Radiation-curable high gloss overprint varnish compositions
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US ¡ United States
- Current Assignee / Owner
- ASHLAND LICENSING & INTPROP LLC
- Publication Date
- 2005-11-24
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable ¡ inactive patent
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of the provisional application Ser. No. 60 / 564,025, filed Apr. 21, 2004.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to radiation curable overprint varnishes (OPV). The overprint varnishes are based on multifunctional, uncrosslinked, liquid Michael addition resins formed from the reaction of acrylate monomers, known as Michael addition reaction acceptors (hereinafter âMichael acceptorsâ) and β-ketoesters (e.g., ethyl acetoacetate), β-diketones (e.g., 2,4-pentanedione), and / or β-keto amides (e.g., acetoacetanilide, acetoacetamide), or other β-dicarbonyl compounds and mixtures thereof, known as Michael addition reaction donors (hereinafter âMichael donorsâ) that can participate in the Michael addition reaction. The OPV formulations based on the above multifunctional, uncrosslinked, liquid Michael addition resins can be cured under standard UV cure conditions with no photoinitia...