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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8048531 | Protective plate for a plasma display and a method for producing the same A protective plate for a plasma display comprises conductive substrate for protecting a plasma display and an electrode in electrical contact with the conductive substrate. ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7342666 | Method and apparatus for measuring holding distortion There are carried out a first measurement operation for measuring the shape of a front surface of a sample held in a held state, a second measurement operation for measuring the shape of a back surface of the sample held in the same state, and a third measurement op... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7264881 | Protective plate for a plasma display and a method for producing the same A protective plate for a plasma display comprises conductive substrate for protecting a plasma display and an electrode in electrical contact with the conductive substrate. ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7230695 | Defect repair device and defect repair method A defect repair device includes a defect inspection unit configured to find a size of a protruding defect on a front surface of a multi-layer film having a rear surface opposite to the front surface, a calculation unit configured to calculate a repair energy so as t... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7087308 | Protective plate for a plasma display and a method for producing the same A protective plate for a plasma display including a conductive substrate for protecting the plasma display. The conductive substrate includes a substrate having a glass plate and a conductive film formed on a resinous film bonded to the glass plate substrate. The pl... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7045208 | Synthetic resin molded material and method for its production A synthetic resin molded material characterized in that a thin film made of an oxide of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Si, Zr, Ti, Ta, Hf, Mo, W. Nb, Sn, In, Al and Zn, is formed by a dry method on a synthetic resin substrate having hydroph... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6989112 | Dye combinations for image enhancement filters for color video displays A bandpass filter containing specific red dyes alone or in combination with other dyes selectively transmits predetermined primary color wavelengths as well as selectively absorbs wavelengths other than the predetermined primary color wavelength. The filter is parti... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6949226 | Sodium-based dechlorinating agent and waste treatment equipment A sodium-based dechlorinating agent is added to a flue gas; hydrogen chloride contained in this flue gas is removed as residue of dechlorination; the thus removed residue of dechlorination is dissolved by adding water; water-insoluble constituents are separated from... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6898067 | Electric double-layer capacitor An electric double layer capacitor which has a low internal resistance and a large capacitance per unit volume and which is excellent in the voltage retention property, is provided. In a non-aqueous type electric double layer capacitor having a separator disp... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6829910 | Removal of enclosed glass parts after cutting using heating and cooling techniques A method for forming a magnetic disk comprises the following steps. First, an inner and outer cut is provided in a work piece. The waste piece thus comprises an outer waste piece, an inner waste piece, and a region between the inner and outer waste pieces that is to... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6825812 | Antenna structure for vehicles An antenna structure for vehicles capable of minimizing the distance between a first contact member and a signal processing circuit and ensuring stable antenna performance without using a connection line of a lengthy wire rod is provided. To realize this advantage, ... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6803098 | Synthetic resin molded material and method for its production A synthetic resin molded material characterized in that a thin film made of an oxide of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Si, Zr, Ti, Ta, Hf, Mo, W, Nb, Sn, In, Al and Zn, is formed by a dry method on a synthetic resin substrate having hydroph... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6800344 | Cathode ray tube glass, a method for producing the cathode ray tube glass, and a method for cleaning the cathode ray tube glass A cathode ray tube glass comprises a clean cathode ray tube made of glass and a coating film composed of at least one water-soluble material selected from the group consisting of water-soluble salts, acids being solid at room temperature, monosaccharides and polysac... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6795274 | Method for manufacturing a substantially circular substrate by utilizing scribing A method for manufacturing a substrate for a magnetic disk comprises the acts of mounting a workpiece on a spindle; rotating the workpiece and scribing the workpiece to form first and second scribe lines on the top surface of the workpiece and first and second scrib... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6783861 | Glazing panel A glazing panel carrying a coating stack comprises in sequence at least: a glass substrate a base antireflective layer an infra-red reflecting layer, and a top antireflective layer and is characterised in that at least one of the a... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6780934 | Room temperature-setting composition A room temperature-setting composition containing a polyoxyalkylene polymer (A) having a molecular weight ranging from 8000 to 50000 and having hydrolyzable silicon groups of the following formula (1): —SiXaR13−aâ... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6766046 | Plate glass shatter testing method, device, imaging method for glass testing and image signal processing method A sheet screen is provided on one of sides of test glass, and a projected image of the test glass is electronically and directly picked up. After tone image signals of the test glass thus picked up are binarized while modifying threshold values according to brightne... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6751988 | Process for bend-shaping a glass plate and an apparatus for bend-shaping the glass plate A method for manufacturing a curved sheet of glass which includes a heating furnace for heating a sheet of glass therein, the heating furnace having an outlet opening for discharging a curved sheet of glass, and an array of beds housed in the furnace for transferrin... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6734132 | Polymer electrolyte fuel cell, electrode for it and method for producing it An electrode for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell, which is a porous gas diffusion electrode comprising a catalyst powder and an ion exchange resin, wherein a solvent-soluble fluorine-containing polymer having substantially no ion exchange groups exists at least at a... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6728095 | Electric double layer capacitor An electric double layer capacitor including a positive electrode assembly and a negative electrode assembly, each electrode assembly having a porous layer including a carbonaceous powder and a fluorine-containing polymer formed on at least one side of an aluminum f... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6718612 | Method for manufacturing a magnetic disk comprising a glass substrate using a protective layer over a glass workpiece A method for manufacturing a glass substrate for use in magnetic disk manufacturing comprises the steps of a) forming a glass sheet; b) forming a protective sheet over one or both sides of the glass sheet; c) cutting the glass sheet into workpieces; d) cutting the w... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6670511 | Fluorine-containing diene, its production method and its polymer A fluorine-containing diene represented by the formula 1: wherein each of X and Y which are independent of each other, is an atom selected from a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, a bromine atom and an iodine atom, provided that X and Y are not ... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6664503 | Method for manufacturing a magnetic disk A method for manufacturing a magnetic disk comprises the step of applying a continuous laser beam to both sides of a glass workpiece and etching both sides of the workpiece with an aqueous acidic fluoride-containing etching solution. The portion of the wo... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6651381 | Synthetic resin molded material and method for its production A synthetic resin molded material characterized in that a thin film made of an oxide of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Si, Zr, Ti, Ta, Hf, Mo, W, Nb, Sn, In, Al and Zn, is formed by a dry method on a synthetic resin substrate hav... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6653376 | Water-and-oil repellant composition of aqueous dispersion type and process for producing the same A water dispersion type water and oil repellent composition which is capable of imparting durable water resistance to clothing for which high water and oil repellency is required and which is capable of imparting high oil repellency to paper. The water di... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6638626 | Protective plate for a plasma display and a method for producing the same A protective plate for a plasma display comprises conductive substrate for protecting a plasma display and an electrode in electrical contact with the conductive substrate.... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6632274 | Ultrafine particle dispersion composition, composition for interlayer for laminated glass, interlayer and laminated glass By incorporating and dispersing infrared ray shielding ultrafine particles having an average particle size of from 10 to 60 nm and a volume ratio of ultrafine particles having particle sizes of at least 60 nm being at most 15% of all particles, in a plast... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631586 | Opening and closing structure of window member An opening and shutting structure for a window member. The structure includes an elevating device for ascending and descending a glass sheet to a housing section. The elevating device is provided with an elevating member fixed to the glass sheet and a dri... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6623820 | Silica-alumina composite sol, processes for producing the same, and recording medium It is an object of the present invention to obtain a composite sol capable of forming an ink-receiving layer having a high transparency and a high property for fixing dyes. The present invention provides a sol which is a colloidal solution having aggregat... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6609085 | Method for storing time series data and time series database system, method and system for processing time series data, time series data display system, and recording medium A method for storing time series data comprising storing short period data at an arbitrary sampling period and storing long period data at a sampling period longer than the arbitrary sampling period, in which the time series data are stored in a hierarchi... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6594431 | Optical waveguide An optical waveguide provided on a substrate, which comprises a core for transmitting light and a clad formed around the core, wherein the clad is made of a fluorinated alicyclic structure-containing polymer having functional groups.... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6590102 | Process for producing piperidinecarbinols A process for producing a piperidinecarbinol represented by the general formula (2), which comprises reducing the trans isomer of a compound represented by the general formula (1): ##STR1## wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or ... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6576209 | Process for producing sodium salts A process for producing sodium salts, which comprises adding solid sodium carbonate to a first aqueous solution containing sodium carbonate and sodium hydrogencarbonate, to prepare a second aqueous solution, precipitating, separating and recovering from t... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6574990 | Process for bend-shaping a glass plate A method for manufacturing a curved sheet of glass which includes a heating furnace for heating a sheet of glass therein, the heating furnace having an outlet opening for discharging a curved sheet of glass, and an array of beds housed in the furnace for ... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6560996 | Vacuum degassing apparatus for molten glass Molten glass has a liquid level located at a higher level than lower ends of an uprising pipe and a downfalling. In addition, a contacting portion of the uprising pipe or the downfalling pipe and a brick receiver on an upstream or downstream pit for suppo... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6562490 | Glazing panel A glazing panel carrying a coating stack comprises in sequence at least: a glass substrate a base antireflective layer an infra-red reflecting layer, and a top antireflective layer and is characterized in that at least one of the antireflective layers comprises at ... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6558846 | Secondary power source A secondary power source, which comprises a positive electrode containing activated carbon and a lithium-containing transition metal oxide, a negative electrode containing a carbon material capable of doping and undoping lithium ions, and an organic elect... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6534182 | Fluororesin films, laminate produced by using the same, and process for producing laminate A tetrafluoroethylene-ethylene copolymer (ETFE) film, wherein polar groups are present on the surface of the film after a surface treatment, and the surface roughness Ra is at most the surface roughness Ra of the surface of an untrea... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6533904 | Oxide film, laminate and methods for their production A method for forming an oxide film on a substrate by a sputtering process using a target comprising a metal as the main component, wherein sputtering is carried out in an atmosphere which contains a gas containing carbon atoms.... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6531624 | Aminoacrylic acid derivatives and process for producing the same A process for producing a benzoylacrylic acid derivative (formula 1) in high yield through a small number of steps and a simple purification step. The process comprises reacting 2,4,5-trifluoro-3-methyl-6-nitrobenzoyl chloride with a compound (formula 2) to yi... | 03/11/2003 |
