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| 20100120249 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING POLYURETHANE FOAM - A method for manufacturing a polishing pad containing substantially spherical cells and having high thickness accuracy includes preparing a cell-dispersed urethane composition by a mechanical foaming method; continuously discharging the cell-dispersed urethane composition from a single discharge port to a substantially central portion in the width direction of a face material A, while feeding the face material A; laminating a face material B on the cell-dispersed urethane composition; then uniformly adjusting the thickness of the cell-dispersed urethane composition by thickness adjusting means; curing the cell-dispersed urethane composition with the thickness adjusted in the preceding step without applying any additional load to the composition so that a polishing sheet including a polyurethane foam is formed; and cutting the polishing sheet. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100162631 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING POLISHING PAD - A method for manufacturing a polishing pad that has a high level of optical detection accuracy and is prevented from causing slurry leak from between the polishing region and the light-transmitting region includes preparing a cell-dispersed urethane composition by a mechanical foaming method; placing a light-transmitting region at a predetermined position on a face material or a belt conveyor, continuously discharging the cell-dispersed urethane composition onto a part of the face material or the belt conveyor where the light-transmitting region is not placed; placing another face material or belt conveyor on the discharged cell-dispersed urethane composition; curing the cell-dispersed urethane composition to form a polishing region including a polyurethane foam, so that a polishing sheet is prepared; applying a coating composition containing an aliphatic and/or alicyclic polyisocyanate to one side of the polishing sheet and curing the coating composition to form a water-impermeable film; and cutting the polishing sheet. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100221984 | POLISHING PAD MANUFACTURING METHOD - A method for manufacturing a polishing pad prevents slurry leaks and provides a pad that can be used to provide high optical detection accuracy. The method for manufacturing a polishing pad includes forming a groove for injecting a light-transmitting region forming material on the back surface of a polishing layer; injecting the light-transmitting region forming material into the groove and curing the material to form a light-transmitting region; and buffing the front surface of the polishing layer to expose the light-transmitting region on the front surface. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100317263 | POLISHING PAD - A method for manufacturing a polishing pad that has high level of optical detection accuracy and is prevented from causing slurry leak from between the polishing region and the light-transmitting region includes preparing a cell-dispersed urethane composition by a mechanical foaming method; placing a light-transmitting region at a predetermined position on a face material or a belt conveyor, continuously discharging the cell-dispersed urethane composition onto part of the face material or the belt conveyor where the light-transmitting region is not placed; placing another face material or belt conveyor on the discharged cell-dispersed urethane composition; curing the cell-dispersed urethane composition to form a polishing region including a polyurethane foam, so that a polishing sheet is prepared; applying a coating composition containing an aliphatic and/or alicyclic polyisocyanate to one side of the polishing sheet and curing the coating composition to form water-impermeable film; and cutting the polishing sheet. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110151240 | LAYERED SHEETS AND PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Provided herein is a process for producing a layered sheet. The process involves preparing a cell dispersed urethane composition by a mechanical foaming method. The cell dispersed urethane composition is applied to a base material sheet and cured to produce a polyurethane foam layer of uniform thickness. A releasing sheet may be utilized to make the thickness of the polyurethane foamed layer uniform. Also, provided herein is a layered sheet produced by the above process. The polyurethane foamed layer may have spherical fine cells having an average cell diameter of 20 to 300 μm. The polyurethane foamed layer may have a specific gravity of 0.2 to 0.5. The polyurethane foamed layer may also have a Asker C hardness of 10 to 50 degrees. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110256817 | POLISHING PAD AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - An object of the invention is to provide a polishing pad that achieves a high polishing rate and has high thickness precision so that the break-in time (dummy polishing time) can be shortened, and to provide a method for producing same. The invention is directed to a polishing pad including a base material layer and a polishing layer provided on the base material layer, wherein the polishing layer includes a thermoset polyurethane foam having roughly spherical interconnected cells with an average cell diameter of 35 to 200 μm, and the polishing layer has a storage modulus E′ (40° C.) of 130 to 400 MPa at 40° C., a ratio of storage modulus E′ (30° C.) at 30° C. to storage modulus E′ (60° C.) at 60° C. [E′(30° C.)/E′(60° C.)] of 1 to less than 2.5, and a ratio of storage modulus E′ (30° C.) at 30° C. to storage modulus E′ (90° C.) at 90° C. [E′(30° C.)/E′(90° C.)] of 15 to 130. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20120108065 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POLISHING PAD - A method for manufacturing a polishing pad, which may be laminated, with a small number of manufacturing steps, high productivity and no peeling between a polishing layer and a cushion layer includes preparing a cell-dispersed urethane composition by a mechanical foaming method; continuously discharging the cell-dispersed urethane composition onto a face material, while feeding the face material; laminating another face material on the cell-dispersed urethane composition; curing the cell-dispersed urethane composition, while controlling its thickness to be uniform, so that a polishing layer including a polyurethane foam is formed; cutting the polishing layer parallel to the face into two pieces so that two long polishing layers each including the polishing layer and the face material are simultaneously formed; and cutting the long polishing layers to produce the polishing pad. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120108149 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POLISHING PAD - A method for manufacturing a polishing pad, which may be laminated, with a small number of manufacturing steps, high productivity and no peeling between a polishing layer and a cushion layer includes preparing a cell-dispersed urethane composition by a mechanical foaming method; continuously discharging the cell-dispersed urethane composition onto a face material, while feeding the face material; laminating another face material on the cell-dispersed urethane composition; curing the cell-dispersed urethane composition, while controlling its thickness to be uniform, so that a polishing layer including a polyurethane foam is formed; cutting the polishing layer parallel to the face into two pieces so that two long polishing layers each including the polishing layer and the face material are simultaneously formed; and cutting the long polishing layers to produce the polishing pad. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120279138 | POLISHING PAD AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A polishing pad of excellent durability and adhesion between the polishing layer and the base material layer includes a polishing layer arranged on a base material layer, wherein the polishing layer includes a thermosetting polyurethane foam having roughly spherical interconnected cells having an average cell diameter of 20 to 300 μm The polyurethane foam includes an isocyanate component and an active hydrogen-containing compound as starting material components, and the active hydrogen-containing compound includes 30 to 85% by weight of a high-molecular-weight polyol having 2 to 4 functional groups and a hydroxyl value of 20 to 100 mg KOH/g. | 11-08-2012 |
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| 20100298499 | NOVEL LIVING RADICAL POLYMERIZATION METHOD USING A PHOSPHORUS COMPOUND OR NITROGEN COMPOUND AS A CATALYST - A highly active and environment-friendly catalyst for use in a living radical polymerization is provided. A catalyst for use in a living radical polymerization method is provided. The catalyst comprises a central element, which is selected from nitrogen and phosphorus, and at least one halogen atom, which is bound to the central element. A monomer having a radical reactive unsaturated bond is subjected to a radical polymerization reaction in the presence of the catalyst, thereby it is possible to obtain a polymer having narrow molecular weight distribution. The present invention has the merits such as low toxicity of the catalyst, a small amount of the catalyst being required, high solubility of the catalyst in the polymerization media, mild reaction conditions, no coloration, no odor (unnecessary post-treatment of molded products). The method of the present invention is more environment-friendly and economical than other living radical polymerization methods. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20110124832 | NOVEL LIVING RADICAL POLYMERIZATION METHOD USING ALCOHOL AS CATALYST - Provided is a low-cost, environmentally friendly living radical polymerization catalyst having high activity. The catalyst is used for a living radical polymerization method, and contains a central element consisting of oxygen and at least one halogen atom bound to the central element. Furthermore, an alcohol compound can be used as a catalyst precursor. By polymerizing a monomer in the presence of the catalyst, a polymer having narrow molecular weight distribution can be obtained, and the cost of the living radical polymerization can be remarkably reduced. The present invention is significantly more environmentally friendly and economically excellent than conventional living radical polymerization methods, due to advantages of the catalyst such as low toxicity of the catalyst, low amount of the catalyst necessary, high solubility of the catalyst, mild reaction conditions, and no coloration/no odor (which do not require a post-treatment for a molded article), and the like. | 05-26-2011 |
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| 20090327349 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method and information processing program - The present invention provides an information processing apparatus which can direct a user to a playlist different from a playlist being reproduced. There is provided the information processing apparatus including a content storage unit storing a plurality of contents therein, a playlist storage unit storing a plurality of playlists which is related to at least some of the plurality of contents, a reproducing unit sequentially reproducing a plurality of contents belonging to a first playlist in a plurality of playlists, a candidate content extracting unit extracting one or more candidate contents relating to a content being reproduced by the reproducing unit from the content storage unit, a playlist extracting unit extracting a second playlist to which the extracted candidate contents belong from the playlist storage unit, and a playlist switching unit switching a playlist to be reproduced by the reproducing unit from the first playlist into the second playlist. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20120218424 | INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, IMAGE ANALYSIS INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image management apparatus may include an input image setting information acquiring unit configured to, when image analysis information on an input image is set, acquire setting information as input image setting information, an available setting information acquiring unit configured to acquire setting information as available setting information, an update necessity determining unit configured to determine whether or not an update of the image analysis information is necessary, on the basis of a difference between the input image setting information and the available setting information, and an image analysis information setting unit configured to, when it is determined that an update of the image analysis information is necessary, perform image analysis on the input image using the second image analysis processing unit so as to set new image analysis information. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120246183 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - The present invention provides an information processing apparatus which can direct a user to a playlist different from a playlist being reproduced. There is provided the information processing apparatus including a content storage unit storing a plurality of contents therein, a playlist storage unit storing a plurality of playlists which is related to at least some of the plurality of contents, a reproducing unit sequentially reproducing a plurality of contents belonging to a first playlist in a plurality of playlists, a candidate content extracting unit extracting one or more candidate contents relating to a content being reproduced by the reproducing unit from the content storage unit, a playlist extracting unit extracting a second playlist to which the extracted candidate contents belong from the playlist storage unit, and a playlist switching unit switching a playlist to be reproduced by the reproducing unit from the first playlist into the second playlist. | 09-27-2012 |
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| 20080306904 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR INTEGRATING DATABASES - A system for integrating databases comprises a first virtual table, a second virtual table, a common table, a list, a generating section, and a selecting section. The first virtual table corresponds to a first data. The second virtual table corresponds to a second data. The common table is associated with the first and second virtual tables. The list indicates information about associations between the first and second virtual tables and the common table. The generating section generates two or more access plans from a database query on the common table. The two or more access plans involve at least one of the first and second virtual tables in accordance with the list. The selecting section selects one of the two or more access plans generated by the generating section to be used to execute the database query. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20090022957 | DECORATIVE SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A decorative sheet has a structure of: a laminate sheet having a base film and a decorative layer formed on the base film; and a surface resin layer having a transparent resin layer and a printed layer formed in an image pattern on the transparent resin layer, being laminated on the laminate sheet at the decorative layer side. The surface resin layer is laminated so as the printed layer to come to the laminate sheet side, the surface of the laminate sheet at the decorative layer side forms an indented profile having concavities on the decorative layer recessed to the base film side, and the printed layer enters the concavities. The printed layer is a layer formed by printing a printing liquid containing a photocuring component containing polyurethane and polyester, a thermoplastic resin, and a solvent, in an image pattern on the transparent resin layer, and by removing the solvent from the printed printing liquid, and then by curing the photocuring component under light irradiation. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090210435 | CONFIGURATION ITEM MANAGEMENT TOOL - A computer system is presented for managing a plurality of configuration items. A first computer may be connected to a second computer over a network. The first computer may manage configuration items conforming to a first specification, while the second computer may manage configuration items conforming to a second specification. A repository may store, for each of the configuration items, a set of data conforming to the first specification. The set of data may include one or more predetermined attributes of each configuration item, and at least one relationship between each configuration item and other configuration items. A discovery section may detect external reference data associated with configuration items conforming to the second specification. The set of data for each configuration item conforming to the second specification may be created from the external reference data and stored in the repository. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090216786 | Managing Service Processes - Computer systems, methods and computer program products for managing a service process that includes a plurality of service steps. A repository holds, for each of at least one configuration item, a set of data that represents at least one predetermined attribute of the configuration item and a relation between the configuration item and a second configuration item. The method includes detecting data on a resource for executing at least one of a plurality of service steps of the service process; creating in response to a particular service process starting, data using a first configuration item model in which the particular service process is defined as a single configuration item; and creating data from the detected data using a second configuration item model in which one or more particular service steps are defined as a single configuration item. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20110112103 | 5-HYDROXYPYRIMIDINE-4-CARBOXAMIDE COMPOUND - The present invention provides compounds which promote erythropoietin production. Compounds represented by the following general formula (1) or pharmacologically acceptable salts thereof are provided: | 05-12-2011 |
| 20120220609 | 5-HYDROXYPYRIMIDINE-4-CARBOXAMIDE DERIVATIVE - The present invention provides a compound which enhances the production of erythropoietin. The present invention provides a compound represented by formula (1): | 08-30-2012 |
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| 20090137765 | Polymer obtained by addition-polymerization initiated by a silicon compound - The present invention provides a silicon compound represented by Formula (1) and a polymer obtained by using the same, and this makes it possible not only to obtain an organic-inorganic composite material having a distinct structure but also to control the structure of the above polymer as a molecular aggregate. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090143606 | Production process for a silicon compound - The present invention provides a silicon compound represented by Formula (1) and a polymer obtained by using the same, and this makes it possible not only to obtain an organic-inorganic composite material having a distinct structure but also to control the structure of the above polymer as a molecular aggregate. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20110112242 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING DYE POLYMER, DYE POLYMER AND USE OF THE SAME - Disclosed are a production process of a dye polymer having a dye content of from 1 to 50 wt %, and the dye polymer and its use. The production process includes subjecting an addition-polymerizable monomer to living radical polymerization by using, as a polymerization initiator, a dye having a polymerization initiating group enabling the living radical polymerization. The dye polymer and a composition of the dye polymer and a pigment are useful as good coloring agents for various products or articles. The colored products or articles are high in transparency, and are provided with high added value. The dye polymer can also be used as a dispersant for pigments, thereby making it possible to afford pigment dispersions excellent in dispersion properties and dispersion stability. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110136965 | PIGMENT DISPERSIONS, BLOCK POLYMERS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - Disclosed is a pigment dispersion containing at least a pigment, a liquid medium and a high-molecular dispersant. The high-molecular dispersant is a block polymer represented by A-B or A-B-C, in which A, B and C each represent a polymer block and the A and C blocks may be the same or different. The block polymer and its production process are also disclosed. The high-molecular dispersant is free of problems of a smell, coloration, a heavy metal and cost, and its use can provide a pigment dispersion excellent in the dispersion stability of a pigment. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110223529 | AQUEOUS PIGMENT DISPERSION AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - Disclosed are an aqueous pigment dispersion containing at least a pigment, water, a high-molecular dispersant, and an alkali. The high-molecular dispersant is a diblock polymer having a formula (1) of A-B or a triblock polymer having a formula (2) of A-B-C. The diblock or triblock polymer is a diblock or triblock polymer obtained by polymerizing addition-polymerizable monomers with a radical generator while using an organic iodide as a polymerization initiating compound and an organic phosphorus compound, organic nitrogen compound or organic oxygen compound as a catalyst. Also disclosed are a production method and use of the aqueous pigment dispersion. With the high-molecular dispersant obtained by a simple living radical polymerization process free of the problems of conventional living radical polymerization and having a precisely-controlled molecular structure, the aqueous pigment dispersion can be obtained with the pigment dispersed in it. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110275775 | CATALYST FOR LIVING RADICAL POLYMERIZATION - Provided is a catalyst used for a living radical polymerization method, which contains a central element consisting of carbon and at least one halogen atom binding to the central element. Further, a hydrocarbon compound can be used as a catalyst precursor. A monomer having a radical-reactive unsaturated bond is subjected to a radical polymerization reaction in the presence of the catalyst, consequently a polymer having narrow molecular weight distribution can be obtained, and thus the cost of the living radical polymerization can be remarkably reduced. The present invention is significantly more environmentally friendly and economically excellent than conventional living radical polymerization methods, due to advantages such as low toxicity of the catalyst, low amount of the catalyst used, high solubility of the catalyst, mild reaction conditions, and no coloration/no odor (no need of any post-treatments for a molded article), and the like. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20120190795 | CATALYST FOR LIVING RADICAL POLYMERIZATION AND POLYMERIZATION METHOD - Provided is a low-cost, highly active, environmentally friendly living radical polymerization catalyst which does not require a radical initiator. An organic compound having an oxidation-reduction capability is used as a catalyst. Even if a radical initiator is not used, a monomer can be subjected to a radical polymerization to obtain a polymer having narrow molecular weight distribution. The cost of the living radical polymerization can be remarkably reduced. It is made possible to prevent adverse effects of using a radical initiator. The present invention is significantly more environmentally friendly and economically excellent than conventional living radical polymerization methods, due to advantages of the catalyst such as low toxicity of the catalyst, low amount of the catalyst necessary, high solubility of the catalyst, mild reaction conditions, and no coloration/no odor (which do not require a post-treatment for a molded article), etc. | 07-26-2012 |
