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Printing process

US5972544A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 9, 1996
Grant dateOct 26, 1999
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Expiry dateDec 9, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B5/223
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process for preparing an optical filter comprising a colored cross-linked polymeric coating an a transparent substrate, which comprises applying to the substrate, by a printing process, a mixture comprising one or more polymer precursor(s), and one or more dye(s) having one or more heterocyclic NH group(s) or one or more substituent(s) capable of forming a covalent bond with the polymeric precursor, and thereafter using the mixture. The invention also provides formulations comprising one or more polymer precursors and dyes, optical filters, and a novel dye.

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