a cured product having a high refractive index and adequate hardness. ... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6867243 | Light emitting polymer There is provided a process for forming a light emitting polymer comprising photopolymerization of a reactive mesogen having an endgroup which is susceptible to photopolymerization e.g. by a radical polymerization process. Also provided are methods for using the lig... | 03/15/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6818680 | Curable adhesive compositions The invention is directed to the use of multifunctional thiol compounds as adhesion promoters and/or primers to enhance the adhesion of photo or electron beam curable polymers, coatings, adhesives, or sealants to gold, other precious metals, and their alloys. Actini... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6759104 | Photocurable composition, cured product and process for producing the same A photocurable composition, wherein a small amount of an alicyclic skeleton-containing mono(meth) acrylate is incorporated in a combination of an alicyclic skeleton-containing bis(meth)acrylate and a mercapto compound, a cured product obtained by the copolymerizatio... | 07/06/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6713524 | Reactive polymers The invention relates to novel reactive polymers of formula wherein the variables are as defined in the claims. The polymers of the invention are useful for the modification of material surfaces and are particularly suit... | 03/30/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6617370 | Method for repairing the coated surface of a vehicle To provide a method for repairing a coated surface of a vehicle, using an ultraviolet curing resin having excellent quick-drying property, and giving a good finish in a shortened working time, a method for repairing the damage on a coated surface of a veh... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6608120 | Diallylamine monomers and network polymers obtained therefrom Compounds of the formula: ##STR1## having two double bonds which are activated so that they will take part in a polymerization reaction, the double bonds being sufficiently close together to ensure that cyclopolymerization will preferentially occur. ... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6596787 | Non-yellowing fast cure speed UV.backslash.visible curable liquid acrylic ester adhesives for glass bonding The present invention is directed to low intensity UV curable adhesives formulated using a blend of acrylate oligomers and monomers which are capable of bonding glass, provide improved low-yellowing properties and fast cure speed over current glass bondin... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6593389 | Polyimides by photochemical cyclopolymerization The polyimides of this invention are derived from a Diels-Alder cyclopolymerization of a photochemically generated bisdiene with dienophiles, such as bismaleimides, trismaleimides and mixtures thereof with maleimide end-caps. Irradiation of one or more di... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6579913 | Photoactivatable coating composition comprising a photolatent base Photoactivatable coating composition comprising at least one photoinitiator and a base-catalysed polymerisable or curable organic material comprising at least one polyisocyanate and at least one compound containing isocyanate reactive groups, wherein the ... | 06/17/2003 |
