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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8183170 | Contrast-enhancing UV-absorbing glass and articles containing same Disclosed are CuX-containing, Nd2O3-containing, UV-absorbing and contrast-enhancing glasses and article comprising the same. The glass has improved UV-absorption and color enhancing capabilities compared to glasses described in the prior art. T... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8176752 | Silica glass with saturated induced absorption and method of making A silica glass article, such as a lens in a stepper/scanner system, having saturated induced absorption at wavelengths of less than about 250 nm. Saturated induced absorption is achieved by first removing Si—O defects in the silica glass by forming silicon hydride... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8158543 | Fining agents for silicate glasses A fining agent for reducing the concentration of seeds or bubbles in a silicate glass. The fining agent includes at least one inorganic compound, such as a hydrate or a hydroxide that acts as a source of water. In one embodiment, the fining agent further includes at... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8137469 | Method and apparatus for making fused silica Disclosed are process and apparatus for making high purity fused silica glass materials. The process involves depositing soot particles onto an essentially planar deposition supporting surface and modulation of motion of the soot-generating device relative to the de... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136372 | Fused silica article loaded with deuterium and method of making A method of making a fused silica article having a combined concentration of protium and deuterium in a range from about 1×1016 molecules/cm3 up to about 6×1019 molecules/cm3. In some embodiments, deuterium is present in... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8114798 | Fining agents for silicate glasses A fining agent for reducing the concentration of seeds or bubbles in a silicate glass. The fining agent includes at least one inorganic compound, such as a hydrate or a hydroxide that acts as a source of water. In one embodiment, the fining agent further includes at... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8110279 | Method for improving the edge strength of tempered glass sheet articles A tempered glass sheet article includes a glass sheet having a thickness t, at least one edge, and at least one surface. The at least one edge is connected to the at least one surface by an edge-to-surface corner. The edge-to-surface corner is rounded with a radius ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8110277 | Fused silica blank and method of forming a fused silica plate from the same A method of making a fused silica plate includes providing a fused silica blank having a length, a longitudinal axis, and an outer diameter. The method further includes forming a slot in the fused silica blank which extends from the outer diameter to a location at o... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8075999 | Strengthened glass articles and methods of making A strengthened glass article having a central tension that is below a threshold value above which the glass exhibits frangible behavior. The central tension varies non-linearly with the thickness of the glass. The glass article may be used as cover plates or windows... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8074518 | Systems and methods for measuring the specific modulus of cellular ceramic bodies Systems (50) and methods for measuring and displaying a visual and/or graphical representation of the specific modulus (E/ρ) of a cellular ceramic body (10), such as those used to form particulate filters, are disclosed. The ultrasonic measurement sys... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8062986 | Fused silica having low OH, OD levels and method of making A fused silica article having a combined concentration of hydroxyl (OH) and deuteroxyl (OD) concentration of less than 10 parts per million (ppm) and, in one embodiment, less than 1 ppm. The fused silica article is formed by drying a soot blank in a halogen-free atm... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8062812 | Image mask and image mask assembly An image mask and image mask assembly. The image mask includes a glass substrate having a thickness of less than 2 mm and a patterned mask disposed on a surface of the glass substrate. The image mask assembly includes a transparent backer plate coupled to the glass ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8062732 | Glass article having improved edge A glass article having an edge of which at least a portion that is ground and subsequently etched to provide a roughened edge. The roughened edge scatters light, thus enabling the glass article to be properly aligned. In some embodiments, the roughened edge also pro... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8029652 | Activation of molecular catalysts using semiconductor quantum dots Photocatalytic materials based on coupling of semiconductor nanocrystalline quantum dots (NQD) and molecular catalysts. These materials have capability to drive or catalyze non-spontaneous chemical reactions in the presence of visible radiation, ultraviolet radiatio... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8012894 | Glasses having low OH, OD levels A fused silica glass and a fused silica article having a combined concentration of at least one of OH and OD of up to about 50 ppm. The fused silica glass is formed by drying a fused silica soot blank or preform in an inert atmosphere containing a drying agent, foll... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8006637 | Method and apparatus for membrane deposition A method and apparatus for applying a uniform membrane coating to a substrate, such as a honeycomb structure, having a plurality of through-channels, wherein the through-channels have an average diameter of less than or equal to 3 mm. The method includes providing a... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7994083 | Fused silica glass and method for making the same Disclosed are methods for hydrogen loading silica glass and silica glass comprising loaded H2. The methods can lead to H2 gradient in the glass material. Alternatively, the method may involve the use of varying H2 partial pressure of... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7964522 | F-doped silica glass and process of making same An F-doped silica glass, a process for making the glass, an optical member comprising the glass, and an optical system comprising such optical member. The glass material comprises 0.1-5000 ppm by weight of fluorine. The glass material according to certain embodiment... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7964126 | Method of preventing gravity-induced deformation of ceramic green bodies A method of preventing gravity-induced deformation of a ceramic green body. The method comprises providing a ceramic green body and disposing the body in a fluid medium bath having a density that is greater than or equal to that of the ceramic green body. The green ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7928026 | Synthetic silica material with low fluence-dependent-transmission and method of making the same Disclosed in the application are a synthetic silica glass having low fluence-dependent transmission, particularly at about 193 nm, and a process for making the same. The glass may desirably exhibit a low level of fluorescence at 290 and 390 nm when activated at abou... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7922847 | Light polarizing products and method of making same Disclosed are novel light polarizing articles comprising a substrate, a light polarizing layer, an inorganic intermediate layer between the polarizing layer and the substrate, an optional inorganic sub-layer between the substrate and the inorganic intermediate layer... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7906446 | Synthetic silica having low polarization-induced birefringence, method of making same and lithographic device comprising same Disclosed are synthetic silica glass having a low polarization-induced birefringence, process for making the glass and lithography system comprising optical element made of the glass. The silica glass has a polarization-induced birefringence measured at 633 nm of le... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7847941 | Fiber optical assembly for fluorescence spectrometry A system for analyzing a sample for the presence of an analyte in a sample. The system includes a sample holder for containing the sample; an excitation source, such as a laser, and at least one linear array radially disposed about the sample holder. Radiation from ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7855904 | Apparatus for producing voltage and current pulses An apparatus having one or more modular stages for producing voltage and current pulses. Each module includes a diode charging means to charge a capacitive means that stores energy. One or more charging impedance means are connected to the diode charging means to pr... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7851399 | Method of making chalcogen catalysts for polymer electrolyte fuel cells A method of making an electrode catalyst material using aqueous solutions. The electrode catalyst material includes a support comprising at least one transition metal and at least one chalcogen disposed on a surface of the transition metal. The method includes reduc... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7829745 | Methods for selectively synthesizing 1-aryl-2-tetralones Described herein are methods for synthesizing 1-aryl-2-tetralones in an efficient and highly selective manner. The reaction involves a one-step procedure for coupling an aryl halide to a 2-tetralone, where coupling occurs substantially at the 1-position of the 2-tet... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7800749 | Inspection technique for transparent substrates A method for inspecting a transparent substrate provides an index-matching fluid between an index-matched optical coupler and a surface of the transparent substrate. The method repeats, at two or more positions along the surface of the transparent substrate, steps o... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7781067 | Aligned crystalline semiconducting film on a glass substrate and method of making A semiconducting structure having a glass substrate. In one embodiment, the glass substrate has a softening temperature of at least about 750° C. The structure includes a nucleation layer formed on a surface of the substrate, a template layer deposited on the nucle... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7759229 | Charge-free method of forming nanostructures on a substrate A charge-free method of forming a nanostructure at low temperatures on a substrate. A substrate that is reactive with one of atomic oxygen and nitrogen is provided. A flux of neutral atoms of least one of oxygen and nitrogen is generated within a laser-sustained-dis... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7754629 | Phosphotellurite-containing glasses, process for making same and articles comprising same Disclosed are glass materials generally belonging to the P2O5—ZnO—TeO2 system and process for making the same. The glass may comprise Bi2O3 as well. The high refractive index and low Tg materials ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7736438 | Method and apparatus for depositing a coating on a tape carrier A system and method for depositing ceramic materials, such as nitrides and oxides, including high temperature superconducting oxides on a tape substrate. The system includes a tape support assembly that comprises a rotatable drum. The rotatable drum supports at leas... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7732359 | Optical member comprising OD-doped silica glass An optical member comprising OD-doped silica glass, optionally doped with fluorine. The optical member is particularly advantageous for use in connection with radiation having a wavelength shorter than about 248 nm. In certain embodiments the optical member can be a... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7723441 | Low out-gassing room temperature curable rubbery polymer, preparation thereof and device comprising same Disclosed is polymer materials essentially free of silicone capable of room-temperature thermal cure and when cured having low modulus, low out-gassing rate. The material before cure typically comprises three components: (i) a cationically curable component comprisi... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7666511 | Down-drawable, chemically strengthened glass for cover plate An alkali aluminosilicate glass that is chemically strengthened and has a down-drawable composition. The glass has a melting temperature less than about 1650° C. and a liquidus viscosity of at least 130 kpoise and, in one embodiment, greater than 250 kpoise. The gl... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7666508 | Glass article having a laser melted surface A glass article having at least one edge of which at least a portion has been laser melted. The laser melted portion scatters light, thus enabling the glass article to be properly aligned. In some embodiments, the laser melted portion also provides a roughened edge ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7645902 | Acid-catalyzed dehydrogenation of amine-boranes A method of dehydrogenating an amine-borane using an acid-catalyzed reaction. The method generates hydrogen and produces a solid polymeric [R1R2B—NR3R4]n product. The method of dehydrogenating amine-boranes ma... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7638034 | Electrochemical detection of single molecules using abiotic nanopores having electrically tunable dimensions A barrier structure for use in an electrochemical stochastic membrane sensor for single molecule detection. The sensor is based upon inorganic nanopores having electrically tunable dimensions. The inorganic nanopores are formed from inorganic materials and an electr... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7635658 | Deuteroxyl-doped silica glass, optical member and lithographic system comprising same and method of making same What is disclosed includes OD-doped synthetic silica glass capable of being used in optical elements for use in lithography below about 300 nm. OD-doped synthetic silica glass was found to have significantly lower polarization-induced birefringence value than non-OD... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7625626 | Light polarizing products and method of making same Disclosed are novel light polarizing articles comprising a substrate, a light polarizing layer, an inorganic intermediate layer between the polarizing layer and the substrate, an optional inorganic sub-layer between the substrate and the inorganic intermediate layer... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7619227 | Method of reducing radiation-induced damage in fused silica and articles having such reduction A method of repairing radiation-induced damage and reducing accumulated laser-induced wavefront distortion and polarization-induced birefringence in a fused silica article, such as a lens in a DUV optical system, prisms, filters, photomasks, reflectors, etalon plate... | 11/17/2009 |
