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US3214382A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Process for incorporating phosphorescent triplet state organic compounds in plastic media

Assignee: Northrop Grumman Space and Mission Systems Corp
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Filing: 1962-09-26
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Granted: 1965-10-26
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Expires: 1982-09-26
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Maurice W Windsor

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-06 03:47
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08K; C08K5/00; C08K5/01; C08F; C08F2/00; C08F2/44; C08F265/00; C08F265/04; C08F265/06

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 96 words
THE METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ARTICLE CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A TRIPLET STATE ORGANIC COMPOUND IN SOLID SOLUTION WITH A TRANSPARENT CROSS-LINKED PLASTIC, SAID METHOD COMPRISING: PARTIALLY POLYMERIZING A MONOMER OF AN ALKYL METHACRYLATE PLASTIC TO A SYRUP, INTRODUCING A TRIPLET STATE ORGANIC COMPOUND INTO SAID SYRUP TO FORM A HOMOGENEOUS SOLUTION, AND CURING SAID SOLUTION TO FURTHER POLYMERIZE AND CROSS-LINKED SAID PLASTIC TO A DEGREE BELOW THAT WHICH CAUSES SAID PLASTICS TO LOSE IT TRANSPARENCY, SAID TRIPLET STATE COMPOUND BEING AN AROMATIC, CONDENSED RING, POLYNUCLEAR HYDROCARBON EXHIBITING TRIPLET STATE EFFECT IN COMBINATION WITH SAID CROSS-LINKED PLASTIC.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 96 words
THE METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ARTICLE CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A TRIPLET STATE ORGANIC COMPOUND IN SOLID SOLUTION WITH A TRANSPARENT CROSS-LINKED PLASTIC, SAID METHOD COMPRISING: PARTIALLY POLYMERIZING A MONOMER OF AN ALKYL METHACRYLATE PLASTIC TO A SYRUP, INTRODUCING A TRIPLET STATE ORGANIC COMPOUND INTO SAID SYRUP TO FORM A HOMOGENEOUS SOLUTION, AND CURING SAID SOLUTION TO FURTHER POLYMERIZE AND CROSS-LINKED SAID PLASTIC TO A DEGREE BELOW THAT WHICH CAUSES SAID PLASTICS TO LOSE IT TRANSPARENCY, SAID TRIPLET STATE COMPOUND BEING AN AROMATIC, CONDENSED RING, POLYNUCLEAR HYDROCARBON EXHIBITING TRIPLET STATE EFFECT IN COMBINATION WITH SAID CROSS-LINKED PLASTIC.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1968-10-25 1969-04-26 1969-10-26 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
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