Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6951604 | Production method for flexible printed board A flexible printed board production method which ensures higher adhesion of copper, excellent workability, easier continuous production and lower costs. The flexible printed board production method comprises the steps of: treating a surface of a polyimide resin film... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6905990 | Ceramic color composition and method for bending flat glass The present invention provides a ceramic color composition which comprises, as a solid powder, 50 to 90 wt. % of a mixture containing 5 to 95 parts by weight of a first lead-free glass powder comprising at least SiO2, ZnO, and B2O3 a... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6331239 | Method of electroplating non-conductive plastic molded products A method of electroplating non-conductive plastic moldings, the method comprising the steps of: applying a catalyst useful for electroless plating to non-conductive plastic moldings using a colloidal solution containing a precious metal compound and a sta... | 12/18/2001 |
| 5976628 | Copper conductor paste and production method of copper conductor film A conductor paste comprising a high-polymer composite obtained by dispersing super-fine-granulated copper oxide in a polymer without being aggregated, mixed copper powders mainly composed of a base copper powder having a mean particle size of 1 to 10 μm ... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5908543 | Method of electroplating non-conductive materials This invention provides a method of electroplating a non-conductive material, the method comprising the steps of bringing a non-conductive material into contact with an acidic hydrosol solution containing a palladium compound, a stannous compound and a co... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5846645 | Fluorocarbon resin-coated product A coated product having at least four coating layers comprising an undercoating layer formed by coating an undercoating material containing a fluorocarbon resin powder and an aromatic resin and having a viscosity of from 20 to 500,000 poise, an intermedia... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5807508 | Copper conductor paste and production method of copper conductor film A conductor paste comprising a high-polymer composite obtained by dispersing super-fine-granulated copper oxide in a polymer without being aggregated, mixed copper powders mainly composed of a base copper powder having a mean particle size of 1 to 10 μm ... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5616230 | Method for direct-electroplating an electrically nonconductive substrate A process for plating an electrically nonconductive substrate by the following sequence of steps: (1) a step of treating an electrically nonconductive substrate with a solution containing a silane coupling agent; (2) a step of treating the electrically noncond... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5439712 | Method for making a composite aluminum article A method for making a composite aluminum article comprises the steps of electrochemically or chemically adsorbing fine particles of a polytetrafluoroethylene to the surface of a hard anodic oxide film of an aluminum material or an aluminum alloy material,... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5419970 | Method for making a composite aluminum article A method for making a composite aluminum article comprises the steps of electrochemically or chemically adsorbing fine particles of a polytetrafluoroethylene to the surface of a hard anodic oxide film of an aluminum material or an aluminum alloy material,... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5292361 | Electroless palladium plating composition An electroless palladium plating composition which comprises (1) 0.001-0.1 mol/l of a palladium compound, (2) 0.01-1 mol/l of a hypophosphite compound, (3) 0.01-5 mol/l of at least one member selected from the group consisting of ammonia and alkylamine co... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5147454 | Electrolessly solder plating composition The invention provides a bath composition for electroless solder plating comprising: (A) about 5 to about 120 g/l of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of alkanesulfonic acids and alkanolsulfonic acids, (B) about 10 to about 100 g/l of at... | 09/15/1992 |
| 4917958 | Metal coated ceramic composition This invention provides a glass composition for joining ceramic articles to ceramic or metallic articles, the composition comprising: (i) about 100 parts by weight of at least one of TiN, TiB2, AlN, AlB2, BN, B4 C, SiC and Si | 04/17/1990 |
| 4792358 | Inorganic coating compositions This invention provides an inorganic coating composition comprising (a) about 100 parts by weight (based on solids) of a binder component prepared by thermally dissolving about 10 to about 40 parts by weight of fine particles of silica in about 100 parts ... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4770751 | Method for forming on a nonconductor a shielding layer against electromagnetic radiation This invention provides a method for forming metallic deposits on a nonconductor to provide a shield against electromagnetic radiation, the method comprising the steps of: (i) subjecting the surface of a nonconductor to pretreatment prior to electroless c... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4741962 | Optical filter made of inorganic material for blue light This invention relates to an optical filter made of inorganic material for blue light which transfers blue light and absorbs all of the other colored lights by sticking an inorganic mixture powder pasted by mixing with screen oil on a glass substrate and ... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4622069 | Catalyst composition for forming electroless plating on ceramics A composition for forming electroless plating on ceramics which comprises (i) 1 weight part of at least one member selected from the group consisting of organic palladium compounds and organic silver compounds, (ii) 0.1 to 200 weight parts of at least one... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4469714 | Composition for bonding electroconductive metal coating to electrically nonconductive material This invention provides a composition comprising about 15 to about 75% by weight of a thermosetting or ultraviolet-curable resin, about 24.5 to about 84.5% by weight of finely divided heat-resistant inorganic substance and about 0.5 to about 20% by weight... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4444628 | Process for treating Al alloy casting and die casting Aluminum alloy castings and aluminum alloy die castings are treated in the process comprising the steps of chemically polishing the castings, processing the chemically polished castings by barreling and/or by blasting and subjecting successively the casti... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4172733 | Vitreous enamel compositions A vitreous enamel composition comprising 1 part by weight of a vitreous enamel solid component composed of (1) 90-99.9 wt. % of glass powder consisting predominantly of 40 to 80 wt. % of SiO2, 1-25 wt. % of at least one of B2 O3... | 10/30/1979 |
| 4111767 | Electrolytic stripping bath for removing metal coatings from stainless steel base materials Electrolytic stripping bath for removing metal coatings from stainless steel base material comprising at least one reducing compound selected from the group consisting of dimethylformamide, formaldehyde, thiosulfates, sulfites, hydrazine, hydroxylamine an... | 09/05/1978 |
