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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120103182 | Slide Parts and Equipment Including Same It is an objective of the invention to provide a slide part in which a seal member formed of an elastic body is in sliding contact with a hard member. There is provided a slide part comprising: a hard member having an amorphous carbon coating containing nitrogen formed ... | 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 |
| 20110311737 | VAPOR DEPOSITION APPARATUS FOR MINUTE-STRUCTURE AND METHOD THEREFOR A vapor deposition apparatus for a minute-structure includes a surface acoustic wave device 10 that has at least a pair of electrodes 12 and 13 arranged at an interval on a surface of a piezoelectric body 11, a vacuum vapor deposition device ... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110311427 | Strongly Bound Carbon Nanotube Arrays Directly Grown On Substrates And Methods For Production Thereof The present disclosure describes carbon nanotube arrays having carbon nanotubes grown directly on a substrate and methods for making such carbon nanotube arrays. In various embodiments, the carbon nanotubes may be covalently bonded to the substrate by nanotube carbon-su... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110287194 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COATING A SUBSTRATE USING CVD The invention relates to a device for coating a substrate using CVD, in particular for coating with diamond or silicon, wherein a neat conductor array composed of a plurality of elongated heat conductors (2) is provided in a housing (9), said heat conducto... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110287223 | METALLIC ARTICLES WITH HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES Articles containing fine-grained and/or amorphous metallic coatings/layers on at least part of their exposed surfaces are imprinted with surface structures to raise the contact angle for water in the imprinted areas at room temperature by equal to or greater than 10°, ... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110267618 | PASSIVE REFLECTIVE TRACKING MEDIA COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR COVERTLY TRACKING OBJECTS A passive reflective tracking media includes a plurality of multi-layer particles including at least one layer of a high refractive index material and at least one layer of a low refractive index material. The particles are configured to reflect ambient electromagnetic ... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110256347 | METHOD FOR MAKING DIAMOND COMPOSITE MATERIALS The invention relates to a method for depositing a diamond coating onto a substrate, said method resulting in the production of a coating characterised by a novel morphology of the diamond in the form of pyramids containing submicronic grains. The method is carried out ... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110223519 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME A solid oxide fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly including an anode, a cathode, and a solid oxide electrolyte membrane disposed between the anode and the cathode; and a porous conductive support disposed at one surface or both surfaces of the membrane elec... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110206865 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS UTILIZING CARBON CORD FOR EVAPORATION OF METALS A high temperature evaporator is made using an electrically insulating crucible and a heating element made of woven graphite fibers. The crucible is manufactured out of an electrically insulating block to the required shape, and channels are machined on the walls of the... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110192997 | GRID AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A GRID FOR SELECTIVE TRANSMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION, PARTICULARLY X-RAY RADIATION FOR MAMMOGRAPHY APPLICATIONS A method of manufacturing a grid (1) for selective transmission of electromagnetic radiation, particularly X-ray radiation, is proposed. The method comprises: providing a support element (3) having self-supporting stability, wherein the support element ( 08/11/2011 | |
| 20110175487 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A DIELECTRIC LAYER IN AN ELECTROACOUSTIC COMPONENT, AND ELECTROACOUSTIC COMPONENT The invention relates to a method for producing a dielectric layer (3) in an electroacoustic component (1), in particular a component operating with acoustic surface waves or bulk acoustic waves, comprising a substrate and an associated electrode structure... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110129621 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTING GAS IN A CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION REACTOR Systems and methods for the production of polysilicon or another material via chemical vapor deposition in a reactor are provided in which gas is distributed using a silicon standpipe. The silicon standpipe can be attached to the reactor system using a nozzle coupler su... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110123727 | MAGNETIC LAMINATED STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MAKING A method for making an article comprising a multilayered structure comprising a series of magnetic layers is provided. The method includes providing a substrate and depositing a series of magnetic layers on the substrate and disposing insulating layers between successiv... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110081504 | Method for depositing a thin-film polymer in a low-pressure gas phase The invention relates to a method for depositing one or more thin layers. In said method, a process gas forming a polymer streams into a deposition chamber (8) along with a carrier gas by means of a gas inlet element (3) in order to deposit a thin layer, i... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110070381 | USE OF NITROGEN-BASED REDUCING COMPOUNDS IN BEAM-INDUCED PROCESSING A system for beam-induced deposition or etching, in which a charged particle or laser beam can be directed to a work piece within a single vacuum chamber, either normally incident or at an angle. Simultaneously with beam illumination of the work piece, a deposition or e... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110033639 | APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR CARBON NANOTUBE GROWTH An apparatus is provided for growing high aspect ratio emitters (26) on a substrate (13). The apparatus comprises a housing (10) defining a chamber and includes a substrate holder (12) attached to the housing and positioned within the chamber... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20100314353 | Nano-construction of complex 3-D Structures and modification of existing structures In one preferred aspects, methods are provided to produce a three-dimensional feature, comprising: (a) providing a nano-manipulator device; (b) positioning an article with the nano-manipulator device; and (c) manipulating the article to produce the three-dimensional fea... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100307553 | ENGINEERING LIGHT MANIPULATION IN STRUCTURED FILMS OR COATINGS The present disclosure concerns a means to use light manipulation in engineered or structured coatings for thermal or photothermal effects and/or refractive and reflective index management. Such metallic, nonmetallic, organic or inorganic metamaterials or nanostructures... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100304063 | METAL-COATED POLYMER ARTICLE OF HIGH DURABILITY AND VACUUM AND/OR PRESSURE INTEGRITY Metal-coated polymer articles containing structural substantially porosity-free, fine-grained and/or amorphous metallic coatings/layers optionally containing solid particulates dispersed therein on polymer substrates, are disclosed. The substantially porosity-free metal... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100304011 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR DEPOSITING NANOMETRIC FILAMENTARY STRUCTURES The invention relates to a method for depositing nanometric filamentary structures. The method comprises passing a gaseous phase comprising the nanometric filamentary structures through a space defined between at least two electrodes generating an electric field, for de... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100297362 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING AN OBJECT WITH MINIATURIZED STRUCTURES A method for processing an object with miniaturized structures is provided. The method includes feeding a reaction gas onto a surface of the object. The method also includes processing the object by directing an energetic beam onto a processing site in a region, which i... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100285332 | Aluminum-scandium alloy film applied to vehicle lamps and manufacturing method thereof An aluminum-scandium (Al—Sc) alloy film applied to vehicle lamps and a manufacturing method thereof are revealed. The Al—Sc alloy film contains a trace of scandium so that both temperature for grain refinement and temperature for recrystallization of the film are in... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100285238 | METHODS OF FORMING GLASS ON A SUBSTRATE Disclosed is a deposition process for forming a glass film. An embodiment comprising the steps of disposing a substrate in a chemical vapor deposition chamber and exposing the substrate surface to a SiO2 precursor gas, a carrier gas, and optionally a dopant g... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100279513 | Systems and Methods for Nanowire Growth and Manufacturing The present invention is directed to compositions of matter, systems, and methods to manufacture nanowires. In an embodiment, a buffer layer is placed on a nanowire growth substrate and catalytic nanoparticles are added to form a catalytic-coated nanowire growth substra... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100276607 | Method of depositing protective structures A process of preparing a lamella from a substrate includes manufacturing a protection strip on an edge portion of the lamella to be prepared from the substrate, and preparing the lamella, wherein the manufacturing the protection strip includes a first phase of activatin... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100247807 | ELECTRON GUN EVAPORATION APPARATUS AND FILM FORMATION METHOD USING THE ELECTRON GUN EVAPORATION APPARATUS An electron gun evaporation apparatus capable of efficiently using an evaporation source includes an electron beam position controller which determines, as an applicable range, a range within which the distribution of the film thickness growth rate is almost constant in... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100239464 | SUBSTRATE MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SENSOR APPLICATIONS USING OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND THE SUBSTRATE THEREFROM A method for manufacturing a substrate of an analytical sensor and the substrate thus prepared are disclosed. The method for manufacturing the substrate of the sensor application according to the present invention is characterized in that it comprises (a) the step of pr... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100220305 | Optical element and exposure apparatus An optical element is used for an exposure apparatus which is configured to illuminate a mask with an exposure light beam for transferring a pattern on the mask onto a substrate through a projection optical system and to interpose a given liquid in a space between a sur... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100221453 | BIAS ENHANCED NUCLEATION OF DIAMOND FILMS IN A CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION PROCESS Diamonds are used to nucleate diamond and diamond-like carbon films in a chemical vapor deposition process using bias enhancement. A negative bias is applied to the substrate, such that a cationic form of the diamond is accelerated toward the substrate during the nuclea... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100215872 | High Throughput Multi-Wafer Epitaxial Reactor An epitaxial reactor enabling simultaneous deposition of thin films on a multiplicity of wafers is disclosed. During deposition, a number of wafers are contained within a wafer sleeve comprising a number of wafer carrier plates spaced closely apart to minimize the proce... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100209625 | VOLTAGE VARIABLE TYPE THINFILM DEPOSITION METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF A voltage variable-type thin film deposition device and method is disclosed. The voltage variable-type thin film deposition method includes applying bias voltage while continuously varying the magnitude of the bias voltage for a period of time set by a user, —determin... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100209626 | METHODS FOR HEATING WITH LAMPS Embodiments of the invention generally relate to methods for chemical vapor deposition (CVD) processes. In one embodiment, a method for heating a substrate or a substrate susceptor within a vapor deposition reactor system includes exposing a lower surface of a substrate... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100189929 | COATING DEVICE AND DEPOSITION APPARATUS A coating device for use with an electron beam vapor deposition apparatus includes a crucible portion and a nozzle portion. The crucible portion includes a gas inlet port, a heating zone for presenting a source coating material to be heated, and a flow passage exposed t... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100166981 | SURFACE CHARGE ENHANCED ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION OF PURE METALLIC FILMS A method including applying an electric charge to a substrate in a chamber; introducing an organometallic substituent into the chamber, the organometallic substituent including a metal ligand and an organic ligand; and depositing a metal film by reducing the metal ligan... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100154425 | STRAIN TOLERANT THERMAL BARRIER COATING SYSTEM A method for forming a thermal barrier coating on a combustor panel or a fuel nozzle comprises the steps of: providing a component selected from the group consisting of a combustor panel, a bulkhead heat shield, and a fuel nozzle; optionally depositing a first layer of ... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100151230 | PROCESS FOR CONTROLLING FATIGUE DEBIT OF A COATED ARTICLE A process for controlling fatigue debit when coating an article includes the steps of: cleaning at least one surface of an article including a structural material; depositing a bond coat material upon at least one cleaned surface of the article to form a bond coat layer... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100143609 | METHOD FOR FORMING LOW-CARBON CVD FILM FOR FILLING TRENCHES A method of forming a low-carbon silicon-containing film by CVD on a substrate having trenches includes: introducing a silicon-containing compound having three or less hydrocarbon units in its molecule and having a boiling temperature of 35° C. to 220° C.; applying RF... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100129994 | Method for forming a film on a substrate A method for forming a film on a substrate comprising: heating a solid organosilane source in a heating chamber to form a gaseous precursor; transferring the gaseous precursor to a deposition chamber; and reacting the gaseous precursor using an energy source to form the... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100116788 | Substrate temperature control by using liquid controlled multizone substrate support A substrate support useful in a reaction chamber of a plasma processing apparatus is provided. The substrate support comprises a base member and a heat transfer member overlying the base member. The heat transfer member has multiple zones to individually heat and cool e... | 05/13/2010 |
