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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110042688 | BUFFER BILAYERS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES The present invention relates to buffer bilayers, and their use in electronic devices. The bilayer has a first layer including (i) at least one electrically conductive polymer doped with at least one non-fluorinated polymeric acid and (ii) at least one highly-fluorinate... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041912 | PHOSPHONIUM IONIC LIQUIDS AND COATINGS MADE THEREFROM The present invention provides phosphonium ionic liquids (11) and coatings made therefrom. Highly fluorinated phosphonium ionic liquids based on (11) having been produced exhibiting high thermal stabilities, low melting points and temperature dependent solvent miscibili... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045316 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HARDENED PROFILED STRUCTURAL PART The invention relates to a method for producing a hardened profiled structural part from a hardenable steel alloy with cathodic corrosion protection. The method includes applying a coating to a sheet made of a hardenable steel alloy, wherein the coating comprises zinc, ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045258 | LAMINATE AND COMPOSITE LAYER COMPRISING A SUBSTRATE AND A COATING, AND A PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PREPARATION THEREOF The invention relates to a laminate comprising two plastic films and in between a metal or metaloxide layer and a crystalline triazine layer, the laminate having a lamination strength of about 2 N/inch or more as measured in a 90 degree tensile testing at 30 mm/min. The... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045309 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING THE FRICTION COEFFICIENT OF A METALLIC WORKPIECE The invention relates to a method for adjusting the friction coefficient of the surface of a metallic workpiece by applying and hardening a single-layer or multi-layer coating having a boundary surface facing toward the workpiece and having a boundary surface facing awa... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110039116 | COLORED PLATING STRUCTURE AND METHOD THEREOF The present invention discloses a colored plating structure and a method thereof. Firstly, a color layer and a medium layer are sequentially coated on the surface of a workpiece. The medium is used to integrate the succeeding layer with the workpiece. Next, a plated lay... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037976 | FLEXIBLE SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY (SERS) SUBSTRATES, METHODS OF MAKING, AND METHODS OF USE Flexible SERS substrates, methods of making flexible SERS substrates, and methods of using flexible SERS substrates are disclosed.... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110039042 | Precious metal thin-film laminate (PMTL) A precious metal thin-film laminate (PMTL) (10) that is presented in terms of a structure and as a process for producing various embodiments of the structure. The PMTL (10) is comprised of three basic elements: a substrate (12) having an upper surfa... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110039112 | OPTICAL COMPONENT USING COMPOSITE SUBSTRATE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME A resin composition (2) such as a photo-curable resin composition or a heat curable or thermosetting resin composition is placed on an optical substrate (1). A printing pressure is applied to the side of the resin composition (2) of the optical subs... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110033719 | METAL CORROSION INHIBITION A process is provided for inhibiting the corrosion of metal that comes into contact with a static or flowing aqueous medium which comprises contacting at least a portion of the exposed surface of the metal with aqueous medium containing a metal corrosion inhibiting amou... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110031566 | CONDUCTIVE NANOMEMBRANE, AND MEMS SENSOR OF USING THE SAME The present invention relates to a conductive nanomembrane and a Micro Electro Mechanical System sensor using the same, and more particularly, a conductive nanomembrane that is formed by stacking a polymer electrolyte film and a carbon nanotube layer, and a MEMS sensor ... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110033718 | ZnO THIN FILM Provided is a ZnO-based thin film which is doped with p-type impurities and which can be used for various devices. An MgxZn1-xO film (0≦x≦0.5) is formed on top of a substrate so as to have an acceptor concentration of a p-type dopant that is 5Ã... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110033677 | GRAPHENE BASE AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME A graphene base, including: graphene; and a substrate, wherein the graphene is formed directly on at least one surface of the substrate, and at least about 90 percent of an area of the surface of the substrate does not have a graphene wrinkle.... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110027597 | TARGET, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, MEMORY, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME A target includes: at least one refractory metal element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, and lanthanoids; at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Ge, Zn, Co, Cu, Ni, Fe, Si, Mg, and Ga; and at least one chalcogen eleme... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110027590 | Sequentially Biaxially-Oriented Polyglycolic Acid Film, Production Process Thereof and Multi-Layer Film A production process of a sequentially biaxially-oriented polyglycolic acid film, which includes Step 1 of stretching an amorphous polyglycolic acid sheet in one direction at a stretching temperature within a range of from 40 to 70° C. and a primary draw ratio of 2.5 t... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110027573 | Lubricated Abradable Coating A coated article has a metallic substrate. A coating layer comprises at least 33% by volume ceramic, at least 5% by volume of a lubricant selected from the group consisting of hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), clay, graphite, and mixtures thereof. The coating layer lacks a... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110026864 | SLIDING MATERIAL, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SLIDING MATERIAL, AND BEARING APPARATUS USING THE SAME A sliding material includes a sliding surface member, a base member made of a material different from the sliding surface member, a bonding material layer disposed between the sliding surface member and the base member so as to bond the sliding surface member and the ba... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110024416 | GASKETLESS LOW TEMPERATURE HERMETIC SEALING WITH SOLDER In accordance with the invention, containers or interfaces having two surfaces 201a and 201b to be joined, and a region to be sealed, are fused by providing between the surfaces 201a and 201b a thin strip or wire o... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110020082 | JOINED PRODUCT There is provided a joined product suitable as a cutting tool that is fit for high-speed cutting, CVD coating process and the like, and does not cause a reduction in joint strength of a joining layer even if a high temperature exceeding a temperature at which a brazing ... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110021098 | Finishing of Substrates A method is described for manufacturing a finish formulation for the hydrophobic and/or oleophobic finishing of surfaces, comprising a dispersant incorporating dispersed, activated particles with hydrophobic and/or oleophobic surface groups and a binder, in which partic... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110020636 | CROSS-LINKED PROTECTIVE OUTER COATING The presently disclosed embodiments are directed generally to a composition that forms a cross-linked protective outer coating or layer able to withstand high temperatures and which maintains integrity in such conditions. The protective coating may be used in imaging ap... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110020658 | METAL IMPLANT COATED UNDER REDUCED OXYGEN CONCENTRATION WITH OSTEOINDUCTIVE PROTEIN The present invention relates to a method for producing a device comprising the steps of (a) providing a solution comprising dissolved osteoinductive protein, (b) contacting the solution of the preceding step with a carrier containing a surface of metal or a metal alloy... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110020659 | COATING COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF, USE THEREOF, AND SUBSTRATES COATED THEREWITH The present invention relates to coating compositions comprising at least one isocyanate compound, at least one hydroxyl-containing compound, at least one aldimine and/or ketimine, one or more fillers, one or more pigments, at least one solvent, and, optionally, one or ... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110014437 | TRANSPARENT ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE LAYER, A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE LAYER AND ITS USE Transparent, electrically conductive layer, a process for producing the layer and its use, wherein the layer is based on at least one compound of the formula 1 wherein the substituents are as defined.... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110014484 | ELECTRON ABSORBER LAYER In a method for applying an electron absorber layer to a substrate, an electron absorber layer is produced from a composite material, by coating the substrate with a metallic material, and material inclusions made from an additional material are embedded in the metallic... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110011461 | TRANSPARENT ELECTROCONDUCTIVE OXIDE LAYER AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERTER USING THE SAME The present invention provides a transparent electroconductive oxide layer having a high transmittance and a high electroconductivity and further a thin-film photoelectric converter having a high photoelectric conversion efficiency by applying the transparent electrocon... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110014451 | NANODIAMOND FILM Disclosed is a diamond film that can solve a problem of a conventional thin film of diamond which, due to insoluble, infusible and hardly machinable properties of the diamond, is produced by plasma CVD requiring the use of a disadvantageously large apparatus. Specifical... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110015615 | ANTIMICROBIAL PLASTICS PRODUCT AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF The invention relates to antimicrobial plastics products which comprise, as the antimicrobially active component, silver orthophosphate or particles of partly reduced silver orthophosphate. The plastics products have a very good antimicrobial efficacy. The production pr... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110014492 | METHOD AND DISPERSION FOR APPLYING A METAL LAYER TO A SUBSTRATE AND METALLIZABLE THERMOPLASTIC MOLDING COMPOUND The process for the application of a metal layer on a substrate by deposition of a metal from a metal salt solution comprises the presence of exfoliated graphite in the substrate surface.... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110008643 | Manufacture of Shape-Memory Alloy Cellular Materials and Structures by Transient-Liquid Reactive Joining This invention discloses a method, using pure niobium as a transient liquid reactive braze material, for fabrication of cellular or honeycomb structures, wire space-frames or other sparse builtup structures or discrete articles using Nitinol (near-equiatomic titanium-ni... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110008632 | SELF-ALIGNED WAFER BONDING A wafer article includes a substrate, two or more hydrophilic areas disposed on the substrate, hydrophobic areas surrounding the hydrophilic areas, and a eutectic bonding material disposed on the substrate. A wafer apparatus including two wafers having complimentary hyd... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110008626 | MEDICAL DEVICE HAVING BONDING REGIONS AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Medical devices having bonded joints are disclosed. The bonded joints include two surfaces bonded by a layer of phenoxy resin therebetween. In the preferred embodiments, bonded surfaces include materials that are suitable for medical devices. Most preferably, Nitinol in... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110008634 | RUST INHIBITOR AND SURFACE TREATMENT METAL MATERIAL A rust inhibitor usable for metal surface coating includes, as an effective component, a compound containing a chelate group, and a long chain alkyl group and/or a cyclic alkyl group, which are bonded by an ester bond or other bonds. The compound is obtained by reacting... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110008633 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING METAL MEMBER, STRUCTURAL MEMBER WITH THUS PRODUCED METAL MEMBER, AND METHOD OF REPAIRING METAL MEMBER A process for producing a metal member that enables both the fatigue properties and the corrosion resistance of the member to be improved, a structural member that includes a thus produced metal member, and a method of repairing a metal member. The process for producing... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110008641 | FILM-COATED GLAZING The present invention relates to essentially transparent glazings comprising a system of films deposited under vacuum by magnetron, and having antisun and/or low-emission properties, comprising as protective surface layer a layer based on titanium oxide and on at least ... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110008614 | Electrostatic Powder Coatings In one embodiment, a protective coating may be electrostatically applied to a rotary machine component. The powder coating includes an electrically conductive sacrificial base coat and a ceramic oxide erosion resistant top coat.... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110003162 | MAGNESIUM ALLOY MEMBER There is provided a magnesium alloy member that includes an aluminum-containing magnesium alloy material. The magnesium alloy material has a modified layer formed at a surface thereof in such a manner that at least a surface of the modified layer has a higher aluminum c... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110003170 | COATING SYSTEMS CONTAINING BETA PHASE AND GAMMA-PRIME PHASE NICKEL ALUMINIDE A coating and process for depositing the coating on a substrate. The coating is a nickel aluminide overlay coating of predominantly the beta (NiAl) and gamma-prime (Ni3Al) intermetallic phases, and is suitable for use as an environmental coating and as a bond... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110003145 | METALLIZED COIL BODIES (INDUCTOR) HAVING HIGH Q-VALUE The invention relates to a body made of ceramic materials, having a basic metallization made of at least one electrically conductive material, such as tungsten/glass or molybdenum/glass compounds and an adhesive, electrically conductive and corrosion-resistant coating. ... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110003161 | CO-CURE PROCESS FOR AUTODEPOSITION COATING A coated article comprising a metal surface, a first layer of an uncured autodeposition coating and a second uncured paint layer deposited sequentially on the surface without intermediate curing of the autodeposition coating, a process of co-curing said autodeposition c... | 01/06/2011 |