Eastman-kodak Company

Avery Dennison Corporation

Skc Haas Display Films Co., Ltd.

Rohm and Haas Denmark Finance A/s

Thomas M Laney

Robert P Bourdelais

Peter T Aylward

Jehuda Greener

Alphonse D Camp

Kenneth W Best, Jr

Debasis Majumdar

Michael R Brickey

Teh-Ming Kung

Cheryl J Kaminsky

Hoang T Pham

Farid F Ghiam

Charles Chester Anderson

Bruce C Campbell

Kevin O Henderson

Eric Eugene Arrington

Lisa Baxter Todd

Jose L Garcia

Xiang-Dong Mi

David J Steklenski

Narasimharao Dontula

Lixin Chu

Mridula Nair

Dinesh Tyagi

Dennis E Smith

John Leonard Muehlbauer

John L Pawlak

David James Cornell

Dennis J Massa

YuanQiao Rao

William J Gamble

Bradley C DeCook

Steven A Billow

Wen-Li A Chen

Larry K Maier

Gary S Freedman

Gary J Mcsweeney

Cathy A Fleischer

Peter David Rollinson

John E Benson

Michael R Landry

Stephen T Faulkenberry

Julie A Sampson

Jose R Garcia

Michael J Moszkowicz

Various polymeric barrier compositions are described which when formed into films, are useful in reducing transmission of odors. The films can be incorporated into a wide range of products such as multilayer barrier films used in medical applications and particularly in ostomy appliances. In certain versions, the films include semi-crystalline cyclic olefin copolymers.

Barrier films

Various polymeric barrier compositions are described which when formed into films, are useful in reducing transmission of odors. The films can be incorporated into a wide range of products such as multilayer barrier films used in medical applications and particularly in ostomy appliances. In certain versions, the films include blends of amorphous cyclic olefin copolymers and semi-crystalline cyclic olefin copolymers.

Flexible barrier films containing cyclic olefins

Various barrier films are described that include barrier layers that contain ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymers and elastomers. Polyolefin elastomers can be used such as ethylene octene copolymers. The barrier films can also include secondary barrier layers that contain one or more norbornene copolymers.

Low noise flexible barrier films

Compositions comprising from about 30% to about 95% of one or more RF-active functionalized ethylene copolymers and one or more propylene based plastomers are described. When formed into films or thin layers, the films exhibit a combination of low noise properties and good RF weldability characteristics. Also described are multilayer assemblies using such films and various articles incorporating such. Also described are methods of determining minimum thicknesses of an RF weldable layer in a multilayer film using the compositions.

Blends of ethylene copolymers and propylene based plastomers in multilayer films for low noise and RF welding

The present invention provides a diffusely-reflecting polarizer comprising:

Diffusely-reflecting polarizer having nearly isotropic continuous phase

An inkjet recording element comprising a support extrusion coated with a porous hydrophilic material. The composition comprises a hydrophilic thermoplastic polymer and blends thereof. Also disclosed are methods for making and a method of printing on the inkjet recording element.

Extruded open-celled ink-receiving layer comprising hydrophilic polymer for use in inkjet recording

An optical element comprises at least one optical film wherein at least a portion of the optical film is maintained dimensionally stable by the presence of a mechanism for application of a controlled tensile force to the film wherein the tensile force is applied through a tensioning mechanism protruding through holes or slots in the optical film.

Tensioned optical element and display

The present invention provides a diffusely-reflecting polarizer having

An optical element comprises a stack of at least three juxtaposed films with at least one inner optical film and two outer transparent films exhibiting high dimensional stability, wherein a controlled tensile force is applied in at least one direction to the two outer films but not the at least one inner film.

Optical element and display with transparent tensioned supporting films

The invention relates to a light diffuser comprising a thermoplastic layer containing thermoplastic polymeric material and microvoids having a substantially circular cross-section in a plane perpendicular to the direction of light travel and having a diffuse light transmission efficiency of at least 65%.

Microvoided light diffuser

A reflective optical film comprises a layer containing a polyester voided with inorganic particles such as barium sulfate in a size and an amount sufficient to provide a visible light reflectivity of at least 93%, a void volume of 40 to 70%, the film at least (1) having a thickness of less than 150 &#x3bc;m, or (2) containing UV particles in amounts sufficient to provide a UV light reflectivity of less than 40%.

Highly reflective optical element

The invention relates to an imaging member comprising an image layer and a base material wherein said base material comprises at least one oriented sheet laminated to a core sheet comprising a vacuous composite of polyolefin and polyester having a density of less than 0.7 g/cc.

Imaging member with vacuous core base

Processes for making a pragmatic label, a receiver sheet for making such a pragmatic label, and intermediates thereof are described. The receiver sheet comprises a pragmatic pre-label sheet, a lower strippable carrier, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer between said lower strippable carrier and the pragmatic pre-label sheet. The pragmatic pre-label sheet is made by coextruding a first melt for a polymeric image-receiving layer with one or more other melts for forming a single-layer or multiple-layer pragmatic polymer sheet, wherein said other melts includes a second melt comprising an orientable thermoplastic polymeric material for forming a microvoided layer, said coextruded melts forming a multilayer composite film that is subsequently subjected to stretching. The pragmatic labels and receiver sheets of the present invention can advantageously be made without the use of solvent coating.

Thermal-dye-transfer label capable of reproducing flesh tones

This patent relates to an imaging member comprising a vacuous polymer base having adhered thereto an image formed on a transparent polymer sheet, wherein said vacuous polymer base has a density of less than 0.7 grams/cc and a modulus to density ratio of between 1500 and 4000 and wherein said image is in contact with said vacuous polymer base.

Imaging member adhered to vacuous core base

The invention relates to a light diffuser comprising a polymeric film wherein the film comprises a plurality of layers having void geometry in which the x/y/z size or frequency varies by at least 28% between at least two layers.

Stacked microvoided light diffuser

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Brockport, NY, United States of America

Thomas M Laney