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20080221291 | MICROSTRUCTURED OPTICAL FILMS COMPRISING BIPHENYL DIFUNCTIONAL MONOMERS - Optical films having a polymerized microstructured surface are described. The polymerized microstructured surface comprises the reaction product of a polymerizable resin composition comprising 10% to 100 wt-% of at least one biphenyl di(meth)acrylate monomer. The di(meth)acrylate monomer comprises a core biphenyl structure having two aromatic rings connected with a C—C bond. The biphenyl di(meth)acrylate monomer preferably comprises a sufficient amount of ortho and/or meta(meth)acrylate substituents such that the monomer is a liquid at 25° C. | 09-11-2008 |
20080253148 | Polymerizable Composition Comprising Low Molecular Weight Organic Component - Polymerizable compositions comprising particularly useful for brightness enhancing films. | 10-16-2008 |
20080318057 | Branched polydiorganosiloxane polyamide copolymers - Branched polydiorganosiloxane polyamide, block copolymers and methods of making the copolymers are provided. The method of making the copolymers involves reacting one or more amine compounds including at least one polyamine with a precursor having at least one polydiorganosiloxane segment and at least two ester groups. | 12-25-2008 |
20090017256 | THIN MICROSTRUCTURED OPTICAL FILMS - Presently described are optical films, such as a brightness enhancing film, having a polymerized microstructured surface disposed on a preformed polymeric film wherein the film has a thickness of no greater than 3 mils and the polymerized microstructured surface consists of the reaction product of a substantially non-brominated polymerizable resin composition. | 01-15-2009 |
20090047486 | LIGHT MANAGEMENT FILMS WITH ZIRCONIA PARTICLES - Light management films and methods of making light management films are described. The light management films contain an optical layer that contains polymeric material and zirconia particles. The zirconia particles are colloidal, crystalline, substantially non-associated, and have a narrow size distribution. | 02-19-2009 |
20090246417 | OPTICAL FILM ASSEMBLY AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Microstructured optical films, assemblies of films including at least one microstructured optical film, and (e.g. illuminated) display devices including a single microstructured optical film or assembly. | 10-01-2009 |
20100033826 | BRIGHTNESS ENHANCING FILM COMPRISING NANOCOMPOSITE STRUCTURE HAVING IMPROVED CRACK RESISTANCE - Microstructured films such as brightness enhancing films, polymerizable resin compositions comprising an organic component and surface modified nanoparticles, and surface modified nanoparticles are described. The microstructured film has a polymerized structure comprising the reaction product of the polymerizable resin composition (e.g. having a refractive index of at least 1.58). The cured nanocomposite (e.g. structure) can exhibit improved crack resistance. In some embodiments, the flexibility is expressed in terms of a cylindrical mandrel bend test property (e.g. a mandrel size to failure of less than 6 mm or a mandrel size to failure according to the equation D=1000(T/0.025−T) wherein T is the thickness in millimeters of a (e.g. preformed base layer). In other embodiments, the flexibility is expressed in terms of a tensile and elongation property (e.g. a tensile strength at break of at least 25 MPa and an elongation at break of at least 1.75%). | 02-11-2010 |
20100048802 | TRIPHENYL MONOMERS SUITABLE FOR MICROSTRUCTURED OPTICAL FILMS - A myo-inositol derivative: R | 02-25-2010 |
20100048804 | HIGH REFRACTIVE INDEX PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVES - The present invention provides pressure-sensitive adhesives having a refractive index of at least 1.50. The pressure-sensitive adhesives comprise at least one monomer containing a substituted or an unsubstituted biphenyl group. | 02-25-2010 |
20100163809 | BRANCHED POLYDIORGANOSILOXANE POLYAMIDE COPOLYMERS - Branched polydiorganosiloxane polyamide, block copolymers and methods of making the copolymers are provided. The method of making the copolymers involves reacting one or more amine compounds including at least one polyamine with a precursor having at least one polydiorganosiloxane segment and at least two ester groups. | 07-01-2010 |
20100331442 | POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITION COMPRISING LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT ORGANIC COMPONENT - Polymerizable compositions comprising particularly useful for brightness enhancing films. | 12-30-2010 |
20110123798 | BRANCHED POLYDIORGANOSILOXANE POLYAMIDE COPOLYMERS - Branched polydiorganosiloxane polyamide, block copolymers and methods of making the copolymers are provided. The method of making the copolymers involves reacting one or more amine compounds including at least one polyamine with a precursor having at least one polydiorganosiloxane segment and at least two ester groups. | 05-26-2011 |
20110171609 | Dental Composition Comprising Biphenyl Di(meth)acrylate Monomer - Dental compositions and methods of treating an oral surface are described. The dental compositions comprise at least one biphenyl di(meth)acrylate monomer. | 07-14-2011 |
20110207086 | DENTAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING BIPHENYL DI(METH)ACRYLATE MONOMER COMPRISING URETHANE MOIETIES - Dental compositions and biphenyl di(meth)acrylate monomers are described. The dental compositions comprise at least one biphenyl di(meth)acrylate monomer comprising two aromatic rings connected with a C—C bond wherein the rings each comprise a substituent comprising a urethane moiety and a (meth)acrylate end group. | 08-25-2011 |
20110227008 | HIGH REFRACTIVE INDEX INORGANIC OXIDE NANOPARTICLES COMPRISING SURFACE TREATMENT, POLYMERIZABLE RESIN, AND ARTICLES - Microstructured films comprising surface modified inorganic oxide particles, surface modified inorganic nanoparticles having a high refractive index, and polymerizable resins are described. | 09-22-2011 |
20110262708 | LIGHT COLLIMATING FILM - Light-collimating films as well as other microstructured film articles are described that comprise a (e.g. UV) cured light transmissive film comprising the reaction product of a polymerizable resin composition. Polymerizable resin compositions are also described that comprise aliphatic urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer(s), bisphenol-A ethoxylated diacrylate(s), and a crosslinker having at least three (meth)acrylate groups. | 10-27-2011 |
20110263798 | BRANCHED POLYDIORGANOSILOXANE POLYAMIDE COPOLYMERS - Branched polydiorganosiloxane polyamide, block copolymers and methods of making the copolymers are provided. The method of making the copolymers involves reacting one or more amine compounds including at least one polyamine with a precursor having at least one polydiorganosiloxane segment and at least two ester groups. | 10-27-2011 |
20110318538 | POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITION COMPRISING LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT ORGANIC COMPONENT - Polymerizable compositions comprising particularly useful for brightness enhancing films. | 12-29-2011 |
20120154811 | COATING COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING NON-IONIC SURFACTANT EXHIBITING REDUCED FINGERPRINT VISIBILITY - Presently described are coating compositions comprising a polymerizable resin composition and a non-ionic unpolymerizable surfactant. In some embodiments, the coating comprises greater than 10 wt-% of non-ionic unpolymerizable surfactant. In other embodiments, the coating composition comprises an an additive comprising a silicone group or a fluorinated group and a hydrophobic group. Also described are articles comprising the cured coating compositions. In one embodiment, an article is described comprising a cured coating wherein the cured coating exhibits a property of an initially visible simulated fingerprint reducing in visibility in 1-20 minutes. Also described is a method of determining the fingerprint visibility of a coating composition and a polyacylate composition useful as an additive. In another embodiment a coated surface is described comprising a polymeric organic material comprising a plurality of pores wherein a portion of the pores are interconnected and comprise a lipophilic liquid. | 06-21-2012 |
20120175566 | BRANCHED POLYDIORGANOSILOXANE POLYAMIDE COPOLYMERS - Branched polydiorganosiloxane polyamide, block copolymers and methods of making the copolymers are provided. The method of making the copolymers involves reacting one or more amine compounds including at least one polyamine with a precursor having at least one polydiorganosiloxane segment and at least two ester groups. | 07-12-2012 |
20120189784 | OPTICAL FILM ASSEMBLY AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Microstructured optical films, assemblies of films including at least one microstructured optical film, and (e.g. illuminated) display devices including a single microstructured optical film or assembly. | 07-26-2012 |
20120264899 | BRIGHTNESS ENHANCING FILM COMPRISING NANOCOMPOSITE STRUCTURE HAVING IMPROVED CRACK RESISTANCE - Microstructured films such as brightness enhancing films, polymerizable resin compositions comprising an organic component and surface modified nanoparticles, and surface modified nanoparticles are described. The microstructured film has a polymerized structure comprising the reaction product of the polymerizable resin composition (e.g. having a refractive index of at least 1.58). The cured nanocomposite (e.g. structure) can exhibit improved crack resistance. In some embodiments, the flexibility is expressed in terms of a cylindrical mandrel bend test property (e.g. a mandrel size to failure of less than 6 mm or a mandrel size to failure according to the equation D=1000(T/0.025−T) wherein T is the thickness in millimeters of a (e.g. preformed base layer). In other embodiments, the flexibility is expressed in terms of a tensile and elongation property (e.g. a tensile strength at break of at least 25 MPa and an elongation at break of at least 1.75%). | 10-18-2012 |
20120270980 | COATING COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING NON-IONIC SURFACTANT EXHIBITING REDUCED FINGERPRINT VISIBILITY - Presently described are coating compositions comprising a polymerizable resin composition and a non-ionic unpolymerizable surfactant. In some embodiments, the coating comprises greater than 10 wt-% of non-ionic unpolymerizable surfactant. In other embodiments, the coating composition comprises an an additive comprising a silicone group or a fluorinated group and a hydrophobic group. Also described are articles comprising the cured coating compositions. In one embodiment, an article is described comprising a cured coating wherein the cured coating exhibits a property of an initially visible simulated fingerprint reducing in visibility in 1-20 minutes. Also described is a method of determining the fingerprint visibility of a coating composition and a polyacylate composition useful as an additive. In another embodiment a coated surface is described comprising a polymeric organic material comprising a plurality of pores wherein a portion of the pores are interconnected and comprise a lipophilic liquid. | 10-25-2012 |
20130149495 | METHODS OF MAKING MICROSTRUCTURED OPTICAL FILMS COMPRISING BIPHENYL DIFUNCTIONAL MONOMERS - A method of making optical films having a polymerized microstructured surface are described. The polymerized microstructured surface comprises the reaction product of a polymerizable resin composition comprising 10% to 100 wt-% of at least one biphenyl di(meth)acrylate monomer. The di(meth)acrylate monomer comprises a core biphenyl structure having two aromatic rings connected with a C—C bond. The biphenyl di(meth)acrylate monomer preferably comprises a sufficient amount of ortho and/or meta(meth)acrylate substituents such that the monomer is a liquid at 25° C. | 06-13-2013 |
20130196149 | HIGH REFRACTIVE INDEX PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVES - The present invention provides pressure-sensitive adhesives having a refractive index of at least 1.50. The pressure-sensitive adhesives comprise at least one monomer containing a substituted or an unsubstituted biphenyl group. | 08-01-2013 |
20130225768 | BRANCHED POLYDIORGANOSILOXANE POLYAMIDE COPOLYMERS - Branched polydiorganosiloxane polyamide, block copolymers and methods of making the copolymers are provided. The method of making the copolymers involves reacting one or more amine compounds including at least one polyamine with a precursor having at least one polydiorganosiloxane segment and at least two ester groups. | 08-29-2013 |
20130316137 | BRIGHTNESS ENHANCING FILM COMPRISING NANOCOMPOSITE STRUCTURE HAVING IMPROVED CRACK RESISTANCE - Microstructured films such as brightness enhancing films. The microstructured film has a polymerized structure comprising the reaction product of the polymerizable resin composition (e.g. having a refractive index of at least 1.58). The cured nanocomposite (e.g. structure) can exhibit improved crack resistance. In some embodiments, the flexibility is expressed in terms of a cylindrical mandrel bend test property (e.g. a mandrel size to failure of less than 6 mm or a mandrel size to failure according to the equation D=1000(T/0.025−T) wherein T is the thickness in millimeters of a (e.g. preformed base layer). In other embodiments, the flexibility is expressed in terms of a tensile and elongation property (e.g. a tensile strength at break of at least 25 MPa and an elongation at break of at least 1.75%). | 11-28-2013 |
20130323467 | HIGH REFRACTIVE INDEX INORGANIC OXIDE NANOPARTICLES COMPRISING SURFACE TREATMENT AND POLYMERIZABLE RESIN - Microstructured films comprising surface modified inorganic oxide particles and polymerizable resins are described. | 12-05-2013 |
20140009824 | Films Including Triazine-Based Ultraviolet Absorbers - The present application generally relates to EAA films including at least one triazine-based ultraviolet absorber. The present application also generally related to retroreflective sheeting including an EAA film including a triazine-based ultraviolet absorber. One embodiments of the present application relates to a film, comprising poly(ethylene-co-acrylic acid) and a triazine-based UVA. Another embodiment of the present application relates to retroreflective sheeting, comprising: a plurality of cube corner elements; and a body layer adjacent to the cube corner elements, the body layer including poly(ethylene-co-acrylic acid) and a triazine-based UVA. | 01-09-2014 |
20140011919 | TRIPHENYL MONOMERS SUITABLE FOR MICROSTRUCTURED OPTICAL FILMS - Optical films are described having a polymerized microstructured surface that comprises the reaction product of a polymerizable resin composition comprising at least one polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated triphenyl monomer. Also described are certain triphenyl(meth)acrylate monomers and polymerizable resin compositions. | 01-09-2014 |
20140197625 | LASER-PERSONALIZABLE SECURITY ARTICLES - Laser-personalizable security articles include multi-layer security documents. The multi-layer security document includes an optically transparent cover layer, a composite image and an imagable layer adjacent to the cover layer. The first surface of the cover layer is at least partially a microstructured surface, where the microstructured surface forms microlenses or a lenticular surface. The composite image is made by a collection of complete or partial images viewed through the microstructured surface of the cover layer. The composite image is located on or within the second surface of the cover layer. The imagable layer is a laser imagable layer. When imaged, a personalized second composite three dimensional image is created on or in the imagable layer. | 07-17-2014 |
20140212651 | COATING COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING NON-IONIC SURFACTANT EXHIBITING REDUCED FINGERPRINT VISIBILITY - Presently described are coating compositions comprising a polymerizable resin composition and a non-ionic unpolymerizable surfactant. In some embodiments, the coating comprises greater than 10 wt-% of non-ionic unpolymerizable surfactant. In other embodiments, the coating composition comprises an an additive comprising a silicone group or a fluorinated group and a hydrophobic group. Also described are articles comprising the cured coating compositions. In one embodiment, an article is described comprising a cured coating wherein the cured coating exhibits a property of an initially visible simulated fingerprint reducing in visibility in 1-20 minutes. Also described is a method of determining the fingerprint visibility of a coating composition and a polyacylate composition useful as an additive. In another embodiment a coated surface is described comprising a polymeric organic material comprising a plurality of pores wherein a portion of the pores are interconnected and comprise a lipophilic liquid. | 07-31-2014 |
20140323578 | POLYMERIC COLORANT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE - A composition is disclosed. The composition comprises at least one polymeric colorant having a polymer component with a colorant component covalently bound thereto, a medicament, and a liquid vehicle. The at least one colorant component does not react directly or indirectly with the medicament. Methods of using the polymeric colorants, including a method for the preparation of skin as a site for a surgical procedure and a method of treating a medical condition, are also provided. | 10-30-2014 |