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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8118766 | Skin antiseptic composition dispenser and methods of use Skin antiseptic composition dispensers and methods of use are disclosed. The skin antiseptic composition dispenser may include a container with one or more walls that are substantially impermeable to ethylene oxide gas during normal ethylene oxide sterilization proc... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8105306 | Skin antiseptic composition dispenser and methods of use Skin antiseptic composition dispensers and methods of use are disclosed. The skin antiseptic composition dispenser may include a container with one or more walls that are substantially impermeable to ethylene oxide gas during normal ethylene oxide sterilization proc... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8062649 | Hydroalcoholic compositions thickened using polymers An antimicrobial hydroalcoholic composition comprising hydroalcoholic solvent system comprising a lower alcohol and water in a weight ratio of at least about 50:50; a thickener system comprising at least one cationic or nonionic polymeric thickener that is solid at ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8026327 | Water-in-oil emulsions with ethylene oxide groups, compositions, and methods Water-in-oil emulsions, compositions, and methods that include a vinyl polymer that includes ethylene oxide-containing side chains and alkyl-Y-containing side chains, wherein Y is O or NR, wherein R is H or CH3, and wherein the alkyl group of the alkyl-Y-... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7582685 | Multi-photon polymerizable pre-ceramic polymeric compositions A multi-photon reactive composition comprises an ethylenically unsaturated liquid polysilazane precursor, a multi-functional thiol additive, a multi-ethylenically-unsaturated additive different from the polysilazane, and a multi-photon photocuring composition. The i... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7538972 | Internally replenished enclosure Internally replenished gas-containing enclosures are described. Such enclosures include a replenishing gas source internal to the enclosure, wherein the gas source comprises a gas contained within a permeable membrane. Exemplary gas sources include a plurality of bu... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7491434 | Adhesive for bonding to low surface energy surfaces A novel polymodal asymmetric elastomeric block copolymer and a pressure sensitive adhesive, tape and adhesive backed article made therefrom, such as a polymer foam article having a substantially smooth surface prepared by melt-mixing a polymer composition and a plur... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7411020 | Water-based release coating containing fluorochemical In one aspect, the invention provides a water-based release coating composition comprising a mixture of: A. from 0.1 to about 5 wt % of a fluoro(meth)acrylate (co)polymer or a fluorochemical urethane compound containing at least one fluorinated group having the form... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7392150 | Environmental parameter indicator for perishable goods An electronic device is proposed for accompanying a perishable good during one period to monitor the exposure of the good to an environmental parameter, such as temperature. The device includes a data interface for receiving data representing the exposure of the goo... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7297170 | Method of using abrasive product The invention provides a method and apparatus for making an abrasive product comprising providing a substantially horizontally deployed flexible backing having a first surface bearing an at least partially cured primer coating and an opposite second surface; providi... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7294158 | Abrasive product, method of making and using the same, and apparatus for making the same The invention provides a method and apparatus for making an abrasive product comprising providing a substantially horizontally deployed flexible backing having a first surface bearing an at least partially cured primer coating and an opposite second surface; providi... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7189768 | Solution containing surface-modified nanoparticles Coating solutions comprising surface-modified nanoparticles, a first liquid having a vapor pressure, VP1, and a second liquid miscible with the first liquid, having a vapor pressure, VP2, that is less than VP1, wherein the nanoparticles are more... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7169245 | Methods of using sonication to couple a heat sink to a heat-generating component Methods of using subsonic and/or sonic forces to couple a heat sink to a heat-generating component are described. Heat sinks coupled to heat-generating components via thermal interface materials are also described. ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7170185 | Solvent assisted burnishing of pre-underfilled solder bumped wafers for flipchip bonding The present invention relates to a method for connecting an integrated circuit chip to a circuit substrate. The method includes the step of pre-applying adhesive directly to a bumped side of an integrated circuit chip. The method also includes the steps of removing ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7160178 | In situ activation of a three-dimensional fixed abrasive article An apparatus including a fixed abrasive article interposed between a substrate and a support assembly. The support assembly creates regions of high and low erosion force at the interface between the substrate and the fixed abrasive article. The high erosion force is... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7151072 | Initiator systems comprising β-ketone compounds and bonding compositions made therewith The invention provides initiator systems capable of initiating polymerization. More specifically, the invention relates to initiator systems comprising a complexed initiator and a β-ketone compound decomplexer. The invention further relates to the use of these init... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7108587 | Backup shoe for microfinishing and methods A shoe for supporting an abrasive tape having an abrasive face and an opposed back face, wherein the shoe comprises a support surface including a frictional engagement material for frictionally engaging the back face of the abrasive tape. The frictional engagement m... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7071154 | Azeotrope-like compositions and their use Azeotrope-like compositions comprising C2F5CF(OCH3)CF(CF3)2 (1,1,1,2,2,3,4,5,5,5-decafluoro-3-methoxy-4-trifluoromethyl-pentane) and an organic solvent, and uses thereof, are described. ... | 07/04/2006 |
