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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182632 | Wafer table, surface protective film peeling apparatus and surface protective film peeling method The wafer table (31) for holding a wafer (20) having the back surface thereof supported by a mount frame (36) via a dicing film (3) and the front surface thereof with a surface protective film (11) attached thereon is described. A ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182633 | Method of fabricating a flexible display device A method of fabricating a flexible display device. The method includes forming an adhesive layer on a first carrier substrate; laminating a first flexible substrate on the adhesive layer, so that a first separation layer of the first flexible substrate is disposed o... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8168027 | Fibre-reinforced joint The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a fiber-reinforced laminate (101), which laminate comprises at least one area on the surface of the laminate configured with projecting fibers for being joined to one or more other elements. This is a... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8157945 | Thin plate glass laminate, process for producing display device using thin plate glass laminate, and support glass substrate To provide a thin plate glass laminate of a thin plate glass substrate and a support glass substrate, which suppresses inclusion of bubbles and occurrence of convex defects due to foreign matters, from which the thin plate glass substrate and the support glass subst... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8147639 | Process for manufacturing free standing thermoplastic polymeric films This invention discloses a novel process for manufacturing very thin freestanding polymeric films with the steps of supplying a molten film layer stream and a molten assist layer stream by a first extruder and second extruder; intimately contacting the film layer st... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8142594 | Method for the multi-track tailoring of transdermal therapeutic patches A method for the multi-track tailoring of transdermal therapeutic patches having at least a one-layer, adhesive reservoir foil containing an active ingredient, which is disposed between an adhesive back foil and a removable protective foil. The reservoir foils are a... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8142595 | Mounting apparatus and mounting method To provide a mounting apparatus for uniting a semiconductor wafer with a ring frame, the wafer having an adhesive sheet stuck on one surface thereof. In the mounting apparatus, a portion of the adhesive sheet is preliminarily peeled off through a preliminary peeling... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8142611 | Semiconductor-chip exfoliating device and semiconductor-device manufacturing method A semiconductor-chip exfoliating device for exfoliating a semiconductor chip 1 from an adhesive sheet 6 is provided. The device includes a backup holder 28 for holding the adhesive sheet 6 so that semiconductor chips 1 turn upward,... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8137497 | Method of manufacturing wiring substrate A method includes the steps of providing a first tape base material on a single side of a stiffener substrate, forming, on the stiffener substrate, a cavity for accommodating a semiconductor chip therein, inserting the stiffener substrate in the cavity and providing... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8097121 | Protective tape separation method and protective tape separation apparatus A surface height of a protective tape joined to a wafer mounted and held on a separation table is detected, an operation amount of approaching a joining member to the protective tape until a separation tape wound around the joining member contacts the protective tap... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8080122 | Method of manufacturing wiring substrate and method of manufacturing semiconductor device There are provided a step of preparing a dummy chip, a step of forming a cavity in a stiffener substrate, a step of providing a second tape base member on one surface of the stiffener substrate, a step of inserting the dummy chip into the cavity to provide the dummy... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8080123 | Supporting plate, apparatus and method for stripping supporting plate A method for stripping a supporting plate from a circuit-formed surface of a substrate to which it is bonded with an adhesive by using a plate which has a first penetrating hole formed in a substantially central portion thereof in the thickness direction, a second p... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8075721 | Low exothermic thermosetting resin compositions useful as underfill sealants and having reworkability This invention relates to the thermosetting resin compositions useful for mounting onto a circuit board semiconductor devices, such as chip size or chip scale packages (“CSPs”), ball grid arrays (“BGAs”), land grid arrays (“LGAs”) and the like, each of w... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8070905 | Method of producing perforated retroreflective trim Perforated retroreflective fabric, trim or tape that comprises a substrate (30) having a first and second sides and a plurality of openings (39) extending between the sides, providing a backing (50) on the first side of the substrate, providing ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8069895 | Film-removing device An exemplary film-removing device for removing a protecting film from a workpiece includes a main body and a film-removing mechanism. The film-removing mechanism includes a suspending arm and a roller. The suspending arm has a first end rotatably connected to the ma... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8070906 | Process for improving the emission of electron field emitters This invention provides a process for improving the field emission of an electron field emitter comprised of an acicular emitting substance such as acicular carbon, an acicular semiconductor, an acicular metal or a mixture thereof, comprising applying a force to the... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8062456 | Method for producing a buffer pad A method for producing a buffer pad is provided with the following steps: cutting a plate into a mesh and a plurality of blocks; the mesh has a plurality of mesh holes, and the blocks have a shape corresponding to the mesh holes and are engaged with the mesh holes r... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8052824 | Film peeling method and film peeling device There is provided a film peeling device (100) for peeling a film (3) stuck onto a first portion (121) containing a peripheral portion of a wafer (20) and also stuck onto a second portion (122) located inward with respect to the fir... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8043460 | Reversible dry adhesives One embodiment of the invention includes product comprising an elastomeric epoxy dry adhesive with a pull-off strength of 1-200 N/cm2 from a substrate and reversibly detached with a peel-off force less than 1 N/cm. ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8038824 | Sheet peeling apparatus and peeling method A sheet peeling apparatus 10 includes: a supporting means 11 for supporting a semiconductor wafer W stuck with an adhesive sheet S; a tape sticking means 14 for sticking a peeling tape T to the adhesive sheet S; a pulling means 13 for pul... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8038823 | Peel ply masking device for an adhesive bonded attachment A peel ply conformable masking device for protectively overlying a pre-cleaned bonding surface of an adhesive attachment adapted for bonded affixation to a selected substrate, such as an adhesive attachment of the type disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,013,391 and 6,773... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8029636 | Method of masking a surface A method of applying a flexible, biodegradable sheet of starch-based material to mask a surface to be coated is described. The sheet is a solid, flexible, expanded, close-celled foam. The sheet is dispersible in water. ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8029642 | Tape removal apparatus and process An apparatus and method is provided for removing a selected portion of tape material from backing paper. One embodiment of an apparatus may include a supply reel, at least one cutting member, at least one bending member, and first and second vacuum rollers. The appa... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8021509 | Method for affixing adhesive tape to semiconductor wafer, and apparatus using the same A separator separating/collecting operation is controlled in correspondence with an adhesive tape supplying operation such that a separating point of a separator on an adhesive tape when supply of the adhesive tape and separation of the separator are stopped is devi... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8012291 | Backing film removal system and method for fiber placement machine The present invention provides an apparatus and associated method for removing backing film from tape or tape during the fiber placement process. The present invention uses a passive (non-powered) take-up roller to wind up the backing film that has been separated fr... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8012292 | Multilayer adhesive for thermal reversible joining of substrates One embodiment of the invention includes a multilayer dry adhesive system capable of reversible joining of rigid substrates. ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7981238 | Method for relaxing a stressed thin film A method relaxing a strained thin film, secured via a first main face of an initial support, the second main face of the thin film being a contact face. The method supplies an intermediate support including a polymer layer having a main free contact face, the polyme... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7976665 | Method of minimizing residue adhesion for thermo-reversible dry adhesives One embodiment of the invention includes a method of joining two substrates with multilayer thermo-reversible dry adhesives and separating the two bonded substrates by completely thermally reversing the adhesion via heating. ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7976666 | Poorly air-permeable rubber laminate composed of poorly air-permeable resin and rubber composition, and method for production thereof A method for producing a laminate (E) of a low air permeable resin/rubber composition comprising: laminating a laminate (D) of a low air permeable resin (A) layer having an air permeation coefficient of 1.0×10−12 cc·... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7955465 | Display element and method of manufacturing display element A display element includes a light emitting unit that supplies light; and an angle converting unit including a reflection surface, an output surface, and a flat surface. The angle converting unit converts an angle of the light by reflecting the light toward the outp... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7951254 | Method of applying advertising to the surface of a moving handrail A film bearing advertising can be applied to a moving handrail for a set period of time. The film bearing the advertising can include a first film layer and a first layer of adhesive on the underside of the first film layer, the film being generally elongated and ha... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7931771 | Method of manufacturing plasma display device Here disclosed is a method of manufacturing a plasma display device in which a panel is easily separated from a holding plate if the separation is required. In the method of manufacturing a plasma display device having a panel, in which a pair of substrates having t... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7922855 | Method for guiding everting form employed to carry repair material into pipe or conduit A method and apparatus for guiding an everting form employed to carry formed-in-situ repair material into a pipe or conduit comprising passing a guiding means through the interior and along the full length of the everting form in its un-everted state; fixing a first... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7922857 | Label joining method and label joining apparatus A receiver base receives from below a front end portion of a label that is fed forward from a folded-back portion of an release paper and droops forward, so that the label is held in a predetermined forwardly and downwardly inclined posture. In a process of separati... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7922856 | Graphite tape supply and backing paper take-up apparatus An apparatus for supplying one or more strands of a relatively wide tape to a high-speed graphite tape laminating machine may include a tape supply reel and a backing paper take-up reel rotatably mounted on the machine, a dancer roller mounted on the machine for lat... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7918958 | Method for producing a releasable seal with a sealing compound and use of adhesive strips for carrying out the method Disclosed is a method for producing a releasable seal with a sealing compound between two fairing parts, in particular between two fairing parts for the wing-fuselage fillet of aircraft, including the steps of applying adhesive strips to respectively opposite edges,... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7905978 | Method of production of low-permeable rubber laminate using multi-layer film of low-permeable resin A method for easily producing a low permeable rubber laminate comprised of a thin film layer of a low permeable resin (B) laminated on a layer of a rubber composition (C) comprising: laminating, on a low permeable multilayer film c... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7905977 | Post conversion methods for display devices The present invention relates to the use of a scraping element for removing part of a display film coated or laminated to an electrode layer to expose the electrode layer for connection to a drive circuitry. The present invention is directed to a method for removing... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7905976 | Label peeling method for label paper sheet and label printer A label peeling method for label sheet includes: conveying a label sheet including a base sheet and a label affixed to the base sheet along a conveying path that is bent at a bent portion; and performing a printing operation on the label from a beginning portion of ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7901532 | Method and apparatus for bonding and debonding adhesive interface surfaces The present invention relates to a system and a method of improving the debonding of two or more surfaces together. The invention utilises thermoexpanadable microspheres and thermal energy to debond interfaces in an adhesive system or as vehicle carriers. It also di... | 03/08/2011 |