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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120103792 | HIGH SPEED LOW POWER MAGNETIC DEVICES BASED ON CURRENT INDUCED SPIN-MOMENTUM TRANSFER A high speed and low power method to control and switch the magnetization direction and/or helicity of a magnetic region in a magnetic device for memory cells using spin polarized electrical current. The mapetic device comprises a reference magnetic layer with a fixed m... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120107558 | TRANSPARENT SUBSTRATE HAVING DURABLE HYDROPHOBIC/OLEOPHOBIC SURFACE A substrate having a durable hydrophobic and/or oleophobic surface. The durable hydrophobic and/or oleophobic surface includes a first layer that is disposed on the substrate and comprises inorganic nanoparticles, an outer layer comprising a fluorosilane, and an optiona... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120103793 | VACUUM FILM-FORMING APPARATUS AND POSITION DETECTION METHOD FOR SHUTTER PLATE OF VACUUM FILM-FORMING APPARATUS At the time of detecting a position of a shutter plate, a laser light, for instance, is radiated from a detector (an optical sensor). The radiated laser light reaches the shutter plate through a window of a chamber. Then, the laser light is reflected by the surface of t... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120082828 | LASER PATTERN MASK AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME The present invention relates to a laser pattern mask, and a method for fabricating the same, which can prevent a laser pattern mask from being damaged by coating a protective film on a surface of a laser pattern mask for patterning an entire layer on a mother substrate... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120080309 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FORMING A LAYER OF SPUTTERED MATERIAL The present disclosure describes a method of coating a substrate, the method including forming a layer of sputtered material on the substrate. Forming the layer of sputtered material may include: sputtering material from at least one target over the substrate; varying t... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120070653 | COATED ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME A coated article is provided. The coated article includes a substrate, and an anti-fingerprint layer formed on the substrate. The anti-fingerprint layer is a nano aluminum-oxygen-carbon-nitrogen (Al—O—C—N) layer. A method for making the coated article is also desc... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120070672 | Coated article having boron doped zinc oxide based seed layer with enhanced durability under functional layer and method of making the same A coated article is provided with at least one functional layer, such as an infrared (IR) reflecting layer(s) of or including silver and/or gold. A dielectric and substantially transparent seed layer is provided under and directly contacting the functional layer. In cer... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120069487 | STACKED STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME [Problem to be Solved] A problem to be solved is to provide a stacked structure and a method of manufacturing the same that make generation of insulation breakdown unlikely, while providing a high dielectric constant and a high quality. ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120048722 | System and/or method for heat treating conductive coatings using wavelength-tuned infrared radiation Certain example embodiments relate to systems and/or methods for preferentially and selectively heat treating conductive coatings such as ITO using specifically tuned near infrared-short wave infrared (NIR-SWIR) radiation. In certain example embodiments, the coating is ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050840 | Electrophoretic Display Device and Method of Fabrication Thereof Disclosed herein is a method of fabricating an electrophoretic display device for reducing the fabrication cost and simplifying the fabrication process, and the method may include providing a substrate comprising a display region arranged with a plurality of pixels and ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120043509 | Indium Oxide Sintered Compact, Indium Oxide Transparent Conductive Film, and Manufacturing Method of Indium Oxide Transparent Conductive Film An indium oxide sintered compact containing zirconium as an additive, wherein the ratio of atomic concentration of zirconium to the sum of the atomic concentration of indium and the atomic concentration of zirconium is in the range of 0.5 to 4%, the relative density is ... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120044612 | TANTALUM-BASED ELECTRODE STACK An electronic device includes a metal-insulator-metal capacitive device. In connection with an example embodiment, a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor device is in a substrate having a surface and a three dimensional structure with high aspect ratio sidewalls. The M... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120045567 | FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATES HAVING A THIN-FILM BARRIER Methods and apparatus provide for: applying an inorganic barrier layer to at least a portion of a flexible substrate, the barrier layer being formed from a low liquidus temperature (LLT) material; and sintering the inorganic barrier layer while maintaining the flexible ... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120043198 | FILM FORMATION APPARATUS AND FILM FORMATION METHOD There have been cases where transistors using oxide semiconductors are inferior in reliability to transistors using amorphous silicon. There have also been cases where transistors using oxide semiconductors show great variation in electrical characteristics within one s... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120045360 | CU-GA ALLOY SPUTTERING TARGET AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Disclosed is a Cu—Ga alloy sputtering target which enables the formation of a Cu—Ga sputtering film having excellent uniformity in film component composition (film uniformity), enables the reduction of occurrence of arcing during sputtering, has high strength, and r... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120045380 | Method of Storing Lanthanum Oxide Target, and Vacuum-Sealed Lanthanum Oxide Target A method of storing a sputtering target made of lanthanum oxide, wherein a lanthanum oxide target to which a lanthanum fluoride film was formed and lanthanum oxide powder are charged in a vacuum pack with an oxygen transmission rate of 0.1 cm3/m2 p... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120040273 | PROTON CONDUCTIVE INORGANIC THIN FILM, METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME, AND FUEL CELL INCLUDING THE PROTON CONDUCTIVE INORGANIC THIN FILM A proton-conductive inorganic thin film including an inorganic proton conductor, a method of forming the proton-conductive inorganic thin film, and a fuel cell including the proton-conductive inorganic thin film as an electrolyte membrane.... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120040233 | BARRIER FOR THIN FILM LITHIUM BATTERIES MADE ON FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATES AND RELATED METHODS A thin film solid state battery configured with barrier regions formed on a flexible substrate member and method. The method includes forming a bottom thin film barrier material overlying and directly contacting a surface region of a substrate. A first current collector... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120040140 | MULTI-LAYERED ARTICLE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME A multi-layered article includes a substrate; a resin pattern layer; and a thin film coating layer. The substrate, the resin pattern layer, and the thin film coating layer are sequentially layered on each other. A protective film or a first protective coating layer is l... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120037492 | MAGNET TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, SPUTTERING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME AND SPUTTERING METHOD A sputtering apparatus for uniformly eroding a sputtering target is disclosed. The sputtering apparatus includes a substrate, a sputtering target having a first surface facing the substrate, a magnet configured to apply a magnetic field to the sputtering target, and fac... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120027968 | DEVICE HOUSING AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME A device housing is provided. The device housing includes a substrate, and an anti-fingerprint film formed on the substrate. The anti-fingerprint film is a metal-nitrogen-oxygen compound coating. A method for making the device housing is also described there.... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120024692 | MIXED SPUTTERING TARGETS AND THEIR USE IN CADMIUM SULFIDE LAYERS OF CADMIUM TELLURIDE VASED THIN FILM PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES Methods are generally provided of sputtering a cadmium sulfide layer on a substrate. The cadmium sulfide layer can be sputtered on a substrate from a mixed target including cadmium, sulfur, and oxygen. The cadmium sulfide layer can be used in methods of forming cadmium ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120024693 | REACTIVE SPUTTERING CHAMBER WITH GAS DISTRIBUTION TUBES A sputtering apparatus for processing large area substrates is provided. By introducing gas across the entire target surface, a uniform composition film may be formed on the substrate. When the gas is introduced merely at the perimeter, the gas distribution is not unifo... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120012454 | FABRICATION METHOD OF CRYSTALLIZED TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDES ON SELF-ASSEMBLED ORGANIC LAYER MODIFIED SUBSTRATE A fabrication method of crystallized transparent conducting oxides (TCOs) on a self-assembled organic layer modified substrate is provided and said method includes steps of: providing a substrate having a surface; processing the surface of the substrate by an organic mo... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120016058 | MANGANESE VANADIUM TANTALUM OXIDE AND PIGMENTS HAVING A BLACK METALLIC EFFECT COATED WITH THE SAME Manganese vanadium tantalum oxide that can be represented by the formula MnxVyTazOw, where 1≦x≦3, 0.001≦y≦3, 0.001≦z≦2, and w=7, and alternately, x=1.25≦x≦2.45, 0.1≦y≦2.39, 0.2≦z≦1.9, and w=7, methods o... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120006675 | FILM FORMING METHOD, FILM FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL UNIT FOR THE FILM FORMING APPARATUS The invention reduces generation of particles. An embodiment of the preset invention includes a target holder (6) for holding a target (4), a power source (12) for applying a power to the target holder (6), a substrate holder (7), a fi... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120009334 | Method of Fabricating One-Dimensional Nanostructure of Organo-Optoelectronic Material An organo-optoelectronic nanowire is fabricated. It is made through a one-step unit operation under a low temperature. An organo-optoelectronic template is obtained for the fabrication, whose idea is a bio-inspired one. The nanowire obtained has a high efficiency and a ... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120009337 | Novel CPP device with an enhanced dR/R ratio A CPP-GMR spin valve having a composite spacer layer comprised of at least one metal (M) layer and at least one semiconductor or semi-metal (S) layer is disclosed. The composite spacer may have a M/S, S/M, M/S/M, S/M/S, M/S/M/S/M, or a multilayer (M/S/M)n con... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120003784 | METHODS OF FORMING A CONDUCTIVE TRANSPARENT OXIDE FILM LAYER FOR USE IN A CADMIUM TELLURIDE BASED THIN FILM PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE Methods for forming a conductive oxide layer on a substrate are provided. The method can include sputtering a transparent conductive oxide layer (“TCO layer”) on a substrate from a target (e.g., including cadmium stannate) at a sputtering temperature of about 10° C... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110318504 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING COMPOSITE MATERIAL COMPRISING NANO CARBON AND METAL OR CERAMIC Disclosed is a method for fabricating a composite material comprising nano carbon and metal or ceramic, in more detail, a method for fabricating a composite material in which metallic or ceramic particles are uniformly dispersed on a nano carbon surface, the method incl... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110316393 | PIEZOELECTRIC FILM AND PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE A piezoelectric film includes crystals of a complex oxide having a perovskite structure with (100)-preferred orientation and represented as: Pb1+δ[(ZrxTi1-x)1-yNby]Oz, where x is a value in a range of 0&... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110312164 | FORMING AN ELECTRODE HAVING REDUCED CORROSION AND WATER DECOMPOSITION ON SURFACE USING A CUSTOM OXIDE LAYER The present invention provides a method of forming an electrode having reduced corrosion and water decomposition on a surface thereof. A conductive layer is deposited on a substrate. The conductive layer is partially oxidized by an oxygen plasma process to convert a por... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110312176 | FORMING AN ELECTRODE HAVING REDUCED CORROSION AND WATER DECOMPOSITION ON SURFACE USING AN ORGANIC PROTECTIVE LAYER Accordingly, the present invention provides a method of forming an electrode having reduced corrosion and water decomposition on a surface thereof. A substrate which has a conductive layer disposed thereon is provided and the conductive layer has an oxide layer with an ... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110308935 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POWER STORAGE DEVICE An object is to provide a method of manufacturing a lithium-ion secondary battery suitable for mass production. A lithium-ion secondary battery is manufactured in such a manner that a positive electrode layer is formed on a base including a plane by chemical vapor depos... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110308936 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LANTHANUM BORIDE FILM A method for manufacturing a lanthanum boride film includes, in the state in which a lanthanum boride target having an oxygen content in a range of 0.4 to 1.2 percent by mass and a substrate are arranged to face each other, a step of forming a lanthanum boride film on t... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110311874 | Silicon-Carbon Nanostructured Electrodes Hybrid silicon-carbon nanostructured electrodes are fabricated by forming a suspension including carbon nanostructures and a fluid, disposing the suspension on a substrate, removing at least some of the fluid from the suspension to form a carbon nanostructure layer on t... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110305922 | METHOD FOR APPLYING A COATING TO WORKPIECES AND/OR MATERIALS COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE READILY OXIDIZABLE NONFERROUS METAL The present invention relates to a method for applying a coating to workpieces and/or materials containing at least one readily oxidizable nonferrous metal or an alloy containing at least one readily oxidizable nonferrous metal. The method comprises the following steps:... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110303277 | TRANSPARENT, WEATHERING-RESISTANT BARRIER FILM, PRODUCTION BY LAMINATION, EXTRUSION LAMINATION OR EXTRUSION COATING The invention relates to a barrier film, in which a backing film (4) containing an inorganic barrier (3) (SiOx or AlOx) is combined with a weather-resistant protective layer (1) using lamination or extrusion coating, an adhesio... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110297167 | REDUCTION OF CARBON MONOXIDE IN SMOKING ARTICLES USING TRANSITION METAL OXIDE CLUSTERS Smoking article components, cigarettes, methods for making cigarettes and methods for smoking cigarettes are provided that use transition metal oxide clusters capable of catalyzing and/or oxidizing the conversion of carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide and/or adsorbing car... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110279781 | PROJECTION SCREEN, PROJECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE PROJECTION SCREEN A projection system, projection screen, and method for making the screen are provided. The projection screen includes a flexible transparent substrate having a first surface and an opposite second surface; and a reflective film formed on the second surface of the substr... | 11/17/2011 |
