Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120128970 | Magnetostrictive Film, Magnetostrictive Element, Torque Sensor, Force Sensor, Pressure Sensor, And Manufacturing Method Therefor For providing a magnetostrictive film that can exhibit high magnetostrictive properties in the vicinity of zero magnetic field and their manufacturing methods, a magnetostrictive film thermal sprayed on an object under test includes a metallic glass film subjected to th... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120128968 | ELECTRODEPOSITION OF ELEMENTAL ZIRCONIUM The present invention relates to the electrodeposition of elemental zirconium at a temperature of less than 100° C. from a mixture of a Lewis acid, a zirconium salt and an ionic liquid.... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120128969 | LAMINATED POLYESTER FILM The present invention provides a laminated polyester film which can be prevented from suffering from occurrence of interference fringes owing to reflection of external light and is excellent in adhesion to various surface functional layers such as a hard coat. The lamin... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120128956 | GAS-BARRIER MULTILAYER FILM Provided is a gas-barrier multilayer film which decreases little in gas-barrier properties even through retortion and which suffers no delamination. The gas-barrier multilayer film is characterized by comprising a plastic film and, superposed directly or through other l... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120125506 | Self-Adhesive Composite Reinforcement Composite reinforcement (R-2) that is self-adhesive by curing to a diene rubber matrix, which can be used as reinforcing element for a tire, comprising: at least one reinforcing thread (20), for example a carbon steel cord; a first layer (21) of a t... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120128971 | Coated Member A coated member includes a base material and a coating film formed on the surface thereof. At least one layer in the coating film is a hard film of a cubic metal compound including at least one element selected from the group consisting of the group 4 elements (Ti, Zr, ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120128280 | Adhesive Film for Bushings A bushing can include a load bearing substrate having a first major surface, an adhesive film overlying the first major surface, and a friction reducing layer overlying the adhesive film. A method can include extruding an adhesive film, laminating a friction reducing la... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120107554 | TCO Coating and Coated Substrate for High Temperature Applications A glass substrate is provided having a major surface on which there is a coating comprising a transparent conductive oxide film. The TCO film may comprise aluminum-doped zinc aluminum oxide (“AZO”) or tin-doped indium oxide (“ITO”). When the coated glass substra... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120107607 | MULTILAYERED MATERIAL AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME A multilayered material is provided which includes a substrate and a silicon-containing film formed on the substrate, wherein the silicon-containing film has a nitrogen-rich area including silicon atoms and nitrogen atoms, or silicon atoms, nitrogen atoms, and an oxygen... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120107587 | SUBSTRATE WHICH IS EQUIPPED WITH A STACK HAVING THERMAL PROPERTIES The invention relates to a substrate (10), especially a transparent glass substrate, provided with a thin-film multilayer coating comprising an alternation of n functional layers (40) having reflection properties in the infrared and/or in solar radiation, ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120107606 | ARTICLE MADE OF ALUMINUM OR ALUMINUM ALLOY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING An article includes a substrate made of aluminum or aluminum alloy, an insulating coating formed on the substrate, and an anticorrosive coating formed on the insulating coating. The insulating coating is composed of electrically insulating ceramic material or polymer. T... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120107559 | INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER MEMBER AND IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD An intermediate transfer member for electrophotography includes a substrate and a non-ceramer polyurethane compliant layer. Disposed directly on the compliant layer is an outermost surface layer consisting essentially of a non-particulate, non-elastomeric ceramer or flu... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120108012 | FILM FOR SEMICONDUCTOR AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD A film for semiconductor includes a support film, a second adhesive layer, a first adhesive layer and a bonding layer which are laminated together in this order. This film for semiconductor is configured so that it supports a semiconductor wafer laminated on the bonding... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120080679 | ALKYLSILANE LAMINATE, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF AND THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR Provided is an alkylsilane laminate with which it is possible to obtain an organic semiconductor film having excellent semiconductor properties. Such a laminate can be useful for an organic thin-film transistor. The alkylsilane laminate comprises an underlayer (Sub) hav... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120082845 | ZINC-BASED METAL PLATED STEEL SHEET A zinc-based metal plated steel sheet is excellent in tribological properties during press forming. An oxide layer containing crystalline 3Zn(OH)2.ZnSO4. xH2O is formed on a plated surface. The oxide layer has a thickness of 10 nm or mor... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120082821 | Adhesive label and method of producing the same An adhesive label (1) includes: a support (2); an adhesive agent layer (5) which is made of an adhesive agent, and formed on one surface of the support (2); a non-adhesive heat-reactive layer (7) which is positioned above the adhesive ... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120082832 | COMPOSITE ARTICLE AND METHOD THEREFOR A composite article includes a substrate and a multilayer coating on the substrate. The multilayer coating includes an inner layer near the substrate, and outermost layer on the inner layer, and an intermediate layer between the inner layer and the outermost layer. The ... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120082844 | POWDER MAGNETIC CORE A powder magnetic core having a high electrical resistivity and a high magnetic flux density, including at least a composite magnetic particle the composite magnetic particle including: a core particle containing iron as the main component; and an insulating passivation... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120069865 | Method for Testing a Thermography Apparatus, Designed for Carrying out a Thermography Method, for its Correct Operation, Test Component Therefor and Method for its Production A test component coated with a coating system is provided. In at least one defined region of the test component, there is a delamination having defined properties deliberately introduced into the coating system. The test component may be employed in a method for testing... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120067414 | CdZnO OR SnZnO BUFFER LAYER FOR SOLAR CELL A structure for use in a photovoltaic device is disclosed, the structure includes a substrate, a buffer material, a barrier material in contact with the substrate; and a transparent conductive oxide between the buffer material and the barrier material. The buffer materi... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120070651 | CHROMATE-FREE BLACK-COATED METAL PLATE An inexpensive chromate-free black metal sheet not containing the high environmental load hexavalent chromium and extremely excellent in finish (coloring power and concealing power including worked parts), moisture resistance, corrosion resistance, formability, scratch ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120068213 | LIGHT EMISSIVE CERAMIC LAMINATE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME A laminated composite includes a wavelength-converting layer and a non-emissive blocking layer, wherein the emissive layer includes a garnet host material and an emissive guest material, and the non-emissive blocking layer includes a non-emissive blocking material. The ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120070654 | Method For Improving The Edging Of An Optical Article By Providing A Temporary Layer Of An Organic Matter Methods for edging optical articles comprising two main faces, at least one of which being coated with an outermost layer comprising fixing the optical article to a chuck with a holding pad that adheres to both the optical article and the chuck, wherein the surface of t... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120070652 | Coated article having zinc oxide seed layer with reduced stress 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 of or including silver and/or gold. A dielectric and substantially transparent seed layer is provided under and directly contacting the functional layer. In certai... | 03/22/2012 |
| 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 |
| 20120052280 | COATING, ARTICLE COATED WITH COATING, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ARTICLE A coating includes a titanium aluminum silicon carbon-nitride layer including a first surface and an opposite second surface. The atomic carbon content and/or the atomic nitrogen content in the titanium aluminum silicon carbon-nitride layer gradually increases from the ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120048348 | SOLAR CELL PROTECTIVE SHEET AND ITS PRODUCTION METHOD, BACKSHEET FOR SOLAR CELL, AND SOLAR CELL MODULE A solar cell protective sheet comprising a polymer substrate and a polymer layer, which satisfies at least one of the following conditions [1] and [2]: [1] the polymer substrate is a surface-treated polymer substrate, and the polymer layer ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120052290 | ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME An article includes a substrate; and a color layer deposited on the substrate, wherein the color layer is a zirconium carbon-nitride layer; the color layer has an L* value between about 28 to about 32, an a* value between about −1 to about 1, and a b* value between ab... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120052276 | COATING, ARTICLE COATED WITH COATING, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ARTICLE A coating includes a titanium aluminum layer; a titanium aluminum nitride layer deposited on the titanium aluminum layer; a titanium aluminum carbon-nitride layer deposited on the titanium aluminum nitride layer; and a silicon carbon-nitride layer deposited on the titan... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120052320 | Low Emissivity and EMI Shielding Window Films A low emissivity and EMI shielding transparent composite film typically for use in association with window glazing and comprising a transparent film substrate having on one side thereof an underlayer of abrasion resistant hardcoat material with at least one infrared ref... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120052292 | NOVEL MEDICAL DEVICE COATINGS The present invention relates to coatings comprising polyethylene glycol and at least one polyphenolic polymer. In particular, the polyphenolic polymer could be selected from the group consisting of tyrosine-derived polyarylates, linear polyesteramides, dihydroxybenzoat... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120052293 | POLYMERIC COATING FOR THE PROTECTION OF OBJECTS A protective polymeric coating is applied to the surface of various objects which are to be exposed to a harsh environment. The protective polymeric coating covers the exposed surface, where the polymeric coating includes a polyimide polymer. The polyimide polymer in th... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120052321 | SANITARY OBJECTS A sanitary object having a decorative surface, which comprises substantially a body, formed of plastic or metal and an at least partial outer coating, that at least one metal layer has a combination of at least two elements selected from the following group: aluminum, c... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050878 | NEGATIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR MAKING SAME Embodiments of the invention described herein include metamaterials that exhibit negative permittivity and negative permeability at optical frequencies, methods for preparing such materials, and devices prepared from same.... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120052294 | USE OF YTTRIUM, ZIRCONIUM, LANTHANUM, CERIUM, PRASEODYMIUM AND/OR NEODYMIUM AS REINFORCING AGENT FOR AN ANTICORROSION COATING COMPOSITION The subject of the present invention is the use of at least one element chosen from among yttrium, zirconium, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium and neodymium, in the form of oxides or salts, as reinforcing agent for the anticorrosion properties of an anticorrosion coating... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120052291 | ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME An article includes a substrate; and a color layer deposited on the substrate, wherein the color layer is a chromium oxide-carbon layer; the color layer has an L* value between about 28 to about 32, an a* value between about −1 to about 1, and a b* value between about... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120045657 | Metal-Ceramic Substrate A metal/ceramic substrate made up of a multilayer, plate-shaped ceramic material and at least one metallization provided on a surface side of the ceramic material. The at least one metallization is bonded to the ceramic material by direct copper bonding or reactive braz... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120045772 | Affinity Hydrogel and Label Independent Detection Methods Thereof A biosensor article including a substrate having polymer modified surface, the polymer comprising the formula (I) where (x), (y), (z), R, R′, R″, S, W, and X, are as defined herein. Methods for making the... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120045641 | PROTECTIVE FILM FOR AUTOMOTIVE WHEEL Provided is a protective film for an automotive wheel having excellent performances, which has excellent weatherability and can sufficiently prevent a decrease in an adhesive force and the like. The protective film for an automotive wheel is a protective film for an aut... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120042943 | BACKSHEET FOR A PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE Disclosed herein is a backsheet for a photovoltaic member. The backsheet includes a weather-resistant layer, a first adhesive layer and an insulating layer. The weather-resistant layer contains chlorinated polyethylene, and the content of the chlorinated polyethylene is... | 02/23/2012 |
