Battelle Memorial Institute

Threebond Co., Ltd.

Nitto-denko Corporation

Intercontinental Great Brands LLC

Kimberly-clark Corporation

Battelle Development Corporation

Optimer Photonics, Inc.

Electric Power Research Institute Incorporated

Nisshinbo Industries, Inc.

Other

Rca Inc.

Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC

Medex, Inc.

Royce Medical Company

Ventaira Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Vincent Daniel McGinniss

Steven Risser

Kevin B Spahr

David C Masterson

Richard J Dick

Bhima Rao Vijayendran

Colleen Marie Henry

Jeffrey Boyce

Robert S Whitmore, Jr

Michael Clingerman

Robert E Russell, Iii

Ronald S Nohr

David W Nippa

John Gavin MacDonald

Richard William Ridgway

Takayuki Yamamoto

James D Browning

Kazuhiko Shibata

Paul Anthony Zerfas

Hiroyuki Mikuni

James L White

Stephen D Rogers

Tomoki Nakamura

Panagiotis Kinigakis

Kenneth C Pokusa

Michiharu Yamamoto

Bing Tan

Cynthia J Roberts

Stephen D Rodgers

Duryodhan Mangaraj

Kerri Kim Clark

Isabelle Louis-Joseph-Dogue

Vasilios Kanellopoulos

Paul E Burrows

Tracy E Grim

James C Kennedy

Amy M Heintz

Kenneth E Hughes

Jay R Sayre

Anthony A Boiarski

Jeffrey T Cafmeyer

Matthew S Fleming

Richard S Brody

Robert R Boyd

Leonard S Scarola

Joseph R Preston

Stuart A Kingsley

Megan Moore

Mark Stasik

Robert E Schwerzel

Chuck A Plaxico

David A Easter

Melissa S Roshon

Francis A Sliemers

Dennis M Tomisaka

Asanga B Padmaperuma

David E Guza

Timothy J Carpenter

Elizabeth Drotleff

Kelly J Jenkins

Hiroshi Mataki

Homero Castenada-Lopez

Mark R Alten

Albert R Bunk

Kevin Bruce

K David Monson

Tim L Shortridge

Siu Man L Cowan

Donna T Palmer

Dale L Robinson

Homero Casteneda-Lopez

John Snyder

John Dill Halka

Bhima Rao Vajayendran

Sambhu N Kundu

David Chris Masterson

Jeffrey James Boyce

Leonard Scarola

UV-cured pressure sensitive adhesive including one or more UV-curable acrylic oligomers, one or more tack control components, and, optionally, an elastomeric material is described herein. The adhesive includes an adhesive component ratio of the various adhesive components effective to provide desired first peel adhesions and subsequent peel adhesions.

Low-tack, UV-cured pressure sensitive adhesive suitable for reclosable packages

Methods and devices for altering the power of a lens, such as an intraocular lens, are disclosed. In one method, the lens comprises a single polymer matrix containing crosslinkable pendant groups, wherein the polymer matrix increases in volume when crosslinked. The lens does not contain free monomer. Upon exposure to ultraviolet radiation, crosslinking causes the exposed portion of the lens to increase in volume, causing an increase in the refractive index. In another method, the lens comprises a polymer matrix containing photobleachable chromophores. Upon exposure to ultraviolet radiation, photobleaching causes a decrease in refractive index in the exposed portion without any change in lens thickness. These methods avoid the need to wait for diffusion to occur to change the lens shape and avoid the need for a second exposure to radiation to lock in the changes to the lens.

Methods of altering the refractive index of materials

Self-assembly is defined as the ability of an active ingredient (AI), when mixed with a polymer or polymers (solid or liquid state), to form either a complex or a strong attraction with the polymer/polymers, which influences the controlled release of the total system. This AI-polymer interaction or strong attraction can form in the solid state or in solution. The AI-polymer interaction also can form when applied to a filter paper, soil, seeds, or plant vegetation substrates, where the AI and polymer self-assembles into an AI-polymer-substrate matrix or complex that influences how the AI releases from the complex or matrix in a controlled manner.

Self-assembling polymer particle release system

Adjustable intraocular lens

Rotary motion devices () are provided. In one embodiment, the rotary motion devices () may comprise: a mass (); a circumferential component (); a plurality of spokes () connecting the mass () to the circumferential component (), at least one of the spokes () comprising an electroactive polymer, wherein: the at least one spoke () has at least one input electrode and is configured to deflect upon application of an electrical potential across the at least one input electrode, and the rotary motion device () is configured such that deflection of the at least one spoke () causes the mass () to move, thereby causing the rotary motion device () to become off balance with respect to gravity, and rotate.

Electroactive polymer (EAP)-based rotary motion devices

Improved capacitors containing novel electrodes are described. One electrode composition comprises mixed metal oxides of the transition metals nickel and cobalt in a molar ratio of 0.5:1 or greater, and optionally containing a binder and carbon nanotubes. The resulting capacitors can be characterized by superior properties including higher specific capacitance values at higher voltage scan rates than the prior art. Methods of forming the electrodes that produce superior results are also described.

Nickel&#x2014;cobalt supercapacitors and methods of making same

A UV-curable pressure sensitive adhesive, a package having an adhesive-based reclosable fastener including the pressure sensitive adhesive, and a method of forming the package is described herein. The package includes a cavity and opposing panels configured to cover an opening to the cavity. The reclosable fastener is a UV-cured pressure sensitive adhesive comprised of one or more UV-curable acrylic oligomers, one or more tack control components, and, optionally, an elastomeric material. An adhesive component ratio defines an effective ratio made up of the weight percent of the UV-curable acrylic oligomer relative to the sum of the weight percents of the tack control component and elastomeric component, where the ratio provides a fastener with a first peel adhesion and subsequent peel adhesions effective to form the adhesive-based fastener into a reclosable fastener.

Reclosable fasteners, packages having reclosable fasteners, and methods for creating reclosable fasteners

Luminescent compositions are described comprising lanthanide-containing nanoclusters comprising lanthanide atoms bonded to at least one semimetal or transition metal via an oxygen or sulfur atom. Novel compositions include an antenna ligand complexed with the nanoclusters. The rare earth-metal nanoclusters are in the size range of 1 to 100 nm. Articles, such as solar cells, are described in which the nanoclusters (with or without antenna ligands) are dispersed in a polymer matrix. Novel methods of making luminescent films are also described.

Organic-inorganic complexes containing a luminescent rare earth-metal nanocluster and an antenna ligand, luminescent articles, and methods of making luminescent compositions

Capacitors containing novel electrodes and electrolytes are described. One electrode composition comprises an oxide of Mn and Fe in a Mn:Fe molar ratio of 3:1 to 5:1. Another electrode composition comprises an oxide comprising Ni, Co, and Fe; wherein the Ni and Co are present in a Ni/Co molar ratio in the range of 0.5 to 2 and a Fe and Ni are present in a Ni/Fe molar ratio in the range of 1.0 to 10. The resulting capacitors can be characterized by superior properties. Methods of forming the electrodes from gels are also described. An electrolyte comprising a Li salt in a carbonate solution, wherein the carbonate solution comprises 10-30% ethylene carbonate and 70-90% propylene carbonate is also described.

Supercapacitor materials and devices

A hybrid reclosable fastener with both mechanical mating and adhesive reclosable mating elements and a method of forming the hybrid reclosable fastener is described herein. Mechanical mating elements include mating portions having cooperating coupling parts configured to provide mechanical mating along with adhesive mating elements including an adhesive material formed on the cooperating coupling parts configured to provide an adhesive mating.

Mechanical and adhesive based reclosable fasteners

A reclosable package for a plurality of products is described herein. The reclosable package includes an adhesive-based fastener that utilizes a low tack adhesive and pivotably connected first and second compartments, each compartment configured to receive the plurality of products therein. The adhesive-based fastener includes opposing portions of resealable adhesive on interior surfaces of the first and second compartments respectively, so that the interior surfaces can be pivoted together to close the reclosable package.

Package having an adhesive-based reclosable fastener and methods therefor

An electrochromic device that is capable of changing the transmission of either visible or infrared radiations as a function of the polarity of a voltage applied to the device.

Electrochromic device capable of controlling visible and infrared radiations

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Columbus, OH, United States of America

Vincent Daniel McGinniss