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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7588636 | Method of production of silicon carbide single crystal A method of production of a silicon carbide single crystal enabling fast, stable, and continuous growth of a high quality silicon carbide single crystal and enabling both an increase in size of the bulk single crystal and an improvement of quality of a thin film sin... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7354691 | Imaging apparatus and improved toner therefor The invention relates to a liquid toner and imaging apparatus provided with an imaging surface having a liquid toner image formed thereon on fibrous toner particles and carrier liquid. The fibrous toner particles can be composed of a polymer portion and pigment disp... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354810 | Method of and apparatus for manufacturing semiconductor thin film, and method of manufacturing thin film transistor A method of manufacturing a semiconductor thin film includes (A) forming an amorphous semiconductor film on a substrate, (B) irradiating a beam to a surface of the amorphous semiconductor film such that a predetermined region of the amorphous semiconductor film is m... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351283 | System and method for fabricating a crystalline thin structure A crystalline thin structure (104, 204, 404) is grown on a surface (108, 228) of a substrate (112, 208, 400) by depositing molecules (136, 220) from a molecular precursor to a lateral growth front (144, 224) of the structure using ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7335257 | Apparatus for and method of manufacturing a single crystal rod An apparatus is provided for manufacturing a single crystal rod from a poly crystal feed rod including a closed chamber at which chamber the feed rod is located. The chamber has an annular energy supply arranged around the feed rod for melting off the one end of the... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7306670 | Method for producing monocrystalline structures In the case of the epitaxial growth according to the prior art, a number o strips often have to be produced in a plane in order to restore an area to be repaired. This leads to overlapping and misorientation of the crystalline structures. In the case of the method a... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7294197 | Formation of a silicon sheet by cold surface casting Metallurgical grade silicon or high purity silicon beads developed from a fluidized bed process are melted in a cooled aluminum crucible, such that a non wetted interface is created between the molten silicon and a cooled supporting substrate that includes a surface... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7261849 | Tacky polymer melt spinning process A method for high speed melt spinning of binder fiber by melting a polymer having a melting temperature range of greater than 0° C. to 160° C., spinning said polymer at a speed of greater than about 2000 meters per minute to form the binder fibers; and winding the... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258740 | Method and apparatus for fabricating a crystal fiber by utilizing at least two external electric fields The present invention relates to an apparatus for making a source material into a crystal fiber having different regions of polarization inversion. The apparatus of the present invention is similar to a laser-heated pedestal growth (LHPG) apparatus, characterized in... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7195852 | Liquid toner compositions comprising an amphipathic copolymer comprising a polysiloxane moiety The invention provides liquid toner compositions in which the polymeric binder is chemically grown in the form of copolymeric binder particles dispersed in a liquid carrier. The polymeric binder includes one amphipathic copolymer comprising one or more S material po... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7192627 | Amorphous silicon deposition for sequential lateral solidification An amorphous silicon deposition method includes the step of forming a buffer layer on a transparent substrate; depositing amorphous silicon on the buffer layer by a thickness ranging from 600 to 2,000 angstroms; repeatedly irradiating the amorphous silicon layer to ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7183030 | Negatively charged coated electrographic toner particles and process Negatively charged coated toner particles are provided that comprise a polymeric binder particle and a coating material. The coating material comprises at least one visual enhancement additive coated on the outside surface of the polymeric binder particle. Electrogr... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7179330 | Method of manufacturing silicon single crystal, silicon single crystal and silicon wafer The present invention is a method of manufacturing a silicon single crystal by Czochralski method without performing Dash Necking method, wherein a temperature variation at a surface of a silicon melt is kept at ±5° C. or less at least for a period from a point of... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7166405 | Organosol including high Tg amphipathic copolymeric binder and liquid toners for electrophotographic applications The invention provides liquid toner compositions in which the polymeric binder is chemically grown in the form of copolymeric binder particles dispersed in a liquid carrier. The polymeric binder includes one amphipathic copolymer comprising one or more S material po... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7156916 | Monolithic integrated crystal-structure-processed mechanical, and combined mechanical and electrical devices, and methods and systems for making Monolithic integrated crystalline-structure-processed arrays of mechanical, and combined mechanical and electrical devices, and related systems and processing methods. ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7144671 | Adjuvants for negatively charged toners Negative liquid electrographic toner compositions are provided comprising a liquid carrier having a Kauri-Butanol number less than about 30 mL and a plurality of negatively charged toner particles dispersed in the liquid carrier. The toner particles comprise a polym... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7135264 | Organosol including amphipathic copolymeric binder and use of the organosol to make dry toners for electrographic applications The present invention relates to amphipathic copolymeric binder particles chemically grown in a substantially nonaqueous liquid carrier to form an organosol. The invention also pertains to dry particulate electrographic toners incorporating an organosol comprising a... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7125452 | Process for calibrating the temperature control unit of an oven and oven for carrying out this process A process for calibrating the temperature control unit of a vertical gradient freeze crystal growth oven, instead of the fused material a test body (3) is used in the oven (1) that does not melt at the oven temperature, that has a heat conductivity com... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7118842 | Charge adjuvant delivery system and methods A system for printing a liquid toner is provided comprising a liquid electrographic toner composition comprising a liquid carrier having a Kauri-Butanol number less than about 30 mL and a plurality of charged toner particles dispersed in the liquid carrier, wherein ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7105263 | Dry toner comprising encapsulated pigment, methods and uses Dry electrographic toner particles are provided that comprise at least one visual enhancement additive encapsulated within an amphipathic copolymer. The amphipathic copolymer comprises one or more S portions and one or more D portions. Methods of making and methods ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7098265 | Liquid inks comprising a stable organosol A liquid ink comprises (a) a carrier liquid having a Kauri-Butanol number less than 30; (b) a graft copolymer comprising a (co)polymeric steric stabilizer covalently bonded to a thermoplastic (co)polymeric core that is insoluble in the carrier liquid; and (c) a colo... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7083676 | Method of laser crystallization At least one amorphous silicon island is formed on a substrate first. A first step and a second step laser crystallization processes are thereafter performed in sequence. The amorphous silicon island is irradiated with a laser pulse having a first energy density to ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7074537 | Organosol liquid toner including amphipathic copolymeric binder having crystalline component Liquid electrographic toners are derived from organosols incorporating amphipathic copolymeric binder particles that include polymerizable, crystallizable compounds chemically incorporated into the dispersed portion of the copolymer. The invention further provides o... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7070900 | Adjuvants for positively charged toners Positive liquid electrographic toner compositions are provided comprising a liquid carrier having a Kauri-Butanol number less than about 30 mL and a plurality of positively charged toner particles dispersed in the liquid carrier. The toner particles comprise a polym... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7067027 | Method of making an electro-mechanical roll Method of making an electro-mechanical roll such as a bias transfer roll for use in an electrostatographic apparatus such as a printing or copying apparatus comprising a conductive core having a segmented layer of compressible material positioned in a tandem relatio... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7060408 | Liquid toner comprising encapsulated pigment, methods and uses Liquid electrographic toner compositions are provided that comprise at least one visual enhancement additive encapsulated within an amphipathic copolymer. The amphipathic copolymer comprises one or more S portions and one or more D portions. Methods of making and me... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7014973 | Organosol including amphipathic copolymeric binder made with Soluble High Tg Monomer and liquid toners for electrophotographic applications The invention provides liquid toner compositions in which the polymeric binder is chemically grown in the form of copolymeric binder particles dispersed in a liquid carrier. The polymeric binder includes one amphipathic copolymer that comprises the residue of a Solu... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7011704 | Method and device for the production of a single crystal A method for the production of a single crystal has the single crystal crystallizing from a melt and being subjected to a rotation with an alternating rotation direction. The single crystal is periodically rotated through a sequence of rotation angles, and the rotat... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7005225 | Organosol including amphipathic copolymeric binder having crystalline material, and use of the organosol to make dry tones for electrographic applications The present invention relates to amphipathic copolymeric binder particles that incorporate polymerizable crystallizable compounds chemically incorporated into a dispersible (D) portion and/or solvatable (S) portion of the copolymer. The invention also pertains to dr... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6916349 | Method of producing non-directional range-dyed face finished fabrics Range-dyed fabrics that possess excellent hand characteristics and simultaneously exhibit substantially nondirectional appearances are provided. Such a combination permits the production and utilization of an extremely comfortable apparel fabric that can be attached... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6736895 | Silicon crystallization method A mask and its application in sequential lateral solidification (SLS) crystallization of amorphous silicon are provided. The mask includes a light absorptive portion for blocking a laser beam and a plurality of stripe-shaped light transmitting portions for passing t... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6677222 | Method of manufacturing semiconductor device with polysilicon film A first layer made of polysilicon is formed on the surface of an underlying substrate. The surface of the first layer is exposed to an environment which etches silicon oxide. If the surface of the first layer is covered with a silicon oxide film, the sili... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6669775 | High resistivity silicon wafer produced by a controlled pull rate czochralski method A method of obtaining a wafer exhibiting high resistivity and high gettering effect while preventing the reduction of resistivity due to the generation of oxygen donors, and while further minimizing in-grown defects is provided by: a) using the CZ method ... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6663711 | Growth in solution in a float zone of crystals of a compound or an alloy A process produces a crystal of a material with non-congruent melting using at least one first element and a second element. The process includes (a) placing, in a vertical alignment and maintaining under a controlled atmosphere, a bar of the first elemen... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6210478 | Refining and analysis of material using horizontal cold-crucible induction levitation melting A method and apparatus for locally and successively melting a material by induction heating using a horizontal floating-zone crucible to refine and/or analyze the material. An electromagnetic field is generated to create a localized molten zone within the... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6165263 | Method for growing single crystal A method for growing a single crystal by allowing a seed crystal to contact a molten zone formed by melting a polycrystalline material, followed by moving the molten zone away from the seed, wherein the oxygen concentration in the atmosphere during growth... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6139627 | Transparent multi-zone crystal growth furnace and method for controlling the same A crystal growth system, comprising: a furnace; a plurality of heating elements coupled to said furnace, each said plurality of heating elements defining a heat zone, each said heating element set to a desired temperature value; a plurality of thermocoupl... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6126742 | Method of drawing single crystals In a method of drawing single crystals from a body of highly pure polycrystalline material molten by inductive heating, a solid body of the polycrystalline material is first heated by direct induction heating at a frequency >200 KHz to increase its conduc... | 10/03/2000 |
| 5932003 | Method of producing recrystallized-material-member, and apparatus and heating method therefor The present invention relates to a method of producing a recrystallized-material-member by melting a given zone of a crystalline-material-member and moving the molten zone continuously along the crystalline-material-member to recrystallize a desired regio... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5891828 | Method of producing superconducting PrBa2 Cu3 Oy single crystal and PrBa2 Cu3 Oy superconducting device PrBa2 Cu3 OY exhibiting superconductivity is provided by a method including the steps of preparing a solvent consisting of a mixture of praseodymium oxide, at least one of barium oxide and barium carbonate, and copper oxid... | 04/06/1999 |
