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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8133644 | Method of forming an image having multiple phases A method of forming an image having multiple phases is disclosed herein. The method includes forming exposed and unexposed areas, the exposed areas comprising a first polymer network exhibiting first and second phases that are chemically connected and have different... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8133582 | Adhesive composition and articles made therefrom An adhesive composition comprising from about 2 to about 10 wt. % multifunctional ethylenically unsaturated siloxane polymer, from about 2 to about 10 wt. % monofunctional ethylenically unsaturated siloxane macromer, and from about 85 to about 96 wt. % vinyl monomer... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8092904 | Optical article having an antistatic layer Disclosed herein is an optical article having a first optical layer; a second optical layer; and an antistatic layer disposed between the first and second optical layers, the antistatic layer having conducting particles having an aspect ratio greater than about 10. ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8092735 | Method of making a light emitting device having a molded encapsulant Disclosed herein is a method of making a light emitting device having an LED die and a molded encapsulant made by polymerizing at least two polymerizable compositions. The method includes: (a) providing an LED package having an LED die disposed in a reflecting cup, ... | 01/10/2012 |
| D649854 | Hand tool | 12/06/2011 |
| 8052506 | Method, system, and apparatus for modifying surfaces The present disclosure is directed to method, apparatus, and system for uniformly supporting flexible surface modifying articles during surface modification as well as enabling replacing and repositioning thereof for improving their useful service life as well as im... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8034467 | Moisture-reactive composition and organic electroluminescent element having same Disclosed herein is a moisture-reactive composition having a moisture-reactive polysiloxane having a main chain and one or more side chains, wherein the main chain and/or the one or more side chains has a group represented by the formula: —MXmYn | 10/11/2011 |
| 8034254 | Optical adhesive for liquid crystal display A liquid crystal display includes first and second opposing substrates having first and second opposing surfaces, respectively, at least one of the surfaces having a metal disposed thereon, the substrates bonded together with an adhesive in contact with the metal, t... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8026115 | Optical bonding composition for LED light source Disclosed herein is an optical bonding composition that may be used in optical applications. An LED light source that utilizes the composition is also disclosed, as well as a method of making it. The LED light source may comprise: an LED die; an optical element opti... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8013345 | Optical bonding composition for LED light source An optical bonding composition and LED light source comprising the composition are disclosed, as well as a method of making the LED light source. The LED light source may comprise: an LED die; an optical element optically coupled to the LED die; and a bonding layer ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8003217 | Metal oxide ceramic and method of making articles therewith Disclosed herein is a ceramic comprising: at least two different metal oxides, the at least two different metal oxides comprising TiO2 and La2O3 or TiO2 and BaO; less than 20% by weight SiO2; less than 20% by we... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7998587 | Method of modifying light with silicone (meth)acrylate copolymers A method of modifying light is disclosed and includes: providing an optical element having an oriented polymer network of a silicone (meth)acrylate copolymer and exhibiting a first phase and a second phase, the first phase and the second phase being chemically conne... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7976487 | Fastener tabs and strapping system for orthopedic supports and method of using same An orthopedic support for supporting a joint of a wearer is provided and includes a sheet of flexible material having a proximal edge and a distal edge configured to extend at least partially around a portion of a wearer's anatomy and a pair of opposing lateral edge... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7960192 | Light emitting device having silicon-containing composition and method of making same Disclosed herein is a light emitting device including an LED die and a photopolymerizable composition comprising a silicon-containing resin comprising silicon-bonded hydrogen and aliphatic unsaturation, and from about 0.5 to about 30 parts per million of a platinum ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7951319 | Methods for changing the shape of a surface of a shape memory polymer article Methods for changing the shape of a surface of an article are disclosed. The methods may include providing a liquid polymer precursor, casting the precursor against a first tool assembly, curing the precursor to form a shape memory polymer substrate, deforming one o... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7929106 | Liquid crystal display comprising a void region and method of manufacturing same A liquid crystal display is disclosed, including first and second opposing substrates separated by a cell gap. The cell gap has an inner liquid crystal region including a liquid crystal composition, an outer sealant region including a sealant that bonds the first an... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7892649 | Microstructured adhesive article and articles made therefrom An adhesive article comprising a first substrate having thereon an adhesive layer, wherein the adhesive layer comprises a cured adhesive composition of a multifunctional ethylenically unsaturated siloxane polymer; and the first substrate comprises a polymer film, pa... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7862898 | Adhesive composition and articles made therefrom An adhesive composition comprising a multifunctional ethylenically unsaturated siloxane polymer, a monofunctional ethylenically unsaturated siloxane macromer, and a vinyl monomer is described. The adhesive composition is used to make adhesive articles that, when app... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7854716 | Compression bandage system A compression bandaging system comprising a) an inner skin facing, elongated, elastic bandage comprising: (i) an elongated, elastic substrate and (ii) an elongated layer of foam, said foam layer being affixed to a face of said substrate and extending 33% or more acr... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7815997 | Window film assembly and method of installing An assembly, method, and kit particularly adapted for use in mounting a window film structure in spaced apart and juxtaposed relationship to a window of a window assembly. ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7806961 | Control interface for a variable speed fan device A variable speed fan device includes a housing, a motor, a fan blade, a controller, and a first plurality of discrete light sources. The motor is maintained by the housing and the fan blade is connected to the motor. The controller is electronically coupled to the m... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7731573 | Method, system, and apparatus for modifying surfaces The present disclosure is directed to method, apparatus, and system for uniformly supporting flexible surface modifying articles during surface modification as well as enabling replacing and repositioning thereof for improving their useful service life as well as im... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7724434 | Reflective polarizer and display device having the same A reflective polarizer suitable for use in a display device is disclosed herein. The reflective polarizer comprises: a multilayer optical film comprising alternating layers of first and second polymeric layers that reflects light of a first polarization state and tr... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7669547 | Coating apparatus An apparatus for coating an article where the apparatus includes an applicator, a conveyor for sequentially transporting a plurality of articles to the roller and a metering bar positioned against the applicator to meter a predetermined amount of coating composition... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7655486 | Method of making light emitting device with multilayer silicon-containing encapsulant A method of making an LED light emitting device is disclosed. The method includes forming a multilayer encapsulant in contact with an LED by contacting the LED with a first encapsulant that is a silicone gel, silicone gum, silicone fluid, organosiloxane, polysiloxan... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7655283 | Rigid optical laminates and methods of forming the same An optical article and method or forming an optical article are disclosed. The optical article includes a first rigid optical substrate, a second rigid optical substrates and a self-supporting optical adhesive disposed between the first rigid substrate and the secon... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7625509 | Method of making ceramic articles Method of making an article, the method comprising coalescing a plurality of the glass particles. The article may comprise glass, glass-ceramic, and/or crystalline ceramic. Examples of articles include kitchenware (e.g., plates), dental brackets, and reinforcing fib... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7604381 | Optical article and method of making Disclosed herein is an optical article having a top layer with a structured surface that collimates light, a core layer secured to the top layer opposite the structured surface, and a bottom layer secured to the core layer opposite the top layer. Either the top laye... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7595515 | Method of making light emitting device having a molded encapsulant Disclosed herein is a method of making a light emitting device comprising an LED and a molded silicon-containing encapsulant. The method includes contacting the LED with a photopolymerizable composition containing a silicon-containing resin having silicon-bonded hyd... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7586566 | Brightness enhancing film and display device having the same A brightness enhancing film suitable for use in a display device is disclosed herein. The film comprises: a first polymeric layer having a microstructured surface, wherein the microstructured surface comprises an array of prism elements, and a second polymeric layer... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7557989 | Reflective polarizer and display device having the same A reflective polarizer suitable for use in a display device is disclosed herein. The reflective polarizer includes: a multilayer optical film including alternating layers of first and second polymeric layers that reflects light of a first polarization state and tran... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7427523 | Method of making light emitting device with silicon-containing encapsulant A method of making a light emitting device is disclosed. The method includes providing a light emitting diode and forming an encapsulant in contact with the light emitting diode; wherein forming the encapsulant includes contacting the light emitting diode with a pho... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7423297 | LED extractor composed of high index glass An LED extractor has an input surface adapted to optically couple to an emitting surface of an LED die, and is composed of a glass (including a glass-ceramic) material whose refractive index is at least 2, or at least 2.2. ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7405001 | Surface modified nanoparticle and method of preparing same The present disclosure relates to a nanoparticle containing at least one metal sulfide nanocrystal having a surface modified with a carboxylic acid, wherein the carboxylic acid has at least one aryl group. The present disclosure also describes a method of preparing ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7391569 | Projection system including intrinsic polarizer A projection system including an intrinsic polarizer is disclosed. The projection system includes a light source producing illumination light, an imager disposed to receive the illumination light, and a projection lens disposed to receive the illumination light from... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7364716 | Surface modified nanoparticle and method of preparing same The present disclosure relates to a nanoparticle containing at least one metal sulfide nanocrystal having a surface modified with a carboxylic acid, wherein the carboxylic acid has at least one aryl group. The present disclosure also describes a method of preparing ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7314770 | Method of making light emitting device with silicon-containing encapsulant A method of making a light emitting device is disclosed. The method includes the steps of providing a light emitting diode and forming an encapsulant in contact with the light emitting diode; wherein forming the encapsulant includes contacting the light emitting dio... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7297731 | Coating dispersions for optical fibers A cured coating for a siliceous material, preferably an optical fiber, comprises a thermally cured polyorganosilsesquioxane having an oxide powder dispersed therein. The oxide powder has a refractive index from about 1.2 to about 2.7 and includes particles having a ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7257303 | Coated optical fiber and fiber optic device having same Disclosed herein is a coated optical fiber comprising: a siliceous optical fiber including a core inside a cladding; and a cured coating comprising: a thermally cured polyorganosilsesquioxane; and an oxide powder dispersed in said cured polyorganosilsesquioxane, whe... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7255923 | Surface modified nanoparticle and method of preparing same The present disclosure relates to a nanoparticle containing at least one metal sulfide nanocrystal having a surface modified with a carboxylic acid, wherein the carboxylic acid has at least one aryl group. The present disclosure also describes a method of preparing ... | 08/14/2007 |
