Patent · US Expired

Photoimageable composition having improved flexibility

US5952154A · kind A · utility

15Cited by
14References
10Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateMay 29, 1998
Grant dateSep 14, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 29, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F7/027
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention provides a negative-acting photoimageable composition comprising A) between about 30 and about 80 wt % based on total weight of A) plus B) of a binder polymer having acid functionality sufficient to render said photoimageable composition developable in alkaline aqueous solution, B) between about 20 and about 70 wt % based on total weight of A) plus B) of an addition-polymerizeable, non-gaseous .alpha.,.beta.-ethylenically unsaturated compound(s) capable of forming a high polymer by free-radical initiated chain-propagating addition polymerization, at least about 50 mole percent of the .alpha.,.beta.-ethylenically unsaturated moieties of B) being methacrylic moieties, and C) between about 0.1 and about 20 wt % based on total weigh of A) plus B) of a photoinitiator chemical system. Photopolymerizable component B comprises, at between about 1 and about 70 wt. % relative to total of A) plus B), a urethane oligomer having, in addition to .alpha.,.beta.-ethylenic unsaturation, carboxylic acid functionality.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.