Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company

C2c Technologies LLC

Robert J Balchunis

Frank Thomas Sher

Stephen W Bany

George V Tiers

Dennis Edward Vogel

Kim Marie Vogel

James P Gardner, Jr

Timothy D Kehoe

Ram W Sabnis

Positive-acting no-process printing plates are disclosed in which a stable visual or print-out image is obtained upon exposure of the plate to actinic radiation. The visual image is obtained by incorporation into the photosensitive layer, a dye which is irreversibly bleached upon exposure of the printing plate. For example, an acid which is generated upon exposure of a photopolymer to radiation may be used to bleach a dye of this invention. The visual or print-out images produced are useful in the production cycle and are stable to basic environments that may be encountered in the production setting.

Visible image dyes for positive-acting no-process printing plates

A hydroxyorganosilane composition which upon curing provides a polymer that is an electrical conductor is disclosed. The composition comprises 1 to 95 weight percent of a hydrolyzate of a hydroxyorganosilane and optionally up to 50 weight percent of a silanol-sulfonate compound. When the cured polymer, which has a siloxane backbone, is a film in a composite structure, the resultant article has antistatic properties.

Antistatic films

The complex formed between a tri-or pentavalent antimony halide and an organic phosphonate ester has been found to be an effective catalyst for cationic polymerization reactions.

Antimony halide-organic phosphonate ester cationic polymerization

The complex formed between a pentavalent antimony halide and an organic phosphate ester has been found to be an effective catalyst for cationic polymerization reactions.

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Saint Paul, MN, United States of America

Robert J Balchunis