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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D653879 | Table | 02/14/2012 |
| 8101015 | Coatings and hard mask compositions for integrated circuit applications methods of production and uses thereof A coating material is described herein that includes at least one inorganic compound, and at least one densifying agent, wherein the densifying agent increases the density of the coating material as compared to the density of the at least one inorganic compound. A m... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8066807 | Fire-resistant and insulating additives for building materials, their methods of production and uses thereof Flame-retarding additives that may also have insulating properties are disclosed that include at least one carbonate salt, and at least one additional salt, active ingredient or combination thereof. In addition, methods of forming flame-retarding additives are discl... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8026497 | Methods and apparatus for generating ultraviolet light A housing for an elongate electrodeless bulb which is energiseable by an rf field such as a microwave field, preferably at or around 2.45 GHz. The housing is constructed of electrically conductive material and is arranged to have a substantially unobstructed opening... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8025460 | Ocean oil spill and contaminated sea ice containment, separation and removal system A method for containing and cleaning up oil or other contaminants from an area of water containing mixture of ice and water is disclosed. A net having at least one folded extension is deployed into an area of water and ice to encircle at least a portion of the conta... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7977291 | Graffiti removal materials and methods Graffiti removal compositions has been developed and are disclosed that when coupled with reliable methods: a) consistently removes graffiti and other unwanted or undesirable paint, inks or permanent markers from a surface, b) is packaged such that it is easily tran... | 07/12/2011 |
| D641022 | Game controller cradle for portable devices | 07/05/2011 |
| D639090 | Table | 06/07/2011 |
| 7834260 | Computer analysis and manipulation of musical structure, methods of production and uses thereof A music modification system is provided and described herein, which includes: a) a computer, b) a music element library, c) at least one part-score database, d) a software code that executes a music modification system on the computer, wherein the music modification... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7819931 | Soil mediums and alternative fuel mediums, apparatus and methods of their production and uses thereof An apparatus is disclosed for converting sludges, wastes or a combination thereof to biosolids, including a) at least one heated air system, b) at least one trough arrangement, c) at least one auger system, wherein the at least one auger system is situated in the at... | 10/26/2010 |
| D623434 | Night stand | 09/14/2010 |
| 7791005 | Coil constructions configured for utilization in physical vapor deposition chambers, and methods of forming coil constructions The invention includes coil constructions configured for utilization in PVD chambers, and also includes methods of forming coil constructions suitable for utilization in PVD chambers. The coil constructions can include one or more cup projections extending from an o... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7790789 | Pre-fiber gel materials and compositions, methods of manufacture and uses thereof A pre-fiber gel material is described herein that includes: a) at least one amide-based and/or polyamide-based composition; and b) at least one lactam gelling agent, wherein the gel composition has sufficient viscosity and sufficient cohesiveness upon the mixing of ... | 09/07/2010 |
| D620270 | Stool | 07/27/2010 |
| 7691240 | Target assemblies, targets, backing plates, and methods of target cooling The invention includes backing plates having coolant deflectors with at least a portion of each of the deflectors being nonlinear. Projections projecting from the backing plate are configured to insert into openings within a sputtering target. The invention includes... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7678462 | Spin-on-glass anti-reflective coatings for photolithography Anti-reflective coating materials for deep ultraviolet photolithography include one or more organic light-absorbing compounds incorporated into spin-on-glass materials. Suitable absorbing compounds are strongly absorbing over wavelength ranges around wavelengths suc... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7575402 | Vehicle transporter with screw actuators Vehicular cargo of a vehicle transporter is supported by elongate vehicle support members that are supported and moved by telescopic screw actuators that include a clutch to establish a minimum torque to rotate the screw that changes the length of the actuator. ... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7556933 | Reagent system and process for adenosine triphosphate monitoring A reagent system comprises a first reagent which includes a high pH phosphate buffer, and a second reagent which includes luciferase, luciferin, a magnesium salt and an enzyme stabilizer. The second reagent has a low pH and a buffer with a pK which is near the optim... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7517381 | Devices and methods for chemical reactive filtration A gas contaminant is filtered using fibers having internal cavities containing a chemically reactive oxidizing agent, an acid or base, a coordinating agent, a complexing agent, or a deliquescing agent. Where the contaminant is basic, the reagent is preferably an oxi... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7506527 | Making integral heat spreader by coining A method and apparatus for automatically separating blanks from a copper strip (200) and coining heat spreader lids (400) from the blanks. A high speed blanking structure (208) severs single rectangular or square blanks (212) from the cop... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7482446 | Amide-based compounds, production, recovery, purification and uses thereof Methods are disclosed of producing and purifying at least one amide. In accordance with one of the methods disclosed herein, the at least one amide is produced by providing an organic liquid comprising at least one oxime, providing at least one catalyst, adding the ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7442223 | Complex shaped fiber for particle and molecular filtration An ultra-efficient multilobal cross-sectioned fiber filter for chemical contaminant filtering applications is described. An absorptive chemically reactive reagent, preferably an acid or base and in liquid or an adsorptive chemically reactive reagent (an acid or base... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7310234 | Remote enclosure systems and methods of production thereof Remote enclosure systems have now been designed that meet the following goals: a) consolidate electrical terminations in one system; b) pre-terminate AC and DC equipment loads before site installation; c) provide multiple access points for facilitating equipment rep... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7307137 | Low dielectric constant materials and methods of preparation thereof The present invention is directed to low dielectric polymers and to methods of producing these low dielectric constant polymers, dielectric materials and layers, and electronic components. In one aspect of the present invention, an isomeric mixture of thermosetting ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7269030 | Remote enclosure systems and methods of production thereof Remote enclosure systems have now been designed that meet the following goals: a) consolidates electrical terminations in one system; b) pre-terminates AC and DC equipment loads before site installation; c) provides multiple access points for facilitating equipment ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7258920 | Multiphase fiber materials and compositions, methods of manufacture and uses thereof A pre-fiber composition is disclosed herein that includes: a) a first fiber constituent having a first melting point; b) a second fiber constituent having a second melting point; and c) a gelling agent that solvates at least one of the first fiber constituent or the... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7256491 | Thermal interconnect systems methods of production and uses thereof A thermal transfer material is described herein that includes: a heat spreader component, wherein the heat spreader component comprises a top surface, a bottom surface and at least one heat spreader material, and at least one solder material, wherein the solder mate... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7244491 | Thermal interface materials A crosslinkable thermal interface material is produced by combining at least one rubber compound, at least one amine resin and at least one thermally conductive filler. This interface material takes on the form of a liquid or “soft gel”. The gel state is brought... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7186585 | Method of manufacturing an integrated heat spreader lid A heat spreader lid includes an outer periphery region having a lip for bonding to an underlying substrate board, a center region, and one or more strain isolation regions. The strain isolation regions are located between the center region and the outer periphery re... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7175684 | Prilling method A prilling method comprising the steps of: providing a molten first component, mixing at least a second component with the molten first component, reacting the components to form a shear-thinnable mixture; and prilling the shear-thinnable mixture wherein the prillin... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7176828 | Near-field antenna array with signal processing Method and apparatus for extracting coherent information from in-phase (I) and quadrature (Q) signals. In a form, signals from an antenna array are mixed to form a plurality of I and Q signals that combined to form respective complex vectors. Each vector is adjusted... | 02/13/2007 |
| D528267 | Novelty hat | 09/19/2006 |
| D526892 | Tea sachet packaging | 08/22/2006 |
| 7083850 | Electrically conductive thermal interface A porous, flexible, resilient heat transfer material which comprises network of metal flakes. Such heat transfer materials are preferably produced by first forming a conductive paste comprising a volatile organic solvent and conductive metal flakes. The conductive p... | 08/01/2006 |
| D522215 | Novelty hat and wig | 06/06/2006 |