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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120128891 | COMPOSITION FOR FORMING RESIST UNDERLAYER FILM FOR NANOIMPRINT There is provided a composition for curing a resist underlayer film used as an underlayer of a resist for nanoimprint in nanoimprint lithography of a pattern forming process by heat-baking, light-irradiation or both of them to form the resist underlayer film. A composit... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120105835 | ENERGY STORAGE APPARATUS Techniques associated with energy storage devices are generally described. An example energy storage device includes a battery integrated with a sensor such as an optical waveguide. The sensor can be arranged in contact with an outer wall of the battery and can be confi... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120070588 | METHOD FOR PATTERNING A POLYMER LAYER AND METHOD FOR PACKAGING A MICROBATTERY The method for patterning a polymer layer arranged on a support comprises deposition of a layer made from a lithium-based polymerization inhibitor material on a first area of the support, deposition of a cationically polymerizable material on the polymerization inhibito... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120070622 | Method of Forming a Three-Dimensional Microstructure on a Surface, Uses Thereof, and Microstructured Products so Obtained A method of forming a three-dimensional microstructure on a flat surface of a support, comprising the application of a first flat and uniform layer of silicone on said surface of support and the application on the first layer of silicone of a second three dimensionally ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120070785 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MICRO LENS ARRAY A method of manufacturing a micro lens array, wherein the quality of an image is prevented from being deteriorated as a beam on an off-axis surface reaches a focal plane of a micro lens by forming a shading film for preventing the beam from penetrating through a space b... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120067236 | RESIN COMPOSITION FOR LASER ENGRAVING, RELIEF PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR FOR LASER ENGRAVING AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND RELIEF PRINTING PLATE AND PROCESS FOR MAKING SAME A resin composition is provided that includes (Component A) a filler having an ethylenically unsaturated group, (Component B) a polymerizable compound having an ethylenically unsaturated group, and (Component C) a polymerization initiator. There are also provided a reli... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120045624 | AQUEOUS LASER-SENSITIVE COMPOSITION FOR MARKING SUBSTRATES Aqueous composition comprising a colour former, a developer, and a binder, wherein (a) the weight ratio between the developer and the colour former is in the range of from 1 to 5; (b) the binder comprises an acrylate binder, comprising acrylic acid and styrene, and at l... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120040281 | Curable Sublimation Toner And Sublimation Transfer Process Using Same A transfer printing method including applying a curable sublimation toner having at least one curable component and at least one sublimation colorant in a desired pattern onto a transfer substrate to form an image on the transfer substrate at a first temperature which i... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120034390 | METHOD OF FORMING HIERARCHICAL MICROSTRUCTURE USING PARTIAL CURING Disclosed is a method of forming a hierarchical microstructure using partial curing, which is simple in the manufacturing process and capable of forming a hierarchical structure without heterogeneous interfaces. To this end, there is provided a method of forming a hiera... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120033173 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL OPTICAL SENSOR The invention relates to a multifunctional optical sensor, having at least 2 areas which independently react to different input parameters, the sensor comprising a substrate and a polymeric layer comprising polymerized liquid crystal monomers having an ordered morpholog... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120027945 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR A NONOVOIDED ARTICLE A process and apparatus for producing a nanovoided article, a nanovoided coating, and a low refractive index coating is described. The process includes providing a first solution of a polymerizable material in a solvent; at least partially polymerizing the polymerizable... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120029143 | SILANE COATING MATERIAL AND A PROCESS TO PRODUCE SILANE COATING A process to produce a silane coating includes charging one or several silanes, which are not or only minimally pre-condensed, with a reactant and the thus created coating material is applied onto a substrate and then hardened. Surprisingly it has been shown that, throu... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120014820 | REPAIRING DEFECTS IN A PIEZOELECTRIC MEMBER A solution (10) including a solvent and a monomer is coated on an area of a surface (16) of a piezoelectric member (12) such that the solution (10) flows into one or more defects (18). At least some of the solvent is removed to form a ... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20110318501 | TEMPLATE FORMING METHOD According to one embodiment, there is provided a template forming method that transfers a pattern from a first template to a to-be-processed substrate and subjects the to-be-processed substrate to a processing process to form a second template by using an imprinting met... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110318534 | Low Viscosity Monomer for Patterning Optical Tape A method for forming an optical tape for data storage from a substrate film includes a step of patterning a curable liquid composition onto a side of the substrate film. Characteristically, the curable liquid composition includes a free radical photoinitiator and a poly... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110286094 | Wire-grid polarizer and process for producing the same Provided are a wire-grid polarizer, which has not only a high degree of polarization, a high p-polarized light transmittance and a high s-polarized light reflectance but also a low angle dependency and a low wavelength dependency in terms of optical properties in a visi... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110287190 | Ultraviolet light curing compositions for composite repair Methods and compositions concerning an ultraviolet light curable formulation useful for repairing composite materials including the repair of a hole in the exterior of an airplane. The formulation may contain an acrylic oligomer, an acrylic monomer, an organic peroxide,... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110269865 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL ARTICLES USING NONLINEAR THERMAL POLYMERIZATION A method for building three-dimensional articles using a thermal polymerization process in provided. The articles are built by using a composition that includes a thermally polymerizable composition, a thermal initiator, and a nonlinear light-to-heat conversion material... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110267756 | WEAR-RESISTANT KEYBOARDS METHODS FOR PRODUCING SAME A keyboard for use with a computing device. In some embodiments, the keyboard comprises a plurality of keys having upper surfaces to which a durable protective coating has been applied and legend symbols that have been etched into the upper surfaces through the durable ... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110262652 | IMPRINT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING COMMODITY The present invention provides an imprint apparatus which performs imprint processing of curing a resin on a substrate while pressing a mold against the resin, and transferring a pattern onto the substrate by separating the mold from the cured resin, the apparatus inclu... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110255073 | POLYMERIZED FILMS WITH LINE TEXTURE OR FINGERPRINT TEXTURE The present invention relates to a process for producing polymerized films with line texture or fingerprint texture or for producing substrates coated with polymerized films with line texture or fingerprint texture, to polymerized films, obtainable by this process, with... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110256355 | LOW-K DIELECTRIC FUNCTIONAL IMPRINTING MATERIALS A polymerizable composition includes an organic modified silicate selected from the group consisting of silsesquioxanes having the composition RSiO1.5, partially condensed alkoxysilanes, organically modified silicates having the composition RSiO3 a... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110250410 | METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR PRINTING TACTILE MARKS AND SECURITY DOCUMENT FORMED THEREFROM Ultraviolet light-curable deposits are printed onto a substrate in a predetermined pattern to make tactile marks (e.g. Braille-like resin dots) for use by people with impaired vision to, for example, recognize the denominations of banknotes. The deposit demonstrates hig... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110228207 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME A liquid crystal display (LCD) device and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The liquid crystal display device includes: a plurality of cell regions including a first substrate upon which a pixel electrode is formed, a second substrate upon which a common... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110223345 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MULTILAYER INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM A substrate formed of an organic-inorganic hybrid material and provided with a reinforcement member in an inner periphery portion is used, as a signal transfer substrate, in a method for procuring a multilayer information recording medium having “n” information reco... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110217479 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSCRIPTING FINE PATTERNS In a method for transcripting fine patterns and an apparatus for transcripting fine patterns, the ingress of bubbles is prevented and patterns are transcripted with a high throughput by a relatively compact apparatus. For this purpose, a back surface of a stamper is vac... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110212270 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM MANUFACTURING METHOD A method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium. The method includes altering magnetic characteristics of a magnetic recording layer at positions corresponding to concave portions of a mask layer by ion implantation or exposure to an activated halogen-containing r... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110192633 | PHOTOSENSITIVE INK COMPOSITIONS AND TRANSPARENT CONDUCTORS AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME This disclosure is related to photosensitive ink compositions comprising conductive nanostructures and a photosensitive compound, and method of using the same.... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110189329 | Ultra-Compliant Nanoimprint Lithography Template An ultra-compliant nanoimprint lithography template having a backing layer and a nanopatterned layer adhered to the backing layer. The nanopatterned layer includes nanoscale features formed by solidifying a polymerizable material in contact with a mold. The polymerizabl... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110159298 | EXTERIOR UV-CURED COATINGS AND COATING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF FORMING EXTERIOR UV-CURED COATING SYSTEMS A coated system having a UV-curable coating, a method of forming the coated system, and a UV-curable coating for the coated systems are disclosed. The coated system has exterior durability and includes a film, a reflective ink applied to the film, and a UV-cured coating... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110151202 | Controllable Placement of Liquid Adhesive on Substrate Controllable placement of a liquid adhesive on a substrate to confine the adhesive to a desired area of the substrate is disclosed. A controllable placement method can include dispensing a liquid adhesive into a designated area on a surface of a substrate, controllably ... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110151134 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MICRO-NANO IMPRINT MOULD AND IMPRINTING PROCESS A method for manufacturing a micro-nano imprint mould and an imprinting process are described. The method for manufacturing a micro-nano imprint mould includes: providing a mould body including a first surface and a second surface on opposite sides, wherein the mould bo... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110149402 | DIFFUSION FILM AND PREPARATION PROCESS THEREOF The present invention relates to a diffusion film comprising a substrate with a convex-concave microstructure layer on at least one side of the substrate wherein the diffusion film has a haze of no less than 5% and a total light transmittance of no less than 50% as meas... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110143077 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE TRANSFER PLATE, TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE TRANSFER PLATE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATE USING THE TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE TRANSFER PLATE, TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATE, AND MOLDED PRODUCT USING THE TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATE The present invention provides a process for producing a transparent conductive substrate which is capable of readily producing the transparent conductive substrate having a low resistance, a high transmittance and an excellent anti-moire property without using a specia... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110143045 | Large area deposition of graphene on substrates, and products including the same Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to the use of graphene as a transparent conductive coating (TCC). A substrate having a surface to be coated is provided. A self-assembled monolayer (SAM) template is disposed on the surface to be coated. A precursor c... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110126760 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAKING FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING MASTERS A method for making a flexographic printing master includes a first step of providing a flexographic printing support; a second step of applying image wise with a first resolution a layer of a radiation curable liquid partially covering the printing side of the support;... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110122358 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display including a cholesteric liquid crystal and having a first insulation substrate and a second insulation substrate that face each other, the method comprising: forming an organic layer on the first insulation substrate or... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110117330 | WRITING PAPER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING WRITING PAPER Writing paper that exhibits an excellent writing capability and erasability when using a whiteboard marker, and is not easily damaged, and a method of producing the same are disclosed. The writing paper includes a first coating layer formed by applying a first coating m... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110117331 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN OPTICAL FILM A method for manufacturing an optical film (1) is disclosed. The method comprises the step of providing a continuous sheet of transparent plastic material (2). One side of said sheet of transparent plastic material (2) is coated with a layer of cura... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110104389 | METHOD FOR PATTERNING A SURFACE USING SELECTIVE ADHESION The invention relates to a method of patterning a layer formed from a fixable material such as photopolymer on a surface in a desired pattern. The method involves coating selected areas of the substrate with an adhesion promoter and subsequently coating the fixable mate... | 05/05/2011 |
